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Left-handed neutrino disappearance probe of neutrino mass and character

Gabriela BarenboimGabriela BarenboimOscar VivesOscar VivesJose Bernabeu

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Left handedPhysicsParticle physicsLorentz transformationHigh Energy Physics::PhenomenologyWigner rotationFOS: Physical sciencesFísicaGeneral Physics and AstronomyObservableNeutrino beamPolarization (waves)HelicityNuclear physicssymbols.namesakeHigh Energy Physics - PhenomenologyHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)symbolsHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentNeutrino

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We explore the sensitivity to a non vanishing neutrino mass offered by dynamical observables, i.e., branching ratios and polarizations. The longitudinal polarization in the C.M. frame decreases by a 4% for $D^+ \rightarrow \tau^+ \nu_\tau$ and $m_{\nu_\tau}=24$ MeV. Taking advantage of the fact that the polarization is a Lorentz variant quantity, we study the polarization effects in a boosted frame. By means of a neutrino beam, produced by a high velocity boosted parent able to flip the neutrino helicity, we find that an enhanced left-handed neutrino deficit, induced by a Wigner rotation, appears.

10.1103/physrevlett.77.3299http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9606218