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arxiv: hep-ph/0408108 · v1 · submitted 2004-08-08 · ✦ hep-ph

Neutrino Propagation and Oscillations in a Strong Magnetic Field

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keywords neutrinomagneticneutralanisotropicchargedcontributiondensityenergy
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We review the results on neutrino propagation in neutral and charged media under strong magnetic fields $M_{W}^{2}\gg B\gg m_{e}^{2}$. It is shown that the neutrino energy density gets a magnetic contribution in both charged and neutral media, which is linear in the magnetic field, of first order in $G_{F}$, and independent of the charge density. This new term enters as a correction to the neutrino kinetic energy and produces an anisotropic contribution to the neutrino index of refraction. As a consequence, in a neutral medium a highly anisotropic resonant level-crossing condition takes place for the oscillation between electron-neutrinos and the other neutrino species. Possible cosmological applications are presented.

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