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arxiv: 1508.00052 · v2 · pith:VMS2NTSFnew · submitted 2015-07-31 · ✦ hep-ph · hep-ex

Neutrino Oscillation Probabilities in Matter with Direct and Indirect Unitarity Violation in the Lepton Mixing Matrix

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keywords unitarityviolationdirectindirectprobabilitiesalphadeltadifferent
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In the presence of both direct and indirect unitarity violation in the lepton mixing matrix, we derive a complete set of series expansion formulas for neutrino oscillation probabilities in matter of constant density. Expansions in the mass hierarchy parameter $\alpha \equiv \Delta m_{21}^{2} / \Delta m_{31}^{2}$ and those unitarity violation parameters $s^{2}_{ij}$ (for i = 1, 2, 3 and j = 4, 5, 6) up to the first order are studied in this paper. We analyse the accuracy of the analytical series expansion formulas in different regions of L / E. A detailed numerical analysis is also performed, of which the different effects of the direct and the indirect unitarity violation are particularly emphasized. We also study in this paper the summed $\nu^{}_{\alpha} \rightarrow \nu^{}_{e, \nu, \tau}$ probabilities, whose deviation from the unity provides a definite signal of the unitarity violation.

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