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A quantum information theoretic quantity sensitive to the neutrino mass-hierarchy
oleh: Javid Naikoo, Ashutosh Kumar Alok, Subhashish Banerjee, S. Uma Sankar, Giacomo Guarnieri, Christiane Schultze, Beatrix C. Hiesmayr
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Diterbitkan: | Elsevier 2020-02-01 |
Deskripsi
In this work, we derive a quantum information theoretic quantity similar to the Leggett-Garg inequality, which can be defined in terms of neutrino transition probabilities. For the case of νμ→νe/ν¯μ→ν¯e transitions, this quantity is sensitive to CP violating effects as well as the neutrino mass-hierarchy, namely which neutrino mass eigenstate is heavier than the other ones. The violation of the inequality for this quantity shows an interesting dependence on mass-hierarchy. For normal (inverted) mass-hierarchy, it is significant for νμ→νe (ν¯μ→ν¯e) transitions. This is applied to the two ongoing accelerator experiments T2K and NOνA as well as the future experiment DUNE.