Tuesday, November 27, 2012

1109.6641 (Emilio Ciuffoli et al.)

Neutrino Dispersion Relations from a Dark Energy Model    [PDF]

Emilio Ciuffoli, Jarah Evslin, Jie Liu, Xinmin Zhang
We consider a model in which the neutrino is kinetically coupled to a scalar field and study its implications for environmentally dependent neutrino velocities. Following the usual effective field theory logic, this coupling is expected to arise in neutrino dark energy models. It leads to a Lorentz violation in the neutrino sector. The coupling of the scalar field to the stress tensor of the Earth yields terrestrial neutrino dispersion relations distinct from those in interstellar space.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1109.6641

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