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Quantum Mechanics of Neutrino Oscillations

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We present a simple but general treatment of neutrino oscillations in the framework of quantum mechanics, using plane waves and intuitive wave packet principles when necessary. We attempt to clarify some confusing statements that have recently appeared in the literature.

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  1. INFN, Sezione di Torino, and Dipartimento di Fisica Teorica, Università di Torino, I-10125, Torino, Italy

    Carlo Giunti

  2. School of Physics, Korea Institute for Advanced Study, Seoul, 130-012, Korea

    Carlo Giunti & Chung W. Kim

  3. Department of Physics & Astronomy, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 21218

    Chung W. Kim

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Giunti, C., Kim, C.W. Quantum Mechanics of Neutrino Oscillations. Found Phys Lett 14, 213–229 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012230026160

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