Influence of flavor oscillations on neutrino beam instabilities

Author(s)

Mendonca, J. T. ^[1] ; Haas, F. ^[2] ; Bret, A. ^{[3, 4]}

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Fis, BR-05508090 Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[2] Univ Fed Rio Grande do Sul, Inst Fis, BR-91501970 Porto Alegre, RS - Brazil

^[3] Univ Castilla La Mancha, ETSI Ind, E-13071 Ciudad Real - Spain

^[4] Inst Invest Energet & Aplicac Ind, Ciudad Real 13071 - Spain

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Physics of Plasmas; v. 21, n. 9 SEP 2014.
• Web of Science Citations: 2

Abstract

We consider the collective neutrino plasma interactions and study the electron plasma instabilities produced by a nearly mono-energetic neutrino beam in a plasma. We describe the mutual interaction between neutrino flavor oscillations and electron plasma waves. We show that the neutrino flavor oscillations are not only perturbed by electron plasmas waves but also contribute to the dispersion relation and the growth rates of neutrino beam instabilities. (C) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 11/50773-0 - Center of excellence in physics and applications of plasmas
• Grantee: Ricardo Magnus Osório Galvão
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants