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Neutrino oscillations: Recent results and future directions

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A brief introduction to the phenomena of vacuum neutrino oscillations and resonant flavour conversion is presented with a heavy pedagogic leaning. Variants of these ideas, e.g., neutrino helicity flip in a magnetic field, violation of the equivalence principle, etc. are outlined. A few vexing issues pertaining to the quantum mechanics of neutrino oscillations are discussed. Expectations from some of the future experiments are summarized.

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    Amitava Raychaudhuri

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Raychaudhuri, A. Neutrino oscillations: Recent results and future directions. Pramana - J Phys 54, 35–46 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12043-000-0005-5

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