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The Mass Operator and Neutrino Oscillations

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Recent work in parametrized relativistic quantum theory (PRQT) has shown that oscillations between mass states are predicted by an alternative formulation of relativistic quantum theory that uses an invariant evolution parameter. A PRQT model of flavor transitions is compared to the standard model. The resulting PRQT expression for the probability of survival of an incident neutrino differs significantly from the standard neutrino oscillation model. Neutrino oscillation measurements provide an experimental testing ground for two theories that are based on fundamentally different concepts of temporal evolution.

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Fanchi, J.R. The Mass Operator and Neutrino Oscillations. Foundations of Physics 28, 1521–1528 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018830117075

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