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Lorentz-violating neutrino parameters have been severely constrained on the basis of astrophysical considerations. In the high-energy limit, one generally assumes a superluminal dispersion relation of an incoming neutrino of the form E ~ |p|v, where E is the energy, p is the momentum and $v = sqrt(1 + delta) > 1. Lepton-pair creation due to a Cerenkov-radiation-like process (nu -> nu + e^- + e^+) becomes possible above a certain energy threshold, and bounds on the Lorentz-violating parameter delta can be derived. Here, we investigate a related process, nu_i -> nu_i + nu_f + bar_nu_f, where nu_i is an incoming neutrino mass eigenstate, while nu_f is the final neutrino mass eigenstate, with a superluminal velocity that is slightly slower than that of the initial state. This process is kinematically allowed if the Lorentz-violating parameters at high energy differ for the different neutrino mass eigenstates. Neutrino splitting is not subject to any significant energy threshold condition and could yield quite a substantial contribution to decay and energy loss processes at high energy, even if the differential Lorentz violation among neutrino flavors is severely constrained by other ex

Author

Somogyi, G.; Nandori, I.; Jentschura, U. D.

Published

2019

Language

EN