NEUTRINO OSCILLATIONS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE QUANTUM YANG-BAXTER EQUATIONS

Abstract

THE ORIGINS OF NEUTRINO MASSES IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST MYSTERIES IN MODERN PHYSICS SINCE THEY ARE BEYOND THE REALM OF THE STANDARD MODEL. AS MASSIVE PARTICLES, NEUTRINOS UNDERGO FLAVOR OSCILLATIONS THROUGHOUT THEIR PROPAGATION. IN THIS PAPER WE SHOW THAT WHEN A NEUTRINO OSCILLATES FROM A FLAVOR STATE {ALPHA} TO A FLAVOR STATE B{ETA}, IT FOLLOWS THREE POSSIBLE PATHS CONSISTENT WITH THE QUANTUM YANG- BAXTER EQUATIONS. THESE TRAJECTORIES DEFINE THE TRANSITION PROBABILITIES OF THE OSCILLATIONS. MOREOVER, WE DEFINE A PROBABILITY MATRIX FOR FLAVOR TRANSITIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE QUANTUM YANG-BAXTER EQUATIONS, AND ESTIMATE THE VALUES OF THE THREE NEUTRINO MASS EIGENVALUES WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE TRIANGULAR FORMULATION.