neutrino oscillation

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flavor-changing process neutrino physics process quantum phenomenon

Neutrino oscillation is a quantum phenomenon in which neutrinos change from one flavor type to another as they travel, implying that they have mass and mix between flavor states.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Neutrino oscillation	1
neutrino oscillation canonical	1
solar neutrino problem	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	flavor-changing process ⓘ neutrino physics process ⓘ quantum phenomenon ⓘ
confirmedBy	Daya Bay ⓘ K2K experiment ⓘ KamLAND experiment ⓘ surface form: KamLAND MINOS experiment ⓘ Sudbury Neutrino Observatory ⓘ surface form: SNO experiment Kamiokande experiment ⓘ surface form: Super-Kamiokande T2K ⓘ surface form: T2K experiment
dependsOn	neutrino energy ⓘ neutrino mass-squared differences ⓘ neutrino mixing angles ⓘ propagation distance ⓘ
describedBy	PMNS matrix ⓘ
evidenceFrom	accelerator neutrino experiments ⓘ atmospheric neutrino experiments ⓘ reactor neutrino experiments ⓘ solar neutrino experiments ⓘ
governedBy	Schrödinger functional equation in field theory ⓘ surface form: Schrödinger equation in flavor space quantum mechanics ⓘ
hasConsequence	atmospheric neutrino anomaly ⓘ solar neutrino deficit ⓘ violation of lepton flavor conservation in propagation ⓘ
hasSpecialCase	MSW effect ⓘ
implies	neutrino flavor eigenstates differ from mass eigenstates ⓘ neutrino mass is nonzero ⓘ
involves	Neutrino ⓘ surface form: neutrino neutrino flavor change ⓘ
isKeyTopicIn	astroparticle physics ⓘ cosmology ⓘ particle physics ⓘ
mathematicallyAnalogousTo	two-level quantum system oscillations ⓘ
occursBetween	electron neutrino ⓘ muon neutrino ⓘ tau neutrino ⓘ
occursIn	matter ⓘ vacuum ⓘ
parameterizedBy	CP-violating phase delta_CP ⓘ mass-squared difference delta m21 squared ⓘ mass-squared difference delta m31 squared ⓘ mixing angle theta12 ⓘ mixing angle theta13 ⓘ mixing angle theta23 ⓘ
relatedTo	CP violation in the lepton sector ⓘ neutrino mass hierarchy ⓘ
requires	coherent superposition of mass eigenstates ⓘ
usedToProbe	matter density profiles in astrophysical objects ⓘ properties of neutrino mass ⓘ
wasFirstProposedBy	Bruno Pontecorvo ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

muon neutrino → participatesIn → neutrino oscillation ⓘ

Kamiokande experiment → contributedTo → neutrino oscillation ⓘ

this entity surface form: solar neutrino problem

Neutrino → undergoes → neutrino oscillation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Neutrino oscillation