A possible statistical mechanism of anomalous neutrino velocity in OPERA experiment?

It is argued that the recently reported "superluminal neutrinos" could be accounted for a purely statistical effect due to the fact that only a very small fraction of initial protons is transformed into finally observed neutrinos. A simple one-dimensional model of a strongly damped Gaussia...

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Autor principal: Alicki, Robert
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2011
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Other Fields of Physics
Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/1385630
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description It is argued that the recently reported "superluminal neutrinos" could be accounted for a purely statistical effect due to the fact that only a very small fraction of initial protons is transformed into finally observed neutrinos. A simple one-dimensional model of a strongly damped Gaussian wave-packet is used to give an explanation consistent with the experimental data.
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spelling cern-13856302023-03-14T18:05:15Zhttp://cds.cern.ch/record/1385630engAlicki, RobertA possible statistical mechanism of anomalous neutrino velocity in OPERA experiment?Other Fields of PhysicsIt is argued that the recently reported "superluminal neutrinos" could be accounted for a purely statistical effect due to the fact that only a very small fraction of initial protons is transformed into finally observed neutrinos. A simple one-dimensional model of a strongly damped Gaussian wave-packet is used to give an explanation consistent with the experimental data.The set of kinetic equations describing the process of conversion of a beam of protons into mesons and then to neutrinos is solved. The asymptotic evolution of the density profile of neutrinos is essentially the same as that obtained in the previous version of the note for a simple model of uniformly damped wave-packet. It shows again that the recently reported 'superluminal neutrinos' could be considered as a purely statistical effect due to the fact that the detected neutrinos represent a biased sample of initial protons.arXiv:1109.5727oai:cds.cern.ch:13856302011-09-28
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A possible statistical mechanism of anomalous neutrino velocity in OPERA experiment?
title A possible statistical mechanism of anomalous neutrino velocity in OPERA experiment?
title_full A possible statistical mechanism of anomalous neutrino velocity in OPERA experiment?
title_fullStr A possible statistical mechanism of anomalous neutrino velocity in OPERA experiment?
title_full_unstemmed A possible statistical mechanism of anomalous neutrino velocity in OPERA experiment?
title_short A possible statistical mechanism of anomalous neutrino velocity in OPERA experiment?
title_sort possible statistical mechanism of anomalous neutrino velocity in opera experiment?
topic Other Fields of Physics
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