Testing the special relativity theory with neutrino interactions

The Special Theory of Relativity

Comments on Neutrino Tests of Special Relativity

We point out that the assumption of Lorentz noninvariance examined recently by Coleman and Glashow leads to neutrino flavor oscillations which are phenomenologically equivalent to those obtained by assuming the neutrinos violate the principle of equivalence. We then comment on the limits on Lorentz noninvariance which can be derived from solar, atmospheric, and accelerator neutrino experiments.

Neutrino Tests of General and Special Relativity

We review the status of testing the principle of equivalence and Lorentz invariance from atmospheric and solar neutrino experiments. Talk presented at the Nufact’99 Workshop, Lyon, France, July 5-9, 1999.

Chapter 1 The special theory of relativity

1905 is often described as Einstein’s annus mirabilis: a wonderful year in which he came up with three remarkable ideas. These were the Brownian motion in fluids, the photoelectric effect and the special theory of relativity. Each of these was of a basic nature and also had a wide impact on physics. In this chapter we will be concerned with special relativity, which was arguably the most fundam...

Testing exotic neutrino-neutrino interactions with AGN neutrinos

We propose a test for non-standard neutrino-neutrino interactions by using ultrahigh energy AGN neutrinos. Such interactions would influence the AGN neutrino flux due to collisions with cosmic background neutrinos. For typical AGN neutrinos we obtain an upper limit for the coupling constant g < 6.4 ·10−3 if the mediator is light and g/(MX/MeV) < 0.013 if the mediator is heavy. We compare our re...