Effects of a general set of interactions on neutrino propagation in matter

Abstract

This talk is based on the article hep-ph/9903517 written in collaboration with Sven Bergmann and Yuval Grossman. An analysis of the effective potential for neutrino propagation in matter, assuming a generic set of Lorentz invariant non-derivative interactions is presented. In addition to vector and axial vector couplings, also tensor interactions can give coherent effects if the medium is polarized, and the components of a tensor potential transverse to the direction of neutrino propagation can induce a neutrino spin-flip.

Comments: 7 pages; plenary talk given at COSMO-99, Trieste, Italy, Sept 27 - Oct 2, 1999