Muon Oscillations

TL;DR

This paper explores the potential to measure neutrino mixing parameters through muon oscillations, which arise from muons produced in pion decay being in a superposition of energy states, despite experimental challenges due to the long oscillation period.

Contribution

It proposes a novel method to access neutrino mixing parameters by analyzing muon oscillations resulting from pion decay.

Findings

Muons exhibit oscillations due to neutrino superposition.

The oscillation period exceeds the muon lifetime, posing experimental challenges.

Potential to measure neutrino mixing parameters via muon decay analysis.

Abstract

Muons produced via the $\pi \to \mu \nu_{\mu}$ decay are in a coherent superposition of energy states because the $\nu_{\mu}$ is not a mass eigenstate. This presents an opportunity to access neutrino mixing parameters via muon decay. The oscillation period is long compared to the muon lifetime which presents some experimental challenges.