No Effect of Majorana Phases in Neutrino Oscillations

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates that Majorana phases do not influence neutrino oscillations and that coherent superpositions of neutrino flavors cannot be created independently of charged leptons in weak interactions.

Contribution

It clarifies the non-effect of Majorana phases on neutrino oscillations and the impossibility of flavor superpositions independent of charged leptons.

Findings

Majorana phases have no impact on neutrino oscillations

Coherent superpositions of neutrino flavors cannot be created independently of charged leptons

Theoretical clarification of neutrino mixing and oscillation mechanisms

Abstract

It is shown that the Majorana phases of the neutrino mixing matrix cannot have any effect in neutrino oscillations, contrary to the argument presented in arXiv:0912.5266. It is also shown that in a charged-current weak interaction process it is not possible to create a coherent superposition of different flavor neutrinos which is independent of the associated charged leptons.