Charge conjugation and Lense-Thirring Effect: A new Asymmetry

TL;DR

This paper introduces a new asymmetry involving charge conjugation and the Lense-Thirring effect, predicting neutrino-antineutrino oscillations in rotating gravitational fields, relevant for supernovae and matter-antimatter asymmetry.

Contribution

It proposes a novel asymmetry effect combining charge conjugation and gravitational rotation effects, with implications for neutrino physics and cosmology.

Findings

Predicts neutrino-antineutrino oscillations in rotating gravitational environments.

Effect is unobservable for solar neutrinos but significant in supernovae.

Relevance to matter-antimatter asymmetry in the universe.

Abstract

This essay presents a new asymmetry that arises from the interplay of charge conjugation and Lense-Thirring effect. When applied to Majorana neutrinos, the effects predicts nu_e <-> overline{nu}_e oscillations in gravitational environments with rotating sources. Parameters associated with astrophysical environments indicate that the presented effect is presently unobservable for solar neutrinos. But, it will play an important role in supernova explosions, and carries relevance for the observed matter-antimatter asymmetry in the universe.