TY  - JOUR
AU  - Di Molfetta, G.
AU  - Perez, A.
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2016//
TI  - Quantum walks as simulators of neutrino oscillations in a vacuum and matter
T2  - New J. Phys.
JO  - New Journal of Physics
SP  - 103038
EP  - 8pp
VL  - 18
PB  - Iop Publishing Ltd
KW  - quantum walks
KW  - neutrino oscillations
KW  - quantum simulation
AB  - We analyze the simulation of Dirac neutrino oscillations using quantum walks, both in a vacuum and in matter. We show that this simulation, in the continuum limit, reproduces a set of coupled Dirac equations that describe neutrino flavor oscillations, and we make use of this to establish a connection with neutrino phenomenology, thus allowing one to fix the parameters of the simulation for a given neutrino experiment. We also analyze how matter effects for neutrino propagation can be simulated in the quantum walk. In this way, important features, such as the MSW effect, can be incorporated. Thus, the simulation of neutrino oscillations with the help of quantum walks might be useful to illustrate these effects in extreme conditions, such as the solar interior or supernovae.
SN  - 1367-2630
UR  - http://arxiv.org/abs/1607.00529
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/18/10/103038
DO  - 10.1088/1367-2630/18/10/103038
LA  - English
N1  - WOS:000386816100004
ID  - DiMolfetta+Perez2016
ER  -