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Neutron-mirror neutron conversion in the vacuum, a trap, material, and a neutron star

B. O. Kerbikov
Phys. Rev. D 106, 015015 – Published 15 July 2022

Abstract

The possibility of neutron swapping between the ordinary and mirror sectors is today a subject of a great many theoretical and experimental studies. In this paper, we investigate the neutron-mirror neutron transitions in different environments from a vacuum to a neutron star. Our approach is based on the density matrix formalism, Lindblad and Bloch equations and the implication of the seesaw mechanism to the Hamiltonian diagonalization.

  • Received 4 March 2022
  • Accepted 7 July 2022

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.106.015015

Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI. Funded by SCOAP3.

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B. O. Kerbikov*

  • Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow 119991, Russia and Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny 141700, Moscow Region, Russia

  • *Corresponding author. bkerbikov@gmail.com

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Vol. 106, Iss. 1 — 1 July 2022

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