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Energy and Momentum of Oscillating Neutrinos
It is shown that Lorentz invariance implies that in general flavor neutrinos
in oscillation experiments are superpositions of massive neutrinos with
different energies and different momenta. It is also shown that for each
process in which neutrinos are produced there is either a Lorentz frame in
which all massive neutrinos have the same energy or a Lorentz frame in which
all massive neutrinos have the same momentum. In the case of neutrinos produced
in two-body decay processes, there is a Lorentz frame in which all massive
neutrinos have the same energy.Comment: 6 pages, no figure
Enhancing the physical significance of Frequentist confidence intervals
It is shown that all the Frequentist methods are equivalent from a
statistical point of view, but the physical significance of the confidence
intervals depends on the method. The Bayesian Ordering method is presented and
confronted with the Unified Approach in the case of a Poisson process with
background. Some criticisms to both methods are answered. It is also argued
that a general Frequentist method is not needed.Comment: 10 page
Lorentz Invariance of Neutrino Oscillations
It is shown that, in spite of the appearances, the standard expression for
the oscillation probability of ultrarelativistic neutrinos is Lorentz
invariant.Comment: 5 page
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