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    Energy and Momentum of Oscillating Neutrinos

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    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

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    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

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    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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