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Probing Quantum Decoherence with High-Energy Neutrinos

Dan Hooper, Dean Morgan, Elizabeth Winstanley

hep-pharXiv:hep-ph/0410094

Abstract

We consider the prospects for observing the effects of quantum decoherence in high-energy (TeV-PeV) neutrinos from astrophysical sources. In particular, we study Galactic sources of electron anti-neutrinos produced in the decay of ultra-high energy neutrons. We find that next generation neutrino telescopes should be capable of placing limits on quantum decoherence effects over multi-kiloparsec baselines, surpassing current bounds by a factor of 1012 to 1033, depending on the model considered.

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