Neutron-Mirror Neutron oscillations in Matter

The possibility that a neutron can be transformed to a hidden sector particle remains intriguingly open. Proposed theoretical models conjecture that the hidden sector can be represented by a mirror sector, and the neutron n can oscillate into its sterile mirror twin n', exactly or nearly degene...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2021-10
Main Authors: Kamyshkov, Yuri, Ternullo, James, Varriano, Louis, Berezhiani, Zurab
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cold neutrons
Neutron beams
Neutrons
Oscillations
Regeneration
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Summary:The possibility that a neutron can be transformed to a hidden sector particle remains intriguingly open. Proposed theoretical models conjecture that the hidden sector can be represented by a mirror sector, and the neutron n can oscillate into its sterile mirror twin n', exactly or nearly degenerate in mass with n. Oscillations n - n' can take place in vacuum and in the environment of the regular matter and the magnetic field where only neutron will be subject of interaction with the environment. We describe the propagation of the oscillating n - n' system as a particle of the cold neutron beam passing through the dense absorbing materials in connection with the possible regeneration type of experiments where the effect of n -> n' -> n transformation can be observed.
ISSN:2331-8422