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Applied Physics B

On the possible production and detection of coherent low-energy neutrino beams

Jeff W. Eerkens

Published Feb 4, 2013• 1 citation
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Abstract

Seminal experiments are discussed to prove or disprove the possibility of producing and detecting collimated coherent beams of low-energy neutrinos with the assistance of lasers. Expressions are given for the relative probability that a laser-beam-aligned co- or counter-propagating neutrino-antineutrino pair is emitted instead of a laser photon, during stimulated de-excitations of lasable excited states inside a lasing medium. For a neodymium laser this probability is approximately 10 −7 . To detect coherent beams of epithermal neutrinos and antineutrinos emitted from a pulsed high-power laser, it is anticipated that resonant non-absorptive stimulated de-excitations of lasing levels by neutrinos can be exploited to register their fly-through in a second near-threshold laser.

DOI
10.1007/s00340-013-5336-2

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