In Neutrinos, Quantum Entanglement Leads to Shared Flavor (IMAGE)

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In Neutrinos, Quantum Entanglement Leads to Shared Flavor

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Neutrinos of different “flavor” quantum states (shown by colors) are entangled through interactions. In dense neutrino environments like core-collapse supernovae, this leads neutrinos of different flavors to equilibrate to similar energy distributions.

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Image courtesy of Felix Sanchez.

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