Neutrino spin flip around a Schwarzschild black hole

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We propose a new approach to the study of spin-flip probability for massive Dirac neutrinos orbiting around a Schwarzschild black hole, recently considered by Dvornikov (2006 Int. J. Mod. Phys. 15 1017). Inspired by the paper by Papini and Lambiase (2002 Phys. Lett.A 294 175), we employ a reference frame comoving with the particle in the curved spacetime background. Using a suitable tetrad adapted to a comoving observer, we discuss the gravito-inertial effects (curvature plus spin rotation or Mashhoon effect) on the massive neutrino spin-flip probability. At variance with some recent claims, we find non-null results, in very good agreement with those obtained in [19], although through quite a different approach. Such results suggest a sort of competition between gravity and inertia. Taking into account the possible anomalous magnetic moment μν of a massive Dirac neutrino, we also briefly consider the interplay between gravito-inertial and magnetic effects, in the presence of some external strong magnetic field in the Schwarzschild geometry (which is believed to be a typical scenario in the case of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) or neutron stars). We find some evidence that the actual poor knowledge about the bounds on μν cannot rule out the possibility of some relevant competition between the two effects.

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