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Neutrino flavor state

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Summary

An electron-, muon-, or tau-flavor state defined by the charged-current interaction. Flavor states are coherent superpositions of neutrino mass eigenstates.

Record metadata

Canonical name: Neutrino flavor state
Concept ID: neutrino_flavor_state
Content version: 2.3.0
Primary field: Physics
Fields: Physics
Primary domain: Particle physics
Domains: Particle physics
Alternate terminology: No alternate terminology is currently authored for this record.
Concept type: Weak-interaction state basis

Concept sources

Wikipedia — Neutrino oscillation — Neutrino oscillation · encyclopedic reference · source ID wp-physics-neutrino_mixing
nLab — neutrino — neutrino · mathematical physics reference · source ID nlab-physics-neutrino
PDG — Neutrino Masses, Mixing, and Oscillations (Review of Particle Physics 2026) — Neutrino Masses, Mixing, and Oscillations (Review of Particle Physics 2026) · Particle Data Group review · source ID pdg-2026-neutrino
Nobel Prize — The Nobel Prize in Physics 2015: Advanced Information — The Nobel Prize in Physics 2015: Advanced Information · Nobel Foundation scientific reference · source ID nobel-neutrino

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Neutrino Neutrino flavor state

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This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.

Relation ID: neutrino_to_flavorbasis
Relation type: Classification classification
Direction: source → target
Endpoint roles: source: Has subtype; target: Classified as
Authored annotation: weak-interaction flavor basis

Authored explanation

Electron-, muon-, and tau-neutrino states are flavor-basis states of the neutrino sector.

How to interpret this relation type

The target is a member or subtype of the broader source class.

Relation sources

PDG — Neutrino Masses, Mixing, and Oscillations (Review of Particle Physics 2026) — Neutrino Masses, Mixing, and Oscillations (Review of Particle Physics 2026) · Particle Data Group review · source ID pdg-2026-neutrino
Nobel Prize — The Nobel Prize in Physics 2015: Advanced Information — The Nobel Prize in Physics 2015: Advanced Information · Nobel Foundation scientific reference · source ID nobel-neutrino

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Neutrino flavor state Electron neutrino

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Relation ID: flavor_to_electron_neutrino
Relation type: Classification classification
Direction: source → target
Endpoint roles: source: Has subtype; target: Classified as
Authored annotation: electron flavor

Authored explanation

The electron neutrino is the flavor state coupled to the electron charged-current channel.

How to interpret this relation type

The target is a member or subtype of the broader source class.

Relation sources

PDG — Neutrino Masses, Mixing, and Oscillations (Review of Particle Physics 2026) — Neutrino Masses, Mixing, and Oscillations (Review of Particle Physics 2026) · Particle Data Group review · source ID pdg-2026-neutrino

Neutrino flavor state Muon neutrino

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This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.

Relation ID: flavor_to_muon_neutrino
Relation type: Classification classification
Direction: source → target
Endpoint roles: source: Has subtype; target: Classified as
Authored annotation: muon flavor

Authored explanation

The muon neutrino is the flavor state coupled to the muon charged-current channel.

How to interpret this relation type

The target is a member or subtype of the broader source class.

Relation sources

PDG — Neutrino Masses, Mixing, and Oscillations (Review of Particle Physics 2026) — Neutrino Masses, Mixing, and Oscillations (Review of Particle Physics 2026) · Particle Data Group review · source ID pdg-2026-neutrino

Neutrino flavor state Neutrino mixing

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This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.

Relation ID: flavorbasis_to_mixing
Relation type: Theory component theory-component
Direction: source → target
Endpoint roles: source: Contributes to; target: Contains theory component
Authored annotation: weak-interaction basis

Authored explanation

Neutrino mixing relates the charged-current flavor basis to the propagation mass basis.

How to interpret this relation type

The source supplies a substantive formal ingredient, dynamical sector, law, field content, or mechanism of the target theoretical framework.

Relation sources

PDG — Neutrino Masses, Mixing, and Oscillations (Review of Particle Physics 2026) — Neutrino Masses, Mixing, and Oscillations (Review of Particle Physics 2026) · Particle Data Group review · source ID pdg-2026-neutrino
Nobel Prize — The Nobel Prize in Physics 2015: Advanced Information — The Nobel Prize in Physics 2015: Advanced Information · Nobel Foundation scientific reference · source ID nobel-neutrino

Neutrino flavor state Tau neutrino

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This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.

Relation ID: flavor_to_tau_neutrino
Relation type: Classification classification
Direction: source → target
Endpoint roles: source: Has subtype; target: Classified as
Authored annotation: tau flavor

Authored explanation

The tau neutrino is the flavor state coupled to the tau charged-current channel.

How to interpret this relation type

The target is a member or subtype of the broader source class.

Relation sources

PDG — Neutrino Masses, Mixing, and Oscillations (Review of Particle Physics 2026) — Neutrino Masses, Mixing, and Oscillations (Review of Particle Physics 2026) · Particle Data Group review · source ID pdg-2026-neutrino