Pontecorvo–Maki–Nakagawa–Sakata matrix

<p>In <a href="/facts/Particle_physics/YgIuyj2t">particle physics</a>, the Pontecorvo–Maki–Nakagawa–Sakata matrix (PMNS matrix), Maki–Nakagawa–Sakata matrix (MNS matrix), <a href="/facts/Lepton/X4a6MGop">lepton</a> mixing matrix, or <a href="/facts/Neutrino/yGWVfSg2">neutrino</a> mixing matrix is a <a href="/facts/Unitary_matrix/8fsxv3KD">unitary</a>
<a href="/facts/Mixing_angle/4r4SSCyU">mixing matrix</a> that contains information on the mismatch of <a href="/facts/Quantum_state/7jbxd7Dx">quantum states</a> of <a href="/facts/Neutrino/yGWVfSg2">neutrinos</a> when they propagate freely and when they take part in <a href="/facts/Weak_interaction/f6upmKMs">weak interactions</a>. It is a model of <a href="/facts/Neutrino_oscillation/c1cc5noc">neutrino oscillation</a>. This matrix was introduced in 1962 by Ziro Maki, Masami Nakagawa, and <a href="/facts/Shoichi_Sakata/Lwu5HjIB">Shoichi Sakata</a>,
to explain the neutrino oscillations predicted by <a href="/facts/Bruno_Pontecorvo/xAHhKjoS">Bruno Pontecorvo</a>.
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Pontecorvo–Maki–Nakagawa–Sakata matrix open-in-new

Pontecorvo–Maki–Nakagawa–Sakata matrix