title: Describing oscillations of high energy neutrinos in matter precisely.
abstract: We present a formalism for precise description of oscillation phenomena in matter at high energies or high densities, V > Delta m(2)/2E, where V is the matter-induced potential of neutrinos. The accuracy of the approximation is determined by the quantity, where is the mixing angle in matter and is a typical change of the potential over the oscillation length (). We derive simple and physically transparent formulas for the oscillation probabilities, which are valid for arbitrary matter density profiles. They can be applied to oscillations of high-energy accelerator, atmospheric, and cosmic neutrinos in the matter of the Earth, substantially simplifying numerical calculations and providing an insight into the physics of neutrino oscillations in matter. The effect of parametric enhancement of the oscillations of high-energy neutrinos is considered.
authors.affiliation: Physik Department T30, Technische Universität München, James-Franck Strasse, D-85748 Garching, Germany and Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: E K H
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Akhmedov
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maltoni
authors.forename: A Y U
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Smirnov