Neutrino oscillation

Neutrino oscillation is a quantum mechanical phenomenon whereby neutrinos, which are elementary particles with very small mass and no electric charge, can change from one type (or flavor) to another as they propagate through space. There are three flavors of neutrinos associated with their corresponding charged leptons: the electron neutrino (\(\nu_e\)), the muon neutrino (\(\nu_\mu\)), and the tau neutrino (\(\nu_\tau\)).