Neutrino oscillations are among the most robustly observed phenomena in particle physics. Neutrinos produced in association with one interaction channel are later detected through another, with probabilities that vary periodically with distance and energy.
In Quarkbase Cosmology, neutrino oscillations do not imply neutrino mass. They arise from internal structural dynamics of the neutrino itself, identified as the fundamental vacuum compactation: the quarkbase N=1.
The neutrino is not a point particle and not a quantum excitation of empty space. It is a discrete, stable volumetric compactation of the physical vacuum.
This compactation is the minimal physical unit, denoted as quarkbase N=1. All higher physical structures are built from assemblies of quarkbases.
The quarkbase supports internal structural modes. These modes are not separate particles, but distinct configurations of the same volumetric compactation.
During propagation through the physical vacuum, these internal modes evolve in relative phase. Their interference produces oscillatory detection probabilities.
In conventional models, oscillations are attributed to phase differences between mass eigenstates. Quarkbase Cosmology replaces this assumption with internal structural phase evolution.
Because the quarkbase is intrinsically massless, no mass term is required to generate oscillations.
The observed dependence of oscillation behavior on the ratio of propagation distance to energy arises naturally from phase accumulation of internal quarkbase modes.
This dependence reflects geometry and structure, not inertial mass.
When neutrinos propagate through matter, oscillation patterns are modified. In Quarkbase Cosmology, this occurs because matter alters local vacuum pressure and geometry.
The quarkbase responds structurally to these changes, leading to effective matter-dependent oscillations without invoking mass.
The neutrino quarkbase underlies all higher-order compactations responsible for gravitational and cosmological phenomena.
For the cosmological implications, see:
Neutrino oscillations provide direct evidence not of tiny neutrino masses, but of internal structure within the fundamental vacuum compactation.
They are a window into the volumetric architecture of the vacuum itself.
Author: Carlos Omeñaca Prado