We show that all correct results obtained by applying quantum field theory to neutrino oscillations can be understood in terms of a single oscillation formula. In particular, the model proposed by Grimus and Stockinger is shown to be a subcase of the model proposed by Giunti, Kim and Lee, while the new oscillation formulas proposed by Ioannisian and Pilaftsis and by Shtanov are disproved. We derive an oscillation formula without making any relativistic assumption and taking into account the dispersion, so that the result is valid for both neutrinos and mesons. This unification gives a stronger phenomenological basis to the neutrino oscillation formula. We also prove that the coherence length can be increased without bound by more accurate energy measurements. Finally, we insist on the wave packet interpretation of the quantum field treatment of oscillations.
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