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'Just so' neutrino oscillations are back
- Source :
- Physics Letters B. 445:412-418
- Publication Year :
- 1999
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 1999.
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Abstract
- Recent evidence for oscillations of atmospheric neutrinos at Super-Kamiokande suggest, in the simplest see-saw interpretation, neutrino masses such that `just so' vacuum oscillations can explain the solar neutrino deficit. Super-K solar neutrino data provide preliminary support for this interpretation. We describe how the just-so signal---an energy dependent seasonal variation of the event rate, might be detected within the coming years and provide general arguments constraining the sign of the variation. The expected variation at radiochemical detectors may be below present sensitivity, but a significant modulation in the $^7$Be signal could shed light on the physics of the solar core---including a direct measure of the solar core temperature.<br />Comment: 4 pages, revtex, 4 ps figs: new refs added, and Super-K energy resolution function incorporated
- Subjects :
- Physics
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Particle physics
Solar neutrino
Astrophysics (astro-ph)
FOS: Physical sciences
Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
Solar core
Modulation (music)
High Energy Physics::Experiment
Neutrino
Neutrino oscillation
Variation (astronomy)
Event (particle physics)
Sign (mathematics)
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 03702693
- Volume :
- 445
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Physics Letters B
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....968ba725ca8dc01521ab5768f540770f
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0370-2693(98)01449-x