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Robust signatures of solar neutrino oscillation solutions

With the goal of identifying signatures that select specific neutrino oscillation parameters, we test the robustness of global oscillation solutions that fit all the available solar and reactor experimental data. We use three global analysis strategies previously applied by different authors and als...

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Autores principales: Bahcall, John N., Gonzalez-Garcia, M.C., Pena-Garay, Carlos
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2001
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2002/04/007
http://cds.cern.ch/record/526651
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author Bahcall, John N.
Gonzalez-Garcia, M.C.
Pena-Garay, Carlos
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Gonzalez-Garcia, M.C.
Pena-Garay, Carlos
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description With the goal of identifying signatures that select specific neutrino oscillation parameters, we test the robustness of global oscillation solutions that fit all the available solar and reactor experimental data. We use three global analysis strategies previously applied by different authors and also determine the sensitivity of the oscillation solutions to the critical nuclear fusion cross section, S_{17}(0), for the production of 8B. The neutral current to charged current ratio for SNO is predicted to be 3.5 +- 0.6 (1 sigma) for the favored LMA, LOW, and VAC solutions, which is separated from the no-oscillation value of 1.0 by much more than the expected experimental error. The predicted range of the day-night difference in charged current rates is between 0% and 21% (3 sigma) and is to be strongly correlated with the day-night effect for neutrino-electron scattering. A measurement by SNO of either a NC to CC ratio > 3.3 or a day-night difference > 10%, would favor a small region of the currently allowed LMA neutrino parameter space. All currently favored oscillation solutions predict a 7Be neutrino-electron scattering rate in BOREXINO and KamLAND in the range 0.66 +- 0.04 (1 sigma) of the BP00 standard solar model rate, a prediction which can be used to test both the solar model and the neutrino oscillation theory. Only the LOW solution predicts a large day-night effect(< 42%) in BOREXINO and KamLAND.
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spelling cern-5266512023-03-14T18:49:47Zdoi:10.1088/1126-6708/2002/04/007http://cds.cern.ch/record/526651engBahcall, John N.Gonzalez-Garcia, M.C.Pena-Garay, CarlosRobust signatures of solar neutrino oscillation solutionsParticle Physics - PhenomenologyWith the goal of identifying signatures that select specific neutrino oscillation parameters, we test the robustness of global oscillation solutions that fit all the available solar and reactor experimental data. We use three global analysis strategies previously applied by different authors and also determine the sensitivity of the oscillation solutions to the critical nuclear fusion cross section, S_{17}(0), for the production of 8B. The neutral current to charged current ratio for SNO is predicted to be 3.5 +- 0.6 (1 sigma) for the favored LMA, LOW, and VAC solutions, which is separated from the no-oscillation value of 1.0 by much more than the expected experimental error. The predicted range of the day-night difference in charged current rates is between 0% and 21% (3 sigma) and is to be strongly correlated with the day-night effect for neutrino-electron scattering. A measurement by SNO of either a NC to CC ratio > 3.3 or a day-night difference > 10%, would favor a small region of the currently allowed LMA neutrino parameter space. All currently favored oscillation solutions predict a 7Be neutrino-electron scattering rate in BOREXINO and KamLAND in the range 0.66 +- 0.04 (1 sigma) of the BP00 standard solar model rate, a prediction which can be used to test both the solar model and the neutrino oscillation theory. Only the LOW solution predicts a large day-night effect(< 42%) in BOREXINO and KamLAND.With the goal of identifying signatures that select specific neutrino oscillation parameters, we test the robustness of global oscillation solutions that fit all the available solar and reactor experimental data. We use three global analysis strategies previously applied by different authors and also determine the sensitivity of the oscillation solutions to the critical nuclear fusion cross section, S_{17}(0), for the production of 8B. The favored solutions are LMA, LOW, and VAC in order of g.o.f. The neutral current to charged current ratio for SNO is predicted to be 3.5 +- 0.6 (1 sigma), which is separated from the no-oscillation value of 1.0 by much more than the expected experimental error. The predicted range of the day-night difference in charged current rates is (8.2 +- 5.2)% and is strongly correlated with the day-night effect for neutrino-electron scattering. A measurement by SNO of either a NC to CC ratio > 3.3 or a day-night difference > 10%, would favor a small region of the currently allowed LMA neutrino parameter space. The global oscillation solutions predict a 7Be neutrino-electron scattering rate in BOREXINO and KamLAND in the range 0.66 +- 0.04 of the BP00 standard solar model rate, a prediction which can be used to test both the solar model and the neutrino oscillation theory. Only the LOW solution predicts a large day-night effect(< 42%) in BOREXINO and KamLAND. For the KamLAND reactor experiment, the LMA solution predicts 0.44 of the standard model rate: we evaluate 1 sigma and 3 sigma uncertainties and the first and second moments of the energy spectrum.hep-ph/0111150CERN-TH-2001-271oai:cds.cern.ch:5266512001-11-13
spellingShingle Particle Physics - Phenomenology
Bahcall, John N.
Gonzalez-Garcia, M.C.
Pena-Garay, Carlos
Robust signatures of solar neutrino oscillation solutions
title Robust signatures of solar neutrino oscillation solutions
title_full Robust signatures of solar neutrino oscillation solutions
title_fullStr Robust signatures of solar neutrino oscillation solutions
title_full_unstemmed Robust signatures of solar neutrino oscillation solutions
title_short Robust signatures of solar neutrino oscillation solutions
title_sort robust signatures of solar neutrino oscillation solutions
topic Particle Physics - Phenomenology
url https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2002/04/007
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