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Neutrino transition magnetic moments and the solar magnetic field on the light of the Kamland evidence

We present here a recopilation of recent results about the possibility of detecting solar electron antineutrinos produced by solar core and convective magnetic fields. These antineutrinos are predicted by spin-flavor oscillations at a significant rate even if this mechanism is not the leading soluti...

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Autores principales: Antonelli, V, Chauhan, B C, Picariello, M, Pulido, J, Torrente-Lujan, E
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2003
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/678327
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author Antonelli, V
Chauhan, B C
Picariello, M
Pulido, J
Torrente-Lujan, E
author_facet Antonelli, V
Chauhan, B C
Picariello, M
Pulido, J
Torrente-Lujan, E
author_sort Antonelli, V
collection CERN
description We present here a recopilation of recent results about the possibility of detecting solar electron antineutrinos produced by solar core and convective magnetic fields. These antineutrinos are predicted by spin-flavor oscillations at a significant rate even if this mechanism is not the leading solution to the SNP. Using the recent Kamland results and assuming a concrete model for antineutrino production by spin-flavor precession in the convective zone based on chaotic magnetic fields,we obtain bounds on the flux of solar antineutrinos, on the average conversion neutrino-antineutrino probability and on intrinsic neutrino magnetic moment. In the most conservative case, $\mu\lsim 2.5\times 10^{-11} \mu_B$ (95% CL). When studying the effects of a core magnetic field, we find in the weak limit a scaling of the antineutrino probability with respect to the magnetic field profile in the sense that the same probability function can be reproduced by any profile with a suitable peak field value. In this way the solar electron antineutrino spectrum can be unambiguosly predicted. We use this scaling and the negative results indicated by the KamLAND experiment to obtain upper bounds on the solar electron antineutrino flux. We find that, for a wide family of magnetic field profiles in the sun interior, the antineutrino appearance probability is largely determined by the magnetic field intensity but not by its shape. Explicit limits on neutrino transition moments are also obtained consistent with the convective case. These limits are therefore largerly independent of the detailed structure of the magnetic field in the solar interior.
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spelling cern-6783272019-09-30T06:29:59Zhttp://cds.cern.ch/record/678327engAntonelli, VChauhan, B CPicariello, MPulido, JTorrente-Lujan, ENeutrino transition magnetic moments and the solar magnetic field on the light of the Kamland evidenceParticle Physics - PhenomenologyWe present here a recopilation of recent results about the possibility of detecting solar electron antineutrinos produced by solar core and convective magnetic fields. These antineutrinos are predicted by spin-flavor oscillations at a significant rate even if this mechanism is not the leading solution to the SNP. Using the recent Kamland results and assuming a concrete model for antineutrino production by spin-flavor precession in the convective zone based on chaotic magnetic fields,we obtain bounds on the flux of solar antineutrinos, on the average conversion neutrino-antineutrino probability and on intrinsic neutrino magnetic moment. In the most conservative case, $\mu\lsim 2.5\times 10^{-11} \mu_B$ (95% CL). When studying the effects of a core magnetic field, we find in the weak limit a scaling of the antineutrino probability with respect to the magnetic field profile in the sense that the same probability function can be reproduced by any profile with a suitable peak field value. In this way the solar electron antineutrino spectrum can be unambiguosly predicted. We use this scaling and the negative results indicated by the KamLAND experiment to obtain upper bounds on the solar electron antineutrino flux. We find that, for a wide family of magnetic field profiles in the sun interior, the antineutrino appearance probability is largely determined by the magnetic field intensity but not by its shape. Explicit limits on neutrino transition moments are also obtained consistent with the convective case. These limits are therefore largerly independent of the detailed structure of the magnetic field in the solar interior.hep-ph/0310264hep-ph/0310262FT-UM-TH-2003-15IFTM-2003-14IFUM-346-FToai:cds.cern.ch:6783272003-10-22
spellingShingle Particle Physics - Phenomenology
Antonelli, V
Chauhan, B C
Picariello, M
Pulido, J
Torrente-Lujan, E
Neutrino transition magnetic moments and the solar magnetic field on the light of the Kamland evidence
title Neutrino transition magnetic moments and the solar magnetic field on the light of the Kamland evidence
title_full Neutrino transition magnetic moments and the solar magnetic field on the light of the Kamland evidence
title_fullStr Neutrino transition magnetic moments and the solar magnetic field on the light of the Kamland evidence
title_full_unstemmed Neutrino transition magnetic moments and the solar magnetic field on the light of the Kamland evidence
title_short Neutrino transition magnetic moments and the solar magnetic field on the light of the Kamland evidence
title_sort neutrino transition magnetic moments and the solar magnetic field on the light of the kamland evidence
topic Particle Physics - Phenomenology
url http://cds.cern.ch/record/678327
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