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Constraints on Energy Independent Solutions of the Solar Neutrino Problem

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2016-09-06 v1 Astrophysics

Abstract

We analyze the latest published solar neutrino data assuming an arbitrary neutrino oscillation/conversion mechanism suppresses the electron neutrino flux from the Sun independent of energy. For oscillations/transitions into active (sterile) neutrinos such mechanisms are ruled out at 99.96 (99.9997) % C.L. assuming the standard solar model by Bahcall and Pinnsoneault '95 correctly predicts all solar neutrino fluxes within their estimated uncertainties. Even if one allows for 8B^8{\rm B} and 7Be^7{\rm Be} solar neutrino fluxes that are vastly different from the ones in contemporary standard solar models these mechanisms are strongly disfavored by the data.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9612243,
  title  = {Constraints on Energy Independent Solutions of the Solar Neutrino Problem},
  author = {P. I. Krastev and S. T. Petcov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9612243},
  year   = {2016}
}

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16 pages, no figures, REVTEX