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Electron-neutrino survival probability from solar-neutrino data

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2011-01-04 v2 Astrophysics

Abstract

With SNO data on electron-neutrino flux from the sun, it is possible to derive the νe\nu_e survival probability Pee(E)P_{ee}(E) from existing experimental data of Super-Kamiokande, gallium experiments and Homestake. The combined data of SNO and Super-Kamiokande provide boron νe\nu_e flux and the total flux of all active boron neutrinos, giving thus Pee(E)P_{ee}(E) for boron neutrinos. The Homestake detector, after subtraction of the signal from boron neutrinos, gives the flux of Be+CNO neutrinos, and PeeP_{ee} for the corresponding energy interval, if the produced flux is taken from the Standard Solar Model (SSM). Gallium detectors, GALLEX, SAGE and GNO, detect additionally pp-neutrinos. The pp-flux can be calculated subtracting from the gallium signal the rate due to boron, beryllium and CNO neutrinos. The ratio of the measured pppp-neutrino flux to that predicted by the SSM gives the survival probability for pppp-neutrinos. Comparison with theoretical survival probabilities shows that the best (among known models) fit is given by LMA and LOW solutions.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0108108,
  title  = {Electron-neutrino survival probability from solar-neutrino data},
  author = {V. Berezinsky and M. Lissia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0108108},
  year   = {2011}
}

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9 pages, 3 figures, references added