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Large Extra Dimensions, Sterile neutrinos and Solar Neutrino Data

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v2

Abstract

Solar, atmospheric and LSND neutrino oscillation results require a light sterile neutrino, νB\nu_B, which can exist in the bulk of extra dimensions. Solar νe\nu_e, confined to the brane, can oscillate in the vacuum to the zero mode of νB\nu_B and via successive MSW transitions to Kaluza-Klein states of νB\nu_B. This new way to fit solar data is provided by both low and intermediate string scale models. From average rates seen in the three types of solar experiments, the Super-Kamiokande spectrum is predicted with 73% probability, but dips characteristic of the 0.06 mm extra dimension should be seen in the SNO spectrum.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0010353,
  title  = {Large Extra Dimensions, Sterile neutrinos and Solar Neutrino Data},
  author = {D. O. Caldwell and R. N. Mohapatra and S. J. Yellin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0010353},
  year   = {2008}
}

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4 pages, 2 figures