English

MSW Without Matter

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We examine the effects of a scalar field, coupled only to neutrinos, on oscillations among weak interaction current eigenstates. The existence of a real scalar field is manifested as effective masses for the neutrino mass eigenstates, the same for \nbar\nbar as for \n\n. Under some conditions, this can lead to a vanishing of δm2\delta m^2, giving rise to MSW-like effects. We present an idealized example and show that it may be possible to resolve the apparent discrepancy in spectra required by r-process nucleosynthesis in the mantles of supernovae and by Solar neutrino solutions.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9608287,
  title  = {MSW Without Matter},
  author = {T. Goldman and B. H. J. McKellar and G. J. Stephenson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9608287},
  year   = {2007}
}

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3pp. LaTeX including 2 psfigures; to appear in Proceedings, DPF96, Minneapolis, 11-15 August 1996