Solar Mikheyev-Smirnov-Wolfenstein Effect with Three Generations of Neutrinos
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
Under the assumption that the density variation of the electrons can be approximated by an exponential function, the solar Mikheyev-Smirnov-Wolfenstein effect is treated for three generations of neutrinos. The generalized hypergeometric functions that result from the exact solution of this problem are studied in detail, and a method for their numerical evaluation is presented. This analysis plays a central role in the determination of neutrino masses, not only the differences of their squares, under the assumption of universal quark-lepton mixing.
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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9912540,
title = {Solar Mikheyev-Smirnov-Wolfenstein Effect with Three Generations of Neutrinos},
author = {Per Osland and Tai Tsun Wu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9912540},
year = {2009}
}
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22 pages, LaTeX, including 2 figures