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Solar Neutrinos Almost Independently of Solar Models

Astrophysics 2009-09-25 v2

Abstract

Recent solar neutrino results together with the assumption of a stationary Sun imply severe constraints on the individual components of the total neutrino flux : ΦBe0.7109cm2s1,ΦCNO0.6109cm2s1\Phi_{Be} \leq 0.7 \cdot 10^{9} cm^{-2} s^{-1}, \Phi_{CNO} \leq 0.6 \cdot 10^{9} cm^{-2} s^{-1} and 64109cm2s1Φpp+pep65109cm2s164 \cdot 10^{9} cm^{-2} s^{-1} \leq \Phi_{pp+pep} \leq 65 \cdot 10^{9} cm^{-2} s^{-1} (at 1σ \sigma level), the constraint on νBe\nu_{Be} being in strong disagreement with ΦBeSSM=5109cm2s1\Phi_{Be}^{SSM} = 5 \cdot 10^{9} cm^{-2} s^{-1}. We study a large variety of non-standard solar models with low inner temperatures, finding that the temperature profiles T(m) follow the homology relationship: T(m)=kT(m)SSMT(m)^{SSM}, so that they are specified just by the central temperature TcT_{c}. There is no value of TcT_{c} which can account for all the available experimental results and also if we restrict to consider just Gallium and Kamiokande results the fit is poor. Finally we discuss what can be learned from new generation experiments, planned for the detection of monochromatic solar neutrinos, about the properties of neutrinos and of the Sun.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9405018,
  title  = {Solar Neutrinos Almost Independently of Solar Models},
  author = {V. Castellani and S. Degl'Innocenti and G. Fiorentini and B. Ricci},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9405018},
  year   = {2009}
}

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12 pages, 5 figures appended as postscript files at the end latex using the style worldsci.sty