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Solar neutrinos and 1-3 leptonic mixing

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-11-10 v4

Abstract

Effects of the 1-3 leptonic mixing on the solar neutrino observables are studied and the signatures of non-zero θ13\theta_{13} are identified. For this we have re-derived the formula for 3ν3\nu-survival probability including all relevant corrections and constructed the iso-contours of observables in the sin2θ12sin2θ13\sin^2 \theta_{12} - \sin^2 \theta_{13} plane. Analysis of the solar neutrino data gives sin2θ13=0.0070.007+0.080\sin^2\theta_{13} = 0.007^{+ 0.080}_{-0.007} (90% C.L.) for Δm2=8105\Delta m^2 = 8 \cdot 10^{-5} eV2^2. The combination of the ratio CC/NC at SNO and gallium production rate selects sin2θ13=0.017±0.026\sin^2\theta_{13} = 0.017 \pm 0.026 (1σ1\sigma). The global fit of all oscillation data leads to zero best value of sin2θ13\sin^2 \theta_{13}. The sensitivity (1σ1\sigma error) of future solar neutrino studies to sin2θ13\sin^2 \theta_{13} can be improved down to 0.01 - 0.02 by precise measurements of the pp-neutrino flux and the CC/NC ratio as well as spectrum distortion at high (E>4E > 4 MeV) energies. Combination of experimental results sensitive to the low and high energy parts of the solar neutrino spectrum resolves the degeneracy of angles θ13\theta_{13} and θ12\theta_{12}. Comparison of sin2θ13\sin^2 \theta_{13} as well as sin2θ12\sin^2 \theta_{12} measured in the solar neutrinos and in the reactor/accelerator experiments may reveal new effects which can not be seen otherwise.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0411359,
  title  = {Solar neutrinos and 1-3 leptonic mixing},
  author = {Srubabati Goswami and Alexei Yu. Smirnov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0411359},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

36 pages, latex, 10 figures. Analysis and figures are updated with new (salt phase II) SNO results, several clarifications added, typos corrected