Solar Neutrinos and the Eclipse Effect
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2009-10-31 v2 Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract
The solar neutrino counting rate in a real time detector like Super--Kamiokanda, SNO, or Borexino is enhanced due to neutrino oscillations in the Moon during a partial or total solar eclipse. The enhancement is calculated as a function of the neutrino parameters in the case of three flavor mixing. This enhancement, if seen, can further help to determine the neutrino parameters.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9908313,
title = {Solar Neutrinos and the Eclipse Effect},
author = {Mohan Narayan and G. Rajasekaran and Rahul Sinha and C. P. Burgess},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9908313},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
24 Pages Revtex, 8 figures as one ps file. To appear in Phys. Rev. D; Some typos corrected and a reference added