Supernova Neutrino Oscillations
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2009-11-11 v1
Abstract
Observing a high-statistics neutrino signal from a galactic supernova (SN) would allow one to test the standard delayed explosion scenario and may allow one to distinguish between the normal and inverted neutrino mass ordering due to the effects of flavor oscillations in the SN envelope. One may even observe a signature of SN shock-wave propagation in the detailed time-evolution of the neutrino spectra. A clear identification of flavor oscillation effects in a water Cherenkov detector probably requires a megatonne-class experiment.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0501049,
title = {Supernova Neutrino Oscillations},
author = {Georg G. Raffelt},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0501049},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Proc. 129 Nobel Symposium "Neutrino Physics", 19-24 Aug 2004, Sweden