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VEP oscillation solutions to the solar neutrino problem

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

We study the solar neutrino problem within the framework of a parametrized post-Newtonian formulation for the gravitational interaction of the neutrinos, which incorporates a violation to the equivalence principle (VEP). Using the current data on the rates and the energy spectrum we find two possible oscillation solutions, both for a large mixing angle. One of them involves the MSW effect in matter and the other corresponds to vacuum oscillations. An interesting characteristic of this mechanism is that it predicts a semi-annual variation of the neutrino flux. Our analysis provides new constraints for some VEP parameters.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9910407,
  title  = {VEP oscillation solutions to the solar neutrino problem},
  author = {H. Casini and J. C. D'Olivo and R. Montemayor},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9910407},
  year   = {2009}
}

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revtex, 18 pages, 11 figures