Where do we stand with solar neutrino oscillations?
- 7 October 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 58 (9) , 096016
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.58.096016
Abstract
We determine parameters for MSW and vacuum oscillations (active and sterile neutrinos) that are allowed by separate, and collective, imposition of the constraints from total event rates in the chlorine, GALLEX, SAGE, and SuperKamiokande experiments (504 days), the SuperKamiokande energy spectrum, and the SuperKamiokande zenith-angle dependence. The small mixing angle MSW solution is acceptable at 7% C.L. (8% for sterile ν’s) and the vacuum solution is acceptable at 6% C.L. The best-fit global MSW solution for active neutrinos is (and for sterile neutrinos For vacuum oscillations, the best-fit solution is An arbitrary combination of undistorted (no oscillations) and CNO neutrino fluxes is inconsistent with the combined data sets at the 3.5σ C.L., independent of astrophysical considerations. We use improved calculations of solar model fluxes, neutrino absorption cross sections and energy spectra, and a detailed evaluation of regeneration effects.
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