MSWνe→νstransition solution of the solar neutrino problem

Abstract
We study the stability of the two-neutrino MSW solution of the solar neutrino problem, corresponding to solar νe transitions into a sterile neutrino, νeνs, with respect to changes of the total fluxes of B8 and Be7 neutrinos, ΦB and ΦBe. For any value of ΦBe from the interval 0.7ΦBeBP<~ΦBe<~1.3ΦBeBP the νeνs MSW transitions provide at 95% C.L. a description of the existing solar neutrino data for 0.40ΦBBPΦB36ΦBBP ΦBBP and ΦBeBP being the fluxes in the solar model of Bahcall and Pinsonneault [Rev. Mod. Phys. 69, 85 (1992)]. The corresponding allowed regions of values of the parameters Δm2 and sin22θ, characterizing the solar neutrino transitions, are derived. The physical implications of the found MSW νeνs solutions for the future solar neutrino experiments are considered as well.
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