Three-Neutrino Mixing and Combined Vacuum Oscillations and MSW Transitions of Solar Neutrinos

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dc.creatorLiu, Q. Y.
dc.creatorPetcov, S. T.
dc.date1997-02-22
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dc.descriptionAssuming three flavour neutrino mixing takes place in vacuum, we investigate the possibility that the solar nu_e take part in MSW transitions in the Sun due to Delta m^2_{31} from 10^{-7} eV^2 to 10^{-4} eV^2, followed by long wave length vacuum oscillations on the way to the Earth, triggered by Delta m^2_{21} (or Delta m^2_{32}) from 10^{-12} eV^2 to 10^{-10} eV^2, Delta m^2_{31} and Delta m^2_{21} (Delta m^2_{32}) being the corresponding neutrino mass squared differences. The solar nu_e survival probability is shown to be described in this case by a simple analytic expression. Depending on whether the vacuum oscillations are due to Delta m^2_{21} or Delta m^2_{32} there are two very different types of interplay between the MSW transitions and the vacuum oscillations of the solar nu_e. Performing an analysis of the most recently published solar neutrino data we have found several qualitatively new solutions of the solar neutrino problem of the hybrid MSW transitions + vacuum oscillations type. The solutions differ in the way the pp, 7Be and 8B neutrino fluxes are affected by the transitions in the Sun and the oscillations in vacuum. The specific features of the new solutions are discussed.
dc.description37 pages Latex, 16 Postscript Figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9702400
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9702400
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.D56:7392-7411,1997
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.56.7392
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/223908
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleThree-Neutrino Mixing and Combined Vacuum Oscillations and MSW Transitions of Solar Neutrinos
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