Sterile neutrino signals from supernovae

dc.creatorKeränen, P.
dc.creatorMaalampi, J.
dc.creatorMyyryläinen, M.
dc.creatorRiittinen, J.
dc.date2007-08-24
dc.date2007-11-22
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:18:52Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:18:52Z
dc.descriptionWe investigate the effects of a mixing of active and sterile neutrinos on the ratios of supernova electron neutrino flux ($F_e$) and antineutrino flux ($F_{\bar e}$) to the total flux of the other neutrino and antineutrino flavours ($F_a$). We assume that the heaviest (in the normal hierarchy) Standard Model neutrino $ν_3$ mixes with a sterile neutrino resulting in a pair of mass eigenstates with a small mass gap. Using the density matrix formalism we solve numerically the the evolution of neutrino states in the envelope of a supernova and determine the flux ratios $F_e/F_a$ and $F_{\bar{e}}/F_a$ as a function of the active-sterile mixing angle and for the experimentally allowed range of the standard active-active mixing angle $θ_{13}$.
dc.description5 pages, 3 figures. This is the corrected version to be published in Physical Review D
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0708.3337
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0708.3337
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.D76:125026,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.76.125026
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/193493
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.titleSterile neutrino signals from supernovae
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