Do hep neutrinos affect the solar neutrino energy spectrum?

被引:92
作者
Bahcall, JN
Krastev, PI
机构
[1] Inst Adv Study, Sch Nat Sci, Princeton, NJ 08540 USA
[2] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Phys, Madison, WI 53706 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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D O I
10.1016/S0370-2693(98)00920-4
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
If the low energy cross section for He-3 + p --> He-4 + e(+) + nu(e), the 'hep' reaction, is greater than or similar to 20 times larger than the best (but uncertain) theoretical estimates, then this reaction could significantly influence the electron energy spectrum produced by solar neutrino interactions and measured in the SuperKamiokande, SNO, and ICARUS experiments. We compare predicted energy spectra for different assumed hep fluxes and different neutrino oscillation scenarios with the observed SuperKamiokande spectrum. The spectra with enhanced hep contributions provide better fits to the SuperKamiokande data. (C) 1998 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:243 / 250
页数:8
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