Does the Sun appear brighter at night in neutrinos?

被引:79
作者
Bahcall, JN
Krastev, PI
机构
[1] School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW C | 1997年 / 56卷 / 05期
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10.1103/PhysRevC.56.2839
中图分类号
O57 [原子核物理学、高能物理学];
学科分类号
070202 ;
摘要
We calculate accurately the number of solar neutrino events expected as a function of solar zenith angle, with and without neutrino oscillations, for detectors at the locations of Super-Kamiokande, SNO, and the Gran Sasso National Laboratory. Using different Earth models to estimate geophysical uncertainties, and different solar models to estimate solar uncertainties, we evaluate distortions predicted by the Mikheyev-Smimov-Wolfenstein (MSW) effect in the zenith angle distributions of solar neutrino events. The distortions are caused by oscillations and by nu-e interactions in the Earth that regenerate nu(e) from nu(mu) or nu(tau). We show that the first two moments of the zenith-angle distribution are more sensitive to the small mixing angle MSW solution than the conventionally studied day-night asymmetry. We present iso-sigma contours that illustrate the potential of Super-Kamiokande, SNO, BOREXINO, ICARUS, and HERON/HELLAZ for detecting the Earth regeneration effect at their actual locations (and at the equator). MSW solutions favored by the four pioneering solar neutrino experiments predict characteristic distortions for Super-Kamiokande, SNO, BOREXINO, and ICARUS that range from being unmeasurably small to > 5 sigma (stat) after only a few years of observations.
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页码:2839 / 2857
页数:19
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