SEARCH FOR DAY-NIGHT AND SEMIANNUAL VARIATIONS IN THE SOLAR NEUTRINO FLUX OBSERVED IN THE KAMIOKANDE-II DETECTOR

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HIRATA, KS
INOUE, K
KAJITA, T
KIHARA, K
NAKAHATA, M
NAKAMURA, K
OHARA, S
SATO, N
SUZUKI, Y
TOTSUKA, Y
YAGINUMA, Y
MORI, M
OYAMA, Y
SUZUKI, A
TAKAHASHI, K
YAMADA, M
KOSHIBA, M
NISHIJIMA, K
SUDA, T
TAJIMA, T
MIYANO, K
MIYATA, H
TAKEI, H
FUKUDA, Y
KODERA, E
NAGASHIMA, Y
TAKITA, M
KANEYUKI, K
TANIMORI, T
BEIER, EW
FELDSCHER, LR
FRANK, ED
FRATI, W
KIM, SB
MANN, AK
NEWCOMER, FM
VANBERG, R
ZHANG, W
机构
[1] NATL LAB HIGH ENERGY PHYS,TSUKUBA,IBARAKI 305,JAPAN
[2] NIIGATA UNIV,NIIGATA 95021,JAPAN
[3] KOBE UNIV,DEPT PHYS,KOBE 657,JAPAN
[4] OSAKA UNIV,DEPT PHYS,TOYONAKA,OSAKA 560,JAPAN
[5] TOKYO INST TECHNOL,DEPT PHYS,TOKYO 152,JAPAN
[6] UNIV PENN,DEPT PHYS,PHILADELPHIA,PA 19104
[7] TOKAI UNIV,TOKYO 151,JAPAN
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.9
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
Searches for possible day-night and semiannual variations of the B-8 solar neutrino flux are reported based on 1040 days of Kamiokande-II data. Within statistical error, no such short-time variations were observed. The limit on the day-night difference sets a constraint on neutrino-oscillation parameters. A region defined by sin(2)2-theta-less-than-or-similar-to 0.02 and 2x10(-6) less-than-or-similar-to-DELTA-m2 less-than-or-similar-to 10(-5) eV2 is excluded at 90% C. L. without any assumption on the absolute value of the expected solar neutrino flux.
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