193 research outputs found
Re-Examination of Possible Bimodality of GALLEX Solar Neutrino Data
The histogram formed from published capture-rate measurements for the GALLEX
solar neutrino experiment is bimodal, showing two distinct peaks. On the other
hand, the histogram formed from published measurements derived from the similar
GNO experiment is unimodal, showing only one peak. However, the two experiments
differ in run durations: GALLEX runs are either three weeks or four weeks
(approximately) in duration, whereas GNO runs are all about four weeks in
duration. When we form 3-week and 4-week subsets of the GALLEX data, we find
that the relevant histograms are unimodal. The upper peak arises mainly from
the 3-week runs, and the lower peak from the 4-week runs. The 4-week subset of
the GALLEX dataset is found to be similar to the GNO dataset. A recent
re-analysis of GALLEX data leads to a unimodal histogram.Comment: 14 pages, 8 figure
Lepton Flavour Violation in a Class of Lopsided SO(10) Models
A class of predictive SO(10) grand unified theories with highly asymmetric
mass matrices, known as lopsided textures, has been developed to accommodate
the observed mixing in the neutrino sector. The model class effectively
determines the rate for charged lepton flavour violation, and in particular the
branching ratio for , assuming that the supersymmetric GUT
breaks directly to the constrained minimal supersymmetric standard model
(CMSSM). We find that in light of the combined constraints on the CMSSM
parameters from direct searches and from the WMAP satellite observations, the
resulting predicted rate for in this model class can be
within the current experimental bounds for low , but that the next
generation of experiments would effectively rule out this
model class if LFV is not detected.Comment: 23 page
Semi-Empirical Bound on the Chlorinr-37 Solar Neutrino Experiment
The Kamiokande measurement of energetic Boron-8 neutrinos from the sun is
used to set a lower bound on the contribution of the same neutrinos to the
signal in the \Chlorine\ experiment. Implications for Beryllium-7 neutrinos are
discussed.Comment: Latex, 6 pages + 1 postscript figure (included). UTAPHY-HEP-
CP Violations in Lepton Number Violation Processes and Neutrino Oscillations
We examine the constraints on the MNS lepton mixing matrix from the present
and future experimental data of the neutrino oscillation and lepton number
violation processes. We introduce a graphical representation of the CP
violation phases which appear in the lepton number violation processes such as
neutrinoless double beta decay, the conversion, and the K decay,
Using this graphical representation, we derive the
constraints on the CP violation phases in the lepton sector.Comment: 21pp, REVTeX, 9 Figure
Analysis and packaging of radiochemical solar neutrino data. 1. Bayesian approach
According to current practice, the results of each run of a radiochemical
solar neutrino experiment comprise an estimate of the flux and upper and lower
error estimates. These estimates are derived by a maximum-likelihood procedure
from the times of decay events in the analysis chamber. This procedure has the
following shortcomings: (a) Published results sometimes include negative flux
estimates. (b) Even if the flux estimate is non-negative, the probability
distribution function implied by the flux and error estimates will extend into
negative territory; and (c) The overall flux estimate derived from the results
of a sequence of runs may differ substantially from an estimate made by a
global analysis of all of the timing data taken together. These defects
indicate that the usual packaging of data in radiochemical solar neutrino
experiments provides an inadequate summary of the data, which implies a loss of
information. This article reviews this problem from a Bayesian perspective, and
suggests an alternative scheme for the packaging of radiochemical solar
neutrino data, which is we believe free from the above objections.Comment: 8 page
New Constraints on Neutrino Oscillations in Vacuum as a Possible Solution of the Solar Neutrino Problem
Two-neutrino oscillations in vacuum are studied as a possible solution of the
solar neutrino problem. New constraints on the parameter sn2, characterizing
the mixing of the electron neutrino with another active or sterile neutrino, as
well as on the mass--squared difference, dm2, of their massive neutrino
components, are derived using the latest results from the four solar neutrino
experiments. Oscillations into a sterile neutrino are ruled out at 99 % C.L. by
the observed mean event rates even if one includes the uncertainties of the
standard solar model predictions in the analysis.Comment: 10 pages + 3 figures attached as postscript files, IFP-480-UNC and
Ref. SISSA 177/93/EP (Updated Version which takes into account the latest
GALLEX results from 30 runs
Energy-dependent solar neutrino flux depletion in the Exact Parity Model and implications for SNO, SuperKamiokande and BOREXINO
Energy-dependent solar neutrino flux reduction caused by the
Mikheyev-Smirnov-Wolfenstein (MSW) effect is applied to the Exact Parity Model.
Several scenarios are possible, depending on the region of parameter space
chosen. The interplay between intergenerational MSW transitions and vacuum
``intragenerational'' ordinary-mirror neutrino oscillations is discussed.
Expectations for the ratio of charged to neutral current event rates at the
Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) are estimated. The implications of the
various scenarios for the Boron neutrino energy spectrum and BOREXINO are
briefly discussed. The consequences of MSW-induced solar neutrino depletion
within the Exact Parity Model differ in interesting ways from the standard
and cases. The physical causes of
these differences are determined.Comment: 43 pages, 8 figures, RevTeX; to appear in Phys. Rev. D, accepted
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Relations between the SNO and the Super Kamiokande solar neutrino rates
By comparing the neutrino spectra measured by SNO and Super Kamiokande, we
obtain inequalities between the ratios of observed rate to SSM rate for the two
experiments. These inequalities apply to a possibly energy-dependent reduction
of the SSM flux and to the case of neutrino oscillations. We use them to
examine the relationship between the two experiments expected for the MSW and
``Just-So" oscillation scenarios.Comment: 8 pages + 3 figures, REVTeX, uuencoded file created on a VMS syste
Solar Neutrinos and the Principle of Equivalence
We study the proposed solution of the solar neutrino problem which requires a
flavor nondiagonal coupling of neutrinos to gravity. We adopt a
phenomenological point of view and investigate the consequences of the
hypothesis that the neutrino weak interaction eigenstates are linear
combinations of the gravitational eigenstates which have slightly different
couplings to gravity, and , , corresponding to a
difference in red-shift between electron and muon neutrinos, . We perform a analysis of the latest available solar
neutrino data and obtain the allowed regions in the space of the relevant
parameters. The existing data rule out most of the parameter space which can be
probed in solar neutrino experiments, allowing only for small values of the mixing angle () and for large mixing (). Measurements of the -neutrino energy spectrum in the SNO and
Super-Kamiokande experiments will provide stronger constraints independent of
all considerations related to solar models. We show that these measurements
will be able to exclude part of the allowed region as well as to distinguish
between conventional oscillations and oscillations due to the violation of the
equivalence principle.Comment: 20 pages + 4 figures, IASSNS-AST 94/5
Degenerate Dirac Neutrinos
A simple extension of the standard model is proposed in which all the three
generations of neutrinos are Dirac particles and are naturally light. We then
assume that the neutrino mass matrix is diagonal and degenerate, with a few eV
mass to solve the dark matter problem. The self energy radiative corrections,
however, remove this degeneracy and allow mixing of these neutrinos. The
electroweak radiative corrections then predict a lower bound on the mass difference which solves the solar neutrino problem through MSW
mechanism and also predict a lower bound on the mass
difference which is just enough to explain the atmospheric neutrino problem as
reported by super Kamiokande.Comment: 11 pages latex fil
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