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Screening of Nuclear Reactions in the Sun and Solar Neutrinos
We quantitatively determine the effect and the uncertainty on solar neutrino
production arising from the screening process. We present predictions for the
solar neutrino fluxes and signals obtained with different screening models
available in the literature and by using our stellar evolution code. We explain
these numerical results in terms of simple laws relating the screening factors
with the neutrino fluxes. Futhermore we explore a wider range of models for
screening, obtained from the Mitler model by introducing and varying two
phenomenological parameters, taking into account effects not included in the
Mitler prescription. Screening implies, with respect to a no-screening case, a
central temperat reduction of 0.5%, a 2% (8%) increase of Beryllium
(Boron)-neutrino flux and a 2% (12%) increase of the Gallium (Chlorine) signal.
We also find that uncertainties due to the screening effect ar at the level of
1% for the predicted Beryllium-neutrino flux and Gallium signal, not exceeding
3% for the Boron-neutrino flux and the Chlorine signal.Comment: postscript file 11 pages + 4 figures compressed and uuencoded we have
replaced the previous paper with a uuencoded file (the text is the same) for
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Networks from gene expression time series: characterization of correlation patterns
This paper describes characteristic features of networks reconstructed from
gene expression time series data. Several null models are considered in order
to discriminate between informations embedded in the network that are related
to real data, and features that are due to the method used for network
reconstruction (time correlation).Comment: 10 pages, 3 BMP figures, 1 Table. To appear in Int. J. Bif. Chaos,
July 2007, Volume 17, Issue
The luminosity constraint on solar neutrino fluxes
A specific linear combination of the total solar neutrino fluxes must equal
the measured solar photon luminosity if nuclear fusion reactions among light
elements are responsible for solar energy generation. This luminosity
constraint, previously used in a limited form in testing the no neutrino
oscillation hypothesis, is derived in a generality that includes all of the
relevant solar neutrino fluxes and which is suitable for analyzing the results
of many different solar neutrino experiments. With or without allowing for
neutrino oscillations, the generalized luminosity constraint can be used in
future analyses of solar neutrino data. Accurate numerical values for the
linear coefficients are provided.Comment: related material at http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jn
Current Status of the Solar Neutrino Problem with Super-Kamiokande
We perform an updated model-independent analysis using the latest solar
neutrino data obtained by Cl and Ga radiochemical experiments,
and most notably by a large water-Cherenkov detector SuperKamiokande with their
504 days of data taking. We confirm that the astrophysical solutions to the
solar neutrino problem are extremely disfavored by the data and a
low-temperature modification of the standard solar model is excluded by more
than 5 . We also propose a new way of illuminating the suppression
pattern of various solar neutrino flux without invoking detailed flavor
conversion mechanisms. It indicates that the strong suppression of Be
neutrinos is no more true when the neutrino flavor conversion is taken into
account.Comment: RevTex file, 10 pages, 7 postscript figure
Noncommutative geometry and physics: a review of selected recent results
This review is based on two lectures given at the 2000 TMR school in Torino.
We discuss two main themes: i) Moyal-type deformations of gauge theories, as
emerging from M-theory and open string theories, and ii) the noncommutative
geometry of finite groups, with the explicit example of Z_2, and its
application to Kaluza-Klein gauge theories on discrete internal spaces.Comment: Based on lectures given at the TMR School on contemporary string
theory and brane physics, Jan 26- Feb 2, 2000, Torino, Italy. To be published
in Class. Quant. Grav. 17 (2000). 3 ref.s added, typos corrected, formula on
exterior product of n left-invariant one-forms corrected, small changes in
the Sect. on integratio
Solar neutrino interactions: Using charged currents at SNO to tell neutral currents at Super-Kamiokande
In the presence of flavor oscillations, muon and tau neutrinos can contribute
to the Super-Kamiokande (SK) solar neutrino signal through the neutral current
process \nu_{\mu,\tau} e^{-}\to \nu_{\mu,\tau} e^{-}. We show how to separate
the \nu_e and \nu_{\mu,\tau} event rates in SK in a model independent way, by
using the rate of the charged current process \nu_e d \to p p e^{-} from the
Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) experiment, with an appropriate choice of
the SK and SNO energy thresholds. Under the additional hypothesis of no
oscillations into sterile states, we also show how to determine the absolute
^{8}B neutrino flux from the same data set, independently of the \nu_e survival
probability.Comment: 14 pages (RevTeX), incl. 3 figures (epsf), submitted to Phys. ReV.
Theory for Phase Transitions in Insulating Vanadium Oxide
We show that the recently proposed S=2 bond model with orbital degrees of
freedom for insulating VO not only explains the anomalous magnetic
ordering, but also other mysteries of the magnetic phase transition. The model
contains an additional orbital degree of freedom that exhibits a zero
temperature quantum phase transtion in the Ising universality class.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figure
The luminosity function of the Large Magellanic Cloud globular cluster NGC 1866
We present {\it Hubble Space Telescope} {\it V,I} photometry of the central
region of the LMC cluster NGC 1866, reaching magnitudes as faint as V=27 mag.
We find evidence that the cluster luminosity function shows a strong dependence
on the distance from the cluster center, with a clear deficiency of low
luminosity stars in the inner region. We discuss a {\it global} cluster
luminosity function as obtained from stars in all the investigated region,
which appears in impressive agreement with the prediction from a Salpeter mass
distribution. We also revisit the use of NGC 1866 as a probe for determining
the efficiency of core overshooting, and conclude that a definitive answer to
this question is not possible from this cluster.Comment: AJ accepted, 16 pages, 19 figures, uses aastex.cl
How Well Do We (and Will We) Know Solar Neutrino Fluxes and Oscillation Parameters?
Assuming neutrino oscillations occur, the pp electron neutrino flux is
uncertain by at least a factor of two, the flux by a factor of
five, and the flux by a factor of forty-five. Calculations of the
expected results of future solar neutrino experiments (SuperKamiokande, SNO,
BOREXINO, ICARUS, HELLAZ, and HERON) are used to illustrate the extent to which
these experiments will restrict the range of the allowed neutrino mixing
parameters. We present an improved formulation of the ``luminosity constraint''
and show that at 95\% confidence limit this constraint establishes the best
available limits on the rate of creation of pp neutrinos in the solar interior
and provides the best upper limit to the neutrino flux.Comment: 37 pages, uuencoded Z-compressed postscript file (with figures);
Submitted to Physical Review
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