111 research outputs found
Effects of non-standard neutrino interactions on MSW-LMA solution to the solar neutrino problem
We show that the non-standard neutrino interactions can play a role as
sub-leading effect on the solar neutrino oscillations. We observe that very
small flavor universality violations of order of 0.1-0.2 G_F is sufficient to
induce two phenomena: suppression of the eletronic neutrino earth regeneration
and a shift of the resonance layer in the sun. We obtain these phenomena even
in the absence of any flavor changing interactions. We discuss their
consequences and confront with a global analysis of solar+KamLAND results. We
conclude that a new compatibility region in the Delta m^2 x tan^2\theta, which
we call very low Large Mixing Angle region, is found for Delta m^2 ~ 1e-5 eV^2
and tan^2\theta= 0.45.Comment: references added, small changes in text, some changes in predictions
of KamLAND future sensitivity to NSNI parameter
MHD solar fluctuations and solar neutrinos
We analyze how solar neutrino experiments could detect time fluctuations of the solar neutrino flux due to magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) perturbations of the solar plasma. We state that if such time fluctuations are detected, this would provide a unique signature of the Resonant Spin-Flavor Precession (RSFP) mechanism as a solution to the Solar Neutrino Problem.707774Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq
Radiative Generation of the LMA Solution from Small Solar Neutrino Mixing at the GUT Scale
We show that in see-saw models with small or even vanishing lepton mixing
angle , maximal , zero and zero CP
phases at the GUT scale, the currently favored LMA solution of the solar
neutrino problem can be obtained in a rather natural way by Renormalization
Group effects. We find that most of the running takes place in the energy
ranges above and between the see-saw scales, unless the charged lepton Yukawa
couplings are large, which would correspond to a large in the
Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM). The Renormalization Group
evolution of the solar mixing angle is generically larger than
the evolution of and . A large enhancement occurs
for an inverted mass hierarchy and for a regular mass hierarchy with . We present numerical examples of the evolution of the
lepton mixing angles in the Standard Model and the MSSM, in which the current
best-fit values of the LMA mixing angles are produced with vanishing solar
mixing angle at the GUT scale.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figures; reference added, minor changes in the text;
results unchanged; final version to appear in JHE
Solving Solar Neutrino Puzzle via LMA MSW Conversion
We analyze the existing solar neutrino experiment data and show the allowed
regions. The result from SNO's salt phase itself restricts quite a lot the
allowed region's area. Reactor neutrinos play an important role in determining
oscillation parameters. KamLAND gives decisive conclusion on the solution to
the solar neutrino puzzle, in particular, the spectral distortion in the 766.3
Ty KamLAND data gives another new improvement in the constraint of solar
MSW-LMA solutions. We confirm that at 99.73% C.L. the high-LMA solution is
excluded.Comment: 6 eps figure
Toward precision measurements in solar neutrinos
Solar neutrino physics enters a stage of precision measurements. In this
connection we present a precise analytic description of the neutrino conversion
in the context of LMA MSW solution of the solar neutrino problem. Using the
adiabatic perturbation theory we derive an analytic formula for the
survival probability which takes into account the non-adiabatic corrections and
the regeneration effect inside the Earth. The probability is averaged over the
neutrino production region. We find that the non-adiabatic corrections are of
the order . Using the formula for the Earth regeneration
effect we discuss features of the zenith angle dependence of the flux.
In particular, we show that effects of small structures at the surface of the
Earth can be important.Comment: 26 pages, 6 figures. Version to appear in Nucl. Phys.
The Majorana Neutrino Mass Matrix with One Texture Zero and One Vanishing Eigenvalue
Possible patterns of the Majorana neutrino mass matrix with one texture
zero and one vanishing eigenvalue are classified and discussed. We find that
three one-zero textures of with and four one-zero textures of
with are compatible with current neutrino oscillation data. The
implications of these phenomenological anstze on the neutrino mass
spectrum and the neutrinoless double beta decay are also explored in some
detail.Comment: RevTex 10 pages (with 2 PS figues). More discussions and references
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Solar Neutrinos Before and After KamLAND
We use the recently reported KamLAND measurements on oscillations of reactor
anti-neutrinos, together with the data of previously reported solar neutrino
experiments, to show that: (1) the total 8B neutrino flux emitted by the Sun is
1.00(1.0 \pm 0.06) of the standard solar model (BP00) predicted flux, (2) the
KamLAND measurements reduce the area of the globally allowed oscillation
regions that must be explored in model fitting by six orders of magnitude in
the Delta m^2-tan^2 theta plane, (3) LMA is now the unique oscillation solution
to a CL of 4.7sigma, (4) maximal mixing is disfavored at 3.1 sigma, (5)
active-sterile admixtures are constrained to sin^2 eta<0.13 at 1 sigma, (6) the
observed ^8B flux that is in the form of sterile neutrinos is
0.00^{+0.09}_{-0.00} (1 sigma), of the standard solar model (BP00) predicted
flux, and (7) non-standard solar models that were invented to completely avoid
solar neutrino oscillations are excluded by KamLAND plus solar at 7.9 sigma .
We also refine quantitative predictions for future 7Be and p-p solar neutrino
experiments.Comment: Published version, includes editorial improvement
Low scale gravity as the source of neutrino masses?
We address the question whether low-scale gravity alone can generate the
neutrino mass matrix needed to accommodate the observed phenomenology. In
low-scale gravity the neutrino mass matrix in the flavor basis is characterized
by one parameter (the gravity scale M_X) and by an exact or approximate flavor
blindness (namely, all elements of the mass matrix are of comparable size).
Neutrino masses and mixings are consistent with the observational data for
certain values of the matrix elements, but only when the spectrum of mass is
inverted or degenerate. For the latter type of spectra the parameter M_{ee}
probed in double beta experiments and the mass parameter probed by cosmology
are close to existing upper limits.Comment: 10 pages, 1 figur
Minimal archi-texture for neutrino mass matrices
The origin of the observed masses and mixing angles of quarks and leptons is
one of imperative subjects in and beyond the standard model. Toward a deeper
understanding of flavor structure, we investigate in this paper the minimality
of fermion mass (Yukawa) matrices in unified theory. That is, the simplest
matrix form is explored in light of the current experimental data for quarks
and leptons, including the recent measurements of quark CP violation and
neutrino oscillations. Two types of neutrino mass schemes are particularly
analyzed; (i) Majorana masses of left-handed neutrinos with unspecified
mechanism and (ii) Dirac and Majorana masses introducing three right-handed
neutrinos. As a result, new classes of neutrino mass matrices are found to be
consistent to the low-energy experimental data and high-energy unification
hypothesis. For distinctive phenomenological implications of the minimal
fermion mass textures, we discuss flavor-violating decay of charged leptons,
the baryon asymmetry of the universe via thermal leptogenesis, neutrino-less
double beta decay, and low-energy leptonic CP violation.Comment: 37 pages, 6 figure
Prediction of in Neutrino Mass Matrix with Two Zeros
We have discussed predictions of and in the framework of
the neutrino mass matrix with two zeros. In the case of the best fit values of
, , and , the prediction of is . The lower
bound of is 0.05, which depends on and
. We have investigated the stability of these predictions
taking account of small corrections to zeros, which may come from radiative
corrections or off-diagonal elements of the charged lepton massmatrix.
The lower bound of comes down considerably due to the small
corrections to zeros.Comment: Figures and discussions are adde
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