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Large mixing angle oscillations as a probe of the deep solar interior
We re-examine the sensitivity of solar neutrino oscillations to noise in the
solar interior using the best current estimates of neutrino properties. Our
results show that the measurement of neutrino properties at KamLAND provides
new information about fluctuations in the solar environment on scales to which
standard helioseismic constraints are largely insensitive. We also show how the
determination of neutrino oscillation parameters from a combined fit of KamLAND
and solar data depends strongly on the magnitude of solar density fluctuations.
We argue that a resonance between helioseismic and Alfven waves might provide a
physical mechanism for generating these fluctuations and, if so,
neutrino-oscillation measurements could be used to constrain the size of
magnetic fields deep within the solar radiative zone.Comment: 13 pages, LaTeX file using AASLaTeX, 6 figures included. Improved
version including the new KamLAND data. To appear in APJ letter