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Neutrino Parameter Space for a Vanishing Element in the Neutrino Mass Matrix
The consequences of a texture zero at the entry of neutrino mass matrix
in the flavor basis, which also implies a vanishing effective Majorana mass for
neutrinoless double beta decay, have been studied for Majorana neutrinos. The
neutrino parameter space under this condition has been constrained in the light
of all available neutrino data including the CHOOZ bound on .Comment: 10 pages, 4 eps figures, typographical errors corrected, version to
appear in Mod. Phys. Lett.
Spectral Distortions at Super-Kamiokande
We examine the effect of the rise in the survival probability of the electron
neutrinos with the decrease in the neutrino energy on the recoil electron
spectrum at Super-Kamiokande.Comment: 9 pages, 8 eps figures, to be published in Physical Review D as a
Brief Repor
Application of the Campbell-Magaard theorem to higher-dimensional physics
Stated succinctly, the original version of the Campbell-Magaard theorem says
that it is always possible to locally embed any solution of 4-dimensional
general relativity in a 5-dimensional Ricci-flat manifold. We discuss the proof
of this theorem (and its variants) in n dimensions, and its application to
current theories that postulate that our universe is a 4-dimensional
hypersurface Sigma_0 within a 5-dimensional manifold, such as Space-Time-Matter
(STM) theory and the Randall & Sundrum (RS) braneworld scenario. In particular,
we determine whether or not arbitrary spacetimes may be embedded in such
theories, and demonstrate how these seemingly disparate models are
interconnected. Special attention is given to the motion of test observers in 5
dimensions, and the circumstances under which they are confined to Sigma_0. For
each 5-dimensional scenario considered, the requirement that observers be
confined to the embedded spacetime places restrictions on the 4-geometry. For
example, we find that observers in the thin braneworld scenario can be
localized around the brane if its total stress-energy tensor obeys the
5-dimensional strong energy condition. As a concrete example of some of our
technical results, we discuss a Z_2 symmetric embedding of the standard
radiation-dominated cosmology in a 5-dimensional vacuum.Comment: Typos corrected, 13 pages, no figures, two column forma
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