TY - JOUR
T1 - Seasonal variations of the [formula presented] solar neutrino flux
AU - de Gouvêa, André
AU - Friedland, Alexander
AU - Murayama, Hitoshi
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - Measuring the (Formula presented) solar neutrino flux is crucial towards solving the solar neutrino puzzle. The Borexino experiment, and possibly the KamLAND experiment, will be capable of studying the (Formula presented) neutrinos in the near future. We discuss (1) how the seasonal variation of the Borexino and KamLAND data can be used to measure the (Formula presented) solar neutrino flux in a background independent way and (2) how anomalous seasonal variations might be used to discover vacuum neutrino oscillations, independent of the solar model and the measurement of the background. In particular, we find that, after three years of Borexino or KamLAND running, vacuum neutrino oscillations can be either established or excluded for almost all values of (Formula presented) preferred by the Homestake, GALLEX, SAGE, and Super-Kamiokande data. We also discuss how well seasonal variations of the data can be used to measure (Formula presented) in the case of vacuum oscillations.
AB - Measuring the (Formula presented) solar neutrino flux is crucial towards solving the solar neutrino puzzle. The Borexino experiment, and possibly the KamLAND experiment, will be capable of studying the (Formula presented) neutrinos in the near future. We discuss (1) how the seasonal variation of the Borexino and KamLAND data can be used to measure the (Formula presented) solar neutrino flux in a background independent way and (2) how anomalous seasonal variations might be used to discover vacuum neutrino oscillations, independent of the solar model and the measurement of the background. In particular, we find that, after three years of Borexino or KamLAND running, vacuum neutrino oscillations can be either established or excluded for almost all values of (Formula presented) preferred by the Homestake, GALLEX, SAGE, and Super-Kamiokande data. We also discuss how well seasonal variations of the data can be used to measure (Formula presented) in the case of vacuum oscillations.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.60.093011
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.60.093011
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:57749094864
SN - 1550-7998
VL - 60
JO - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
JF - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
IS - 9
ER -