New enhancement mechanism of the transitions in the Earth of the solar and atmospheric neutrinos crossing the Earth core
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Description
It is shown that the ν2 → νe and νμ → νe (νe → νμ(τ)) transitions respectively of the solar and atmospheric neutrinos in the Earth in the case of νe - νμ(τ) mixing in vacuum, are strongly enhanced by a new type of resonance when the neutrinos cross the Earth core. The resonance is operative at small mixing angles but differs from the MSW one. It is in many respects similar to the electron paramagnetic resonance taking place in a specific configuration of two magnetic fields. The conditions for existence of the new resonance include, in particular, specific constraints on the neutrino oscillation lengths in the Earth mantle and in the Earth core, thus the resonance is a 'neutrino oscillation length resonance'. It leads also to enhancement of the ν2 → νe and νe → νs transitions in the case of νe - νs mixing and of the ν-bars (or νμ → νs) transitions at small mixing angles. The presence of the neutrino oscillation length resonance in the transitions of solar and atmospheric neutrinos traversing the Earth core has important implications for current and future solar and atmospheric neutrino experiments, and more specifically, for the interpretation of the results of the Super-Kamiokande experiment
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Identifiers
- PII
- S092056329900403X;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Physics. B, Proceedings Supplements
- Journal Volume
- 77
- Journal Issue
- 1-3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 93-97
- ISSN
- 0920-5632
- CODEN
- NPBSE7
Conference
- Title
- 18. international conference on neutrino physics and astrophysics
- Dates
- 4-9 Jun 1998
- Place
- Takayama (Japan)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Ukraine
- INIS RN
- 35052571
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- COSMIC NEUTRINOS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; EARTH CORE; EARTH MANTLE; ELECTRON NEUTRINOS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MUON NEUTRINOS; NEUTRINO OSCILLATION; SOLAR NEUTRINOS; TAU NEUTRINOS
- Descriptors DEC
- COSMIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HEAVY LEPTONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; NEUTRINOS; RADIATIONS; SOLAR PARTICLES; SOLAR RADIATION; STELLAR RADIATION
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- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.