Published November 18, 2005
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Journal article
Solar Mass-Varying Neutrino Oscillations
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (United States)
- 2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045 (United States)
Description
We propose that the solar neutrino deficit may be due to oscillations of mass-varying neutrinos (MaVaNs). This scenario elucidates solar neutrino data beautifully while remaining comfortably compatible with atmospheric neutrino and K2K data and with reactor antineutrino data at short and long baselines (from CHOOZ and KamLAND). We find that the survival probability of solar MaVaNs is independent of how the suppression of neutrino mass caused by the acceleron-matter couplings varies with density. Measurements of MeV and lower energy solar neutrinos will provide a rigorous test of the idea
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.211802;
- arXiv
- arXiv:hep-ph/0502196v2;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review Letters
- Journal Volume
- 95
- Journal Issue
- 21
- Journal Page Range
- p. 211802-211802.4
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- CODEN
- PRLTAO
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 37015577
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANTINEUTRINOS; MASS; MEV RANGE 01-10; NEUTRINO OSCILLATION; PROBABILITY; SOLAR NEUTRINOS
- Descriptors DEC
- ANTILEPTONS; ANTIMATTER; ANTIPARTICLES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; FERMIONS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MATTER; MEV RANGE; NEUTRINOS; RADIATIONS; SOLAR PARTICLES; SOLAR RADIATION; STELLAR RADIATION
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2005 The American Physical Society