Possible scenario for MaVaN's as the only neutrino flavor conversion mechanism in the Sun
Creators
- 1. Instituto de Física ''Gleb Wataghin'', Universidade Estadual de Campinas, UNICAMP, 13083-970, Campinas, São Paulo (Brazil)
Description
Mass Varying neutrino mechanisms were proposed to link the neutrino mass scale with dark energy, addressing the coincidence problem. In some scenarios this mass can present a dependence on the baryonic density felt by neutrinos, creating an effective neutrino mass that depends both on the neutrino and baryonic densities. In this article we investigate the possibility that a neutrino effective mass in matter in addition to a very small mass squared difference in vacuum (O(10−9 eV2)) are the main flavour conversion mechanism acting in neutrino oscillation experiments. We present a parameterization on the environmental effects on neutrino mass that produces the right flavour conversion probabilities for solar and terrestrial neutrinos experiments
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2009/07/024Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
- Journal Volume
- 2009
- Journal Issue
- 07
- Journal Page Range
- p. 024
- ISSN
- 1475-7516
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 45094423
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ASTROPHYSICS; BARYONS; COSMIC NEUTRINOS; COSMOLOGY; EFFECTIVE MASS; FLAVOR MODEL; MASS DIFFERENCE; NEUTRINO OSCILLATION; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; PROBABILITY; SUN
- Descriptors DEC
- COMPOSITE MODELS; COSMIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HADRONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; LEPTONS; MAIN SEQUENCE STARS; MASS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATTER; NEUTRINOS; PARTICLE MODELS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; PHYSICS; QUARK MODEL; RADIATIONS; STARS