Phys. Rev. D 65, 073033 (2002) [6 pages]

Implications of recent solar neutrino observations: An analysis of charged current data

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C. V. K. Baba *, D. Indumathi, and M. V. N. Murthy
The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai 600 113, India

Received 8 January 2002; published 3 April 2002

We have analyzed the recent results from the observation of charged current νede-pp events from solar neutrinos by the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) assuming neutrino oscillations with three active flavors. The data seem to prefer a low mass-squared difference and large mixing angle solution (the so-called LOW solution) in (12) parameter space. However, when combined with the gallium charged current interaction data from GALLEX and GNO, distinct (1σ) allowed regions corresponding to the large mixing angle (LMA) and small mixing angle (SMA) appear while the LOW solution is disfavored up to 3σ standard deviation. The physical electron neutrino survival probability corresponding to these best fit solutions are then determined and analyzed for their energy dependence.


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URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.65.073033
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.65.073033
PACS: 14.60.Pq, 26.65.+t

* Permanant address: Nuclear Science Centre, New Delhi 110 067, India.

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