Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2004-02-18
JHEP 0406:008,2004
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
References updated. Final version to be published in JHEP
Scientific paper
10.1088/1126-6708/2004/06/008
Open questions remain after the confirmation of LMA as the dominant solution to the solar neutrino deficit. These are the apparent time modulation of the solar neutrino event rates in the Homestake, Gallium and SuperKamiokande experiments, possibly related to solar magnetic activity, the discrepancy between the event rate in the Homestake experiment and its theoretical prediction and the absence of the electron spectrum upturn in SuperKamiokande at energies below 6-8 MeV. We search for a possible understanding of these questions in the context of resonant spin flavour precession to sterile neutrinos, assuming a class of magnetic field profiles anchored in the upper radiation/lower convection zone. We consider the simplest such model beyond the standard 2$\nu$ flavour LMA one, with one single magnetic moment transition between active and sterile state and vanishing vacuum mixing. The preferred mass square difference is $\Delta m^2_{10}=O(10^{-8}eV^2)$. The Ga rate appears to be the most sensitive of all to solar activity. It is also found that a field profile extending within a longer region in the radial direction is favoured over another with a shorter span, and leads to a stronger suppression than in the LMA case of the intermediate energy neutrinos and some of the $^8 B$ ones.
Chauhan Bhag C.
Pulido Joao
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