Three-flavor MSW solutions of the solar neutrino problem

Details Three-flavor MSW solutions of the solar neutrino problem Three-flavor MSW solutions of the solar neutrino problem

1999-12-03

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9912231v1

Phys.Rev.D62:013002,2000

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

19 pages (RevTeX) + 14 figures (PostScript)

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.62.013002

We perform an updated phenomenological analysis of the Mikheyev-Smirnov-Wolfenstein (MSW) solutions of the solar neutrino problem, assuming oscillations between two and three neutrino families. The analysis includes the total rates of the Homestake, SAGE, GALLEX, Kamiokande and Super-Kamiokande experiments, as well as the day-night asymmetry and the 18-bin energy spectrum of Super-Kamiokande. Solutions are found at several values of the theta_{13} mixing angle. Among the most interesting features, we find that solar neutrino data alone put the constraint theta_{13} < 55--59 deg at 95% C.L., and that a fraction of the MSW solutions extends at and beyond maximal (nu_1,nu_2) mixing (theta_{12} > pi/4), especially if the neutrino square mass splitting is in its lower range (m^2_2-m^2_1 ~ 10^{-7} eV^2) and if theta_{13} is nonzero. In particular, bimaximal (or nearly bimaximal) mixing is possible for atmospheric and MSW solar neutrino oscillations within the stringent reactor bounds on theta_{13}.

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