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Effect of flavour oscillations on the detection of supernova neutrinos
S CHOUBEY, D MAJUMDAR, K KAR
Published in IOP PUBLISHING LTD
1999
Volume: 25
   
Issue: 5
Pages: 1001 - 1008
Abstract
Neutrinos and antineutrinos of all three flavours are emitted during the post-bounce phase of a core-collapse supernova with vμ/vτ (vμ/vτ) having average energies more than that of ve(v̄e). They can be detected by the new earthbound detectors like SNO and Super-Kamiokande which are sensitive to neutrinos of all three flavours. In this letter we consider the effect of flavour oscillations on the neutrino flux and their expected number of events at the detector. We do a three-generation analysis and for the mass and mixing schemes we first consider the threefold maximal mixing model consistent with the solar and the atmospheric neutrino data and next a scenario with one △m2 ∼ 10-11 eV2 (solar range) and the other △m2 ∼ 10-18 eV2, for which the oscillation length is of the order of the supernova distance. In both these scenarios there are no matter effects in the resultant neutrino spectrum and one is concerned with vacuum oscillations. We find that though neutrino oscillations result in a depletion in the number of ve and v̄e coming from the supernova, the actual signals at the detectors are appreciable enhanced as the ve and v̄e energy spectra become harder.
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JournalData powered by TypesetJournal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
PublisherData powered by TypesetIOP PUBLISHING LTD
ISSN0954-3899
Open AccessYes