Effects of neutrino temperatures and mass hierarchies on the detection of supernova neutrinos
- Department of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 (United States)
The possible outcomes of neutrino events at both Super-Kamiokande and SNO for a type-II supernova are analyzed considering the uncertainties in supernova neutrino spectra (temperature) at emission, which may complicate the interpretation of the observed events. With the input of parameters deduced from the current solar and atmospheric experiments, the consequences of direct-mass hierarchy m{sub {nu}}{sub {tau}}>>m{sub {nu}}{sub {mu}}>m{sub {nu}}{sub e} and inverted-mass hierarchy m{sub {nu}}{sub e}>m{sub {nu}}{sub {mu}}>>m{sub {nu}}{sub {tau}} are investigated. Even if the {nu} temperatures are not precisely known, we find that future experiments are likely to be able to separate the currently accepted solutions to the solar neutrino problem, large-angle Mikheyev-Smirnov-Wolfenstein (MSW), small-angle MSW, and the vacuum oscillation, as well as to distinguish between the direct and inverted mass hierarchies of the neutrinos. (c) 2000 The American Physical Society.
- OSTI ID:
- 20215958
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 61, Issue 7; Other Information: PBD: 1 Apr 2000; ISSN 0556-2821
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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