Can the Sun shed light on neutrino gravitational interactions

Journal Article · Mon Sep 30 00:00:00 EDT 1991 · Physical Review Letters; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.1833· OSTI ID:5024374

Halprin, A; Leung, C N ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware (USA)

We have examined the effects of a large gravitational field on the phenomenon of neutrino oscillations as contemplated in the Mikheyev-Smirnov-Wolfenstein mechanism. We find that the Sun's gravitational field would amplify any small breakdown in the universality of the gravitational coupling by many orders of magnitude. A breakdown of only 1 part in 10{sup 14} would still make the gravitational effect comparable to the conventional weak interaction. The differing energy dependences of the two level-crossing mechanisms can therefore be used as a very sensitive tool to test the conventional universality hypothesis.

• DOE Contract Number: FG02-84ER40163
• OSTI ID: 5024374
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters; (United States), Vol. 67:14; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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