Adiabatic conversion of solar neutrinos

Journal Article · Mon Sep 08 00:00:00 EDT 1986 · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.57.1271· OSTI ID:5111039

Haxton, W C

The adiabatic conversion of solar electron neutrinos to muon neutrinos via the Mikheyev-Smirnov-Wolfenstein mechanism is discussed as a level-crossing problem. Solutions to the /sup 37/Cl puzzle obtained numerically by Mikheyev and Smirnov, Rosen and Gelb, and others are shown to form the boundary of the region in the deltam/sup 2/-sin/sup 2/2theta plane where adiabatic conversion occurs. Most of the region within this boundary is ruled out by the nonzero signal in Davis's experiment. The Landau-Zener description of the adiabatic boundary is employed.

• Research Organization: Institute for Nuclear Theory, Department of Physics, FM-15, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
• OSTI ID: 5111039
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 57:10; ISSN PRLTA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
ADIABATIC PROCESSES
CAPTURE
CHLORINE 37 TARGET
DETECTION
EIGENSTATES
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FERMIONS
HAMILTONIANS
LEPTON REACTIONS
LEPTONS
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS
NEUTRINO DETECTION
NEUTRINO OSCILLATION
NEUTRINO REACTIONS
NEUTRINOS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
QUANTUM OPERATORS
RADIATION DETECTION
RADIATIONS
SOLAR NEUTRINOS
SOLAR PARTICLES
SOLAR RADIATION
STELLAR RADIATION
TARGETS