Mikheyev-Smirnov-Wolfenstein effect with flavor-changing neutrino interactions

Journal Article · Thu Aug 15 04:00:00 EDT 1991 · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.44.R935· OSTI ID:5310369

Roulet, E ^[1]

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1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Fermilab Astrophysics Center, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, P.O. Box 500, Batavia, Illinois (USA)

We consider the effect that flavor-nondiagonal neutrino interactions with matter have on the resonant {nu} oscillations. It is shown that, even in the absence of {nu} mixing in a vacuum, an efficient conversion of the electron neutrinos from the Sun to another {nu} flavor can result if the strength of this interaction is {similar to}10{sup {minus}2}{ital G}{sub {ital F}}. We show how this can be implemented in the minimal supersymmetric standard model with {ital R}-parity breaking. Here, the {ital L}-violating couplings induce neutrino masses, mixings, and the flavor-nondiagonal neutrino interactions that can provide a Mikheyev-Smirnov-Wolfenstein-like solution to the solar-neutrino problem even for negligible vacuum mixings.

• OSTI ID: 5310369
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States) Vol. 44:4; ISSN PRVDA; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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