New Interactions in Neutrino Oscillations with Three Light Flavors

Journal Article · Fri May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1998 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.4637· OSTI ID:610774

Ma, E ^[1]; Roy, P ^[2]

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1. Physics Department, University of California, Riverside, California 92521 (United States)
2. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400 005 (India)

If one assumes solar and LSND (Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector) neutrino oscillations to explain the corresponding data, then the atmospheric neutrino deficit cannot be accommodated within the standard model with three light flavors unless one ignores the data{close_quote}s zenith-angle dependence. We propose a novel solution to this problem by postulating large anomalous diagonal {nu}{sub {tau}}-quark interactions which affect {nu}{sub {mu}}-{nu}{sub {tau}} oscillations traversing the Earth and induce the observed zenith-angle dependence. {copyright} {ital 1998} {ital The American Physical Society}

• Research Organization: University of California
• DOE Contract Number: FG03-94ER40837
• OSTI ID: 610774
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 21 Vol. 80; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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66 PHYSICS
EIGENSTATES
ENERGY SPECTRA
FLAVOR MODEL
MUON NEUTRINOS
NEUTRINO OSCILLATION
SOLAR NEUTRINOS
STANDARD MODEL
TAU NEUTRINOS