Constraints on neutrino oscillation parameters from the SNO salt phase data
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چکیده
The physics implications of the just published salt phase data from the SNO experiment are examined. The effect of these data on the allowed ranges of the solar neutrino oscillation parameters, ∆m21 and sin 2 θ12, are studied in the cases of twoand threeneutrino mixing. In the latter case we derive an upper limit on the angle θ13. Constraints on the solar νe transitions into a mixture of active and sterile neutrinos are also presented. Finally, we give predictions for the day-night asymmetry in the SNO experiment, for the event rate in the BOREXINO and LowNu experiments, and discuss briefly the constraints on the solar neutrino oscillation parameters which can be obtained with prospective KamLAND data.
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