Matter effects on the flavor conversions of solar neutrinos and high-energy astrophysical neutrinos
| Autor: | Guo-yuan Huang, Jun-Hao Liu, Shun Zhou |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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| Zdroj: | Nuclear Physics B, Vol 931, Iss C, Pp 324-341 (2018) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0550-3213 1873-1562 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2018.04.024 |
| Popis: | Can we observe the solar eclipses in the neutrino light? In principle, this is possible by identifying the lunar matter effects on the flavor conversions of solar neutrinos when they traverse the Moon before reaching the detectors at the Earth. Unfortunately, we show that the lunar matter effects on the survival probability of solar B8 neutrinos are suppressed by an additional factor of 1.2%, compared to the day-night asymmetry. However, we point out that the matter effects on the flavor conversions of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos, when they propagate through the Sun, can be significant. Though the flavor composition of high-energy neutrinos can be remarkably modified, it is quite challenging to observe such effects even in the next-generation of neutrino telescopes. |
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