Re: solar neutrinos

[Jack Uretsky <jlu@HEP.ANL.GOV>]

Hi all-
        The preprint is in the Los Alamos ArXiv at
http://arXiv.org/  look for nucl-ex/0106015.
                                Regards,
                                        Jack
On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Daniel Schroeder wrote:

> For those who haven't already heard, the first results from the Sudbury
> Neutrino Observatory were released yesterday.  Comparing their results
> to those from Super-Kamiokande, they find a 3.3-sigma difference between
> the charged-current neutrino flux (sensitive only to nu_e) and the
> elastic scattering flux (which is also somewhat sensitive to the other
> flavors).  The difference is presumably due to oscillation of electron
> neutrinos into another flavor.  The inferred total neutrino flux is
> completely consistent with solar models.
>
> You can read the press release and download the paper (submitted to PRL)
> at <http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/sno/first_results/>.
>
> Dan

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