articlePhysical Review LettersJun 13, 2002GREEN OA

Measurement of Day and Night Neutrino Energy Spectra at SNO and Constraints on Neutrino Mixing Parameters

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Abstract

The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) has measured day and night solar neutrino energy spectra and rates. For charged current events, assuming an undistorted ${}^{8}\mathrm{B}$ spectrum, the night minus day rate is $14.0%\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}6.3{%}_{\ensuremath{-}1.4}^{+1.5}%$ of the average rate. If the total flux of active neutrinos is additionally constrained to have no asymmetry, the ${\ensuremath{\nu}}_{e}$ asymmetry is found to be $7.0%\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}4.9{%}_{\ensuremath{-}1.2}^{+1.3}%$. A global solar neutrino analysis in terms of matter-enhanced oscillations of two active flavors strongly favors the large mixing angle solution.

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Keywords
  • Physics
  • Solar neutrino
  • Neutrino
  • Asymmetry
  • Solar neutrino problem
  • Spectral line
  • Mixing (physics)
  • Flux (metallurgy)
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Affordable and clean energy
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