Document type
ArticleVersion
Published versionPublication date
All rights reserved
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/12512
Solar and atmospheric four-neutrino oscillations
Journal Title
Director/Tutor
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Related resource
Abstract
We present an analysis of the neutrino oscillation solutions of the solar and atmospheric neutrino problems in the framework of four-neutrino mixing where a sterile neutrino is added to the three standard ones and the mass spectra presents two separated doublets. Such scenarios allow for simultaneous transitions of solar $\nu_e$, as well as atmospheric $\nu_\mu$, into active and sterile neutrinos controlled by the additional mixing angles $\vartheta_{23}$ and $\vartheta_{24}$, and they contain as limiting cases the pure solar $\nu_e$-active and $\nu_e$-sterile neutrino oscillations, and the pure atmospheric $\nu_\mu\to\nu_s$ and $\nu_\mu\to\nu_\tau$ oscillations, respectively. We evaluate the allowed active-sterile admixture in both solar and atmospheric oscillations from the combined analysis. Our results show that, although the Super-Kamiokande data disfavour both the pure $\nu_\mu\to\nu_s$ atmospheric channel and the pure $\nu_e\to\nu_s$ solar channel, the result from the combined analysis still favours close-to-pure active and sterile oscillations and disfavours oscillations into a near-maximal active-sterile admixture.
Subject (English)
Citation
Citation
GONZÁLEZ GARCÍA, Ma. Concepción, MALTONI, Michele and PEÑA GARAY, Carlos. Solar and atmospheric four-neutrino oscillations. Physical Review D. 2001. Vol. 64, num. 9, pags. 093001-1-093001-12. ISSN 0556-2821. [consulted: 12 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/12512