An electron antineutrino is produced at the center of the Sun. Somewhere on its journey to the

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An electron antineutrino is produced at the center of the Sun. Somewhere on its journey to the surface it passes through a region where the density is such that matter effects lead to a resonant enhancement of its oscillations. Estimate the minimum energy required for this to occur if electron neutrino oscillations in vacuo are described by a two-component mixing model with the parameters ∆m212 = -7.5 × 10-5 (eV/c2)and tan2 θ12 = 0.444. The electron density at the center of the Sun is approximately N0 = 3 × 1031 m−3 and decreases steadily towards the surface.

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Particle Physics

ISBN: 978-1118912164

4th Edition

Authors: Brian R. Martin, Graham Shaw

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