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Phys. Rev. D 62, 093004 (2000) [27 pages]

SNO: Predictions for ten measurable quantities

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John N. Bahcall*
School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey 08540

Plamen I. Krastev
Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706

Alexei Yu. Smirnov
International Center for Theoretical Physics, 34100 Trieste, Italy

Received 6 March 2000; published 28 September 2000

We calculate the range of predicted values for 10 quantities that will be measured by the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO). We use neutrino oscillation solutions (vacuum and MSW; active and sterile neutrinos) that are globally consistent with all available neutrino data and estimate realistic theoretical and experimental uncertainties. The neutral current to charged current double ratio is predicted to be more than 9σ from the no-oscillation solution for all of the currently favored neutrino oscillation solutions. The best-fit oscillation solutions predict a CC day-night rate difference between -0.1% and +12.5% and a NC day-night difference <0.01%. We present also the predicted range for the first and the second moments of the charged current electron recoil energy spectrum, the charged current, the neutral current, and the ν-e scattering rates, the seasonal dependence of the charged current rate, and the double ratio of neutrino-electron scattering rate to charged current rate.

© 2000 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.62.093004
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.62.093004
PACS:
26.65.+t, 12.15.Ff, 14.60.Pq, 96.60.Jw

*Email address: jnb@ias.edu

Email address: krastev@nucth.physics.wisc.edu

Email address: smirnov@ictp.trieste.it