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Phys. Rev. D 67, 093003 (2003) [5 pages]

Combining the first KamLAND results with solar neutrino data

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M. Maltoni1,*, T. Schwetz2,†, and J. W. F. Valle1,‡
1AHEP Group, Instituto de Física Corpuscular–C.S.I.C./Universitat de València, Edificio de Institutos de Paterna, Apartado 22085, E-46071 València, Spain
2Theoretische Physik, Physik Department, Technische Universität München, James-Franck-Strasse, D–85748 Garching, Germany

Received 11 December 2002; revised 7 February 2003; published 16 May 2003

We consider the impact of the recent KamLAND data on neutrino oscillations, the first terrestrial neutrino experiment that can probe the solar neutrino anomaly. By combining the first 145.1 days of KamLAND data with the full sample of the latest solar neutrino data we find an enhanced rejection against non-large-mixing-angle (LMA) oscillations, allowed only at more than 4σ with respect to the LMA solution. Furthermore, the new data have a strong impact in narrowing down the allowed range of Δm2 inside the LMA region. In contrast, our global analysis indicates that the new data have little impact on the location of the best fit point. In particular, the solar neutrino mixing remains significantly nonmaximal (3σ).

© 2003 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.67.093003
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.67.093003
PACS:
14.60.Pq, 26.65.+t

*Electronic address: maltoni@ific.uv.es

Electronic address: schwetz@ph.tum.de

Electronic address: valle@ific.uv.es