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Supernova 1987A did not test the neutrino mass hierarchy

V. Barger, D. Marfatia, B. P. Wood

hep-pharXiv:hep-ph/0202158

Abstract

We dispel the misconception that data from SN 1987A favor the normal neutrino mass hierarchy over the inverted hierarchy for 2 θ13 10-4. We find comparable fits for the two hierarchies. No bound can be placed on the mixing angle θ13 even at the 1σ level.

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