Predictions for Spectral Distortions, Event Rates and D-N Asymmetries for the Super - Kamiokande Detector

Abstract

Day - Night asymmetries and electronic spectra distortions for the Super - Kamiokande detector are computed for the transition nu_e -> nu_mu(tau) and for a set of neutrino parameters. The results show the possibility to enhance up to a factor six the Day - Night asymmetry selecting neutrino events induced by neutrinos which cross the Earth core. This should increase the sensitivity of the Super - Kamiokande detector to the Day - Night effect for sin^2(2 theta_v) < 0.01 and 5 x 10^-6 eV^2 < Delta m^2 < 10^-5 eV^2.