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Neutrino conversions in random magnetic fields and νe from the Sun

A. A. Bykov, V. Yu. Popov, A. I. Rez, V. B. Semikoz, D. D. Sokoloff

hep-pharXiv:hep-ph/9808342

Abstract

The magnetic field in the convective zone of the Sun has a random small-scale component with the r.m.s. value substantially exceeding the strength of a regular large-scale field. For two Majorana neutrino flavors × two helicities in the presence of a neutrino transition magnetic moment and nonzero neutrino mixing we analyze the displacement of the allowed (Δm2- 22θ)-parameter region reconciled for the SuperKamiokande(SK) and radiochemical (GALLEX, SAGE, Homestake) experiments in dependence on the r.m.s. magnetic field value b, or more precisely, on a value μb assuming the transition magnetic moment μ= 10-11μB. In contrast to RSFP in regular magnetic fields we find an effective production of electron antineutrinos in the Sun even for small neutrino mixing through cascade conversions νeL νμL νeR, νeL νμR νeR in a random magnetic field that would be a signature of the Majorana nature of neutrino if νeR will be registered. Basing on the present SK bound on electron antineutrinos we have also found an excluded area in the same Δm2,~22θ-plane and revealed a strong sensitivity to the random magnetic field correlation length L0.

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