Do the KamLAND and solar neutrino data rule out solar density fluctuations?

A. B. Balantekin and H. Yüksel
Phys. Rev. D 68, 013006 – Published 16 July 2003
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Abstract

We elucidate the effects of solar density fluctuations on neutrino propagation through the Sun. Using data from the recent solar neutrino and KamLAND experiments we provide stringent limits on solar density fluctuations. It is shown that the neutrino data constrain solar density fluctuations to be less than β=0.05 at the 70% confidence level, where β is the fractional fluctuation around the value given by the standard solar model. We find that the best fit to the combined solar neutrino and KamLAND data is given by β=0.

  • Received 19 March 2003

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.68.013006

©2003 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

A. B. Balantekin* and H. Yüksel

  • Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA

  • *Electronic address: baha@nucth.physics.wisc.edu
  • Electronic address: yuksel@nucth.physics.wisc.edu

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Vol. 68, Iss. 1 — 1 July 2003

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