Abstract
Neutrino () excitation of nuclear levels (NUEX) via neutral currents is shown to be crucially important to the solar- problem as a method of detecting regardless of flavor. We examine , , and as NUEX targets. The system offers means for concurrent solar- spectroscopy by NUEX and by charged-current capture with a set of differing thresholds. It promises a self-contained solution to the solar- problem as well as key probes for revealing the structure of resonant flavor and nonflavor oscillations in the sun. This approach may be feasible in an ICARUS-type underground experiment.
- Received 26 June 1986
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.57.1801
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