Inference finds consistency between a neutrino flavor evolution model and Earth-based solar neutrino measurements

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Hauptverfasser: Laber-Smith, Caroline, Ahmetaj, A. A., Armstrong, Eve, Balantekin, A. Baha, Patwardhan, Amol V., Sanchez, M. Margarette, Wong, Sherry
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author Laber-Smith, Caroline
Ahmetaj, A. A.
Armstrong, Eve
Balantekin, A. Baha
Patwardhan, Amol V.
Sanchez, M. Margarette
Wong, Sherry
author_facet Laber-Smith, Caroline
Ahmetaj, A. A.
Armstrong, Eve
Balantekin, A. Baha
Patwardhan, Amol V.
Sanchez, M. Margarette
Wong, Sherry
contents We continue examining statistical data assimilation (SDA), an inference methodology, to infer solutions to neutrino flavor evolution, for the first time using real - rather than simulated - data. The model represents neutrinos streaming from the Sun's center and undergoing a Mikheyev-Smirnov-Wolfenstein (MSW) resonance in flavor space, due to the radially-varying electron number density. The model neutrino energies are chosen to correspond to experimental bins in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) and Borexino experiments, which measure electron-flavor survival probability at Earth. The procedure successfully finds consistency between the observed fluxes and the model, if the MSW resonance - that is, flavor evolution due to solar electrons - is included in the dynamical equations representing the model.
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spellingShingle Inference finds consistency between a neutrino flavor evolution model and Earth-based solar neutrino measurements
Laber-Smith, Caroline
Ahmetaj, A. A.
Armstrong, Eve
Balantekin, A. Baha
Patwardhan, Amol V.
Sanchez, M. Margarette
Wong, Sherry
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
We continue examining statistical data assimilation (SDA), an inference methodology, to infer solutions to neutrino flavor evolution, for the first time using real - rather than simulated - data. The model represents neutrinos streaming from the Sun's center and undergoing a Mikheyev-Smirnov-Wolfenstein (MSW) resonance in flavor space, due to the radially-varying electron number density. The model neutrino energies are chosen to correspond to experimental bins in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) and Borexino experiments, which measure electron-flavor survival probability at Earth. The procedure successfully finds consistency between the observed fluxes and the model, if the MSW resonance - that is, flavor evolution due to solar electrons - is included in the dynamical equations representing the model.
title Inference finds consistency between a neutrino flavor evolution model and Earth-based solar neutrino measurements
topic Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.10884