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arxiv: 1308.3346 · v2 · pith:K2CNUHDVnew · submitted 2013-08-15 · 🌌 astro-ph.SR · hep-ex· hep-ph

Probing the Sun's inner core using solar neutrinos: a new diagnostic method

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keywords solarcoreinnerneutrinodensityelectronicmethodoscillation
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The electronic density in the Sun's inner core is inferred from the 8B, 7Be and pep neutrino flux measurements of the Super-Kamiokande, SNO and Borexino experiments. We have developed a new method in which we use the KamLAND detector determinations of the neutrino fundamental oscillation parameters: the mass difference and the vacuum oscillation angle. Our results suggest that the solar electronic density in the Sun's inner core (for a radius smaller than 10% of the solar radius) is well above the current prediction of the standard solar model, and by as much as 25%. A potential confirmation of these preliminary findings can be achieved when neutrino detectors are able to reduce the error of the electron-neutrino survival probability by a factor of 15.

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