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arxiv: hep-ph/0112125 · v3 · submitted 2001-12-09 · ✦ hep-ph · astro-ph· hep-ex· nucl-th

Inverting a Supernova: Neutrino Mixing, Temperatures and Binding Energy

classification ✦ hep-ph astro-phhep-exnucl-th
keywords hierarchyneutrinomixinganglebindingenergysupernovatemperatures
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We show that the temperatures of the emergent non-electron neutrinos and the binding energy released by a galactic Type II supernova are determinable, assuming the Large Mixing Angle (LMA) solution is correct, from observations at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) and at Super-Kamiokande (SK). If the neutrino mass hierarchy is inverted, either a lower or upper bound can be placed on the neutrino mixing angle $\theta_{13}$, and the hierarchy can be deduced for adiabatic transitions. For the normal hierarchy, neither can $\theta_{13}$ be constrained nor can the hierarchy be determined. Our conclusions are qualitatively unchanged for the proposed Hyper-Kamiokande detector.

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