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arxiv: hep-ph/0505009 · v1 · submitted 2005-04-30 · ✦ hep-ph

The matter effects to neutrino oscillations ν_μ to ν_e, ν_μ at very long baselines and the neutrino mixing angles θ₁3 and θ₂3

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We study the matter effects to neutrino oscillations \nu_\mu \to \nu_e and \nu_\mu \to \nu_\mu at very long baselines. It has been observed that, for a very long baseline L~10000 km, the resonance peak for the \nu_\mu \to \nu_e oscillation and the local minimum of the \nu_\mu survival probability occurs at similar energies. With a good knowledge on the absolute value of \Delta m_{31}^2, measurements of the above oscillation probabilities, P_{\mu e} and P_{\mu\mu}, can be performed with the neutrino energy tuned to the resonance peak of the \nu_\mu \to \nu_e oscillations. We show that the variations of CP violating phase and the solar neutrino mixing parameters have negligible effects on P_{\mu e} and P_{\mu\mu} for such a long baseline. Hence P_{\mu e} and P_{\mu\mu} together determine the mixing angles \theta_{13} and \theta_{23}. Around the resonance peak for \nu_\mu \to \nu_e oscillations, the dependencies of P_{\mu e} and P_{\mu\mu} on the above mixing angles are worked out in detail, and the implications of such dependencies are discussed.

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