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arxiv: hep-ph/9911248 · v3 · submitted 1999-11-05 · ✦ hep-ph · astro-ph· hep-ex· nucl-ex· nucl-th

What will the first year of SNO show?

classification ✦ hep-ph astro-phhep-exnucl-exnucl-th
keywords activeeventswillaboveenergyfluxobservedoscillation
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The ratio of the measured to the predicted standard model CC event rates in SNO will be 0.47 if no oscillations occur. The best-fit active oscillation predictions for the CC ratio are: 0.35-39 (MSW) and 0.38-42 (vacuum) (all for a 5 MeV energy threshold), typically about 20% less than the no-oscillation expectation. We calculate the predicted ratios for six active and sterile neutrino oscillation solutions allowed at 99% CL and determine the dependence of the ratios on energy threshold. If the high-energy anomaly observed by SuperKamiokande is due to an enhanced hep flux, MSW active solutions predict that out of a total of 5000 CC events above 5 MeV in SNO between 49 and 54 events will be observed above 13 MeV whereas only 19 events are expected for no-oscillations and a nominal standard hep flux.

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