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arxiv: hep-ph/9610317 · v1 · submitted 1996-10-10 · ✦ hep-ph

MSW-like Enhancements without Matter

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keywords effectseigenstatesfieldmsw-likeneutrinoscalarsomeapparent
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We study the effects of a scalar field, coupled only to neutrinos, on oscillations among weak interaction current eigenstates. The effect of a real scalar field appears as effective masses for the neutrino mass eigenstates, the same for $\nbar$ as for $\n$. Under some conditions, this can lead to a vanishing of $\delta m^2$, giving rise to MSW-like effects. We discuss some examples and show that it is possible to resolve the apparent discrepancy in spectra required by r-process nucleosynthesis in the mantles of supernovae and by Solar neutrino solutions.

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