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| Authors | G. Jonkmans, I. S. Towner, B. Sur |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | nucl-th/9802078 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9802078 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevC.58.1278 |
| Journal | Phys.Rev.C58:1278-1287,1998 |
Abstract
The sensitivity of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) to measure the shape of the recoil electron spectrum in the charged-current reaction of $^{8}$B solar neutrinos interacting with deuterium can be improved if the results of a $^{8}$Li beta-decay calibration experiment are included in the test. We calculate an improvement in sensitivity, under certain idealistic assumptions, of about a factor of 2, sufficient to resolve different neutrino-oscillation solutions to the solar-neutrino problem. We further examine the role of recoil and radiative corrections on both the $^{8}$B neutrino spectrum and the $^{8}$Li electron spectrum and conclude that the influence of these effects on the ratio of the two spectra as measured by SNO is very small.
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"title": "8Li electron spectrum versus 8B neutrino spectrum: implications for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory",
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