A S Dighe et al JCAP01(2004)004 doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2004/01/004
A S Dighe1, M Kachelrieß2, G G Raffelt2 and R Tomàs2
Show affiliationsThe Earth matter effects on supernova (SN) neutrinos can be identified at a single detector through peaks in the Fourier transform of their `inverse-energy' spectrum. The positions of these peaks are independent of the SN models and therefore the peaks can be used as a robust signature of the Earth matter effects, which in turn can distinguish between different neutrino mixing scenarios. Whereas only one genuine peak is observable when the neutrinos traverse only the Earth mantle, traversing also the core gives rise to multiple peaks. We calculate the strengths and positions of these peaks analytically and explore their features at a large scintillation detector as well as at a megaton water Cherenkov detector through Monte Carlo simulations. We propose a simple algorithm to identify the peaks in the actual data and quantify the chances of a peak identification as a function of the location of the SN in the sky.
E-print Number: hep-ph/0311172
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14.60.Pq Neutrino mass and mixing
14.60.Lm Ordinary neutrinos (nue, numu, nutau)
91.35.Ed Structure of the Earth's interior below the upper mantle
Environmental and Earth science
Issue 01 (January 2004)
Received 21 November 2003, accepted for publication 15 December 2003
Published 14 January 2004
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