Improved Constraints on the hep Solar Neutrino and Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background Fluxes with SNO
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Abstract
The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) has demonstrated that the apparent deficit in solar neutrinos observed on Earth is due to matter-enhanced flavor transitions and provided precise measurements of the relevant model parameters. The low backgrounds and large, spectral $\nu_e-d$ cross section that enabled this program also give SNO unique sensitivity to two yet-unobserved neutrino signals of interest: $hep$ solar neutrinos and the $\nu_e$ component of the diffuse supernova neutrino background (DSNB). We have developed a combined $hep$ and DSNB search making use of the full SNO dataset. We perform both a cut-and-count analysis and a multidimensional spectral fit, improving upon previously reported constraints based on the initial phase of SNO running only.
Authors
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Andrew Mastbaum
Univ of Chicago