Measurement of the solar neutrino energy spectrum using neutrino-electron scattering

Super-Kamiokande collaboration

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.2430

Measurement of the solar neutrino energy spectrum using neutrino-electron scattering

Super-Kamiokande collaboration

Physics and Astronomy

The University of Tokyo
Boston University
Brookhaven National Laboratory
University of California at Irvine
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
California State University Dominguez Hills
George Mason University
Gifu University

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Abstract

A measurement of the energy spectrum of recoil electrons from solar neutrino scattering in the Super-Kamiokande detector is presented. The results shown here were obtained from 504 days of data taken between 31 May 1996 and 25 March 1998. The shape of the measured spectrum is compared with the expectation for solar ⁸B neutrinos. The comparison takes into account both kinematic and detector related effects in the measurement process. The spectral shape comparison between the observation and the expectation gives a χ² of 25.3 with 15 degrees of freedom, corresponding to a 4.6% confidence level.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2430-2434
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	82
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.2430
State	Published - 1999

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Measurement of the solar neutrino energy spectrum using neutrino-electron scattering

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