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Identifying neutrino mass hierarchy at extremely small theta(13) through Earth matter effects in a supernova signal

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arxiv 0802.1481 v3 pith:A2NNFCST submitted 2008-02-11 hep-ph

Identifying neutrino mass hierarchy at extremely small theta(13) through Earth matter effects in a supernova signal

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keywords supernovathetaearthhierarchyneutrinocollectivedeepeffects
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Collective neutrino flavor transformations deep inside a supernova are sensitive to the neutrino mass hierarchy even at extremely small values of theta(13). Exploiting this effect, we show that comparison of the antineutrino signals from a galactic supernova in two megaton class water Cherenkov detectors, one of which is shadowed by the Earth, will enable us to distinguish between the hierarchies if sin^2 theta(13) < 10^{-5}. On the other hand, the observation of Earth effects in the inverted hierarchy for sin^2 theta(13) > 10^{-3} will provide a robust observable signature of collective oscillations occurring deep inside the supernova.

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