Solar neutrino results from Super-Kamiokande

Yuuki Nakano*

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Abstract

Super-Kamiokande (SK), a 50 kton water Cherenkov detector in Japan, observes 8B solar neutrinos with neutrino-electron elastic scattering. SK searches for distortions of the solar neutrino energy spectrum caused by the edge of the MSW resonance in the core of the Sun. It also searches for a day/night solar neutrino flux asymmetry induced by the matter in the Earth. The installation of new front-end electronics in 2008 marks the beginning of the 4th phase of SK (SK-IV). With the improvement of the water circulation system, calibration methods, reduction cuts, this phase achieved the lowest energy threshold thus far (3.5 MeV kinetic energy). SK observed solar neutrinos for about 19 years, that is 5,200 days. This long operation covers more than 1.5 solar activity cycles. An analysis about a possible correlation between solar neutrino flux and 11 year activity cycle will be presented. To test the matter effect induced by the Sun and the Earth, the energy spectrum and the day/night solar neutrino flux asymmetry from SK-I to SK-IV is analyzed. A global oscillation analysis using SK-I,II,III, and SK-IV data and combined with the results of other solar neutrino experiments as well as KamLAND reactor experiment has been carried out. The results of this global analysis will be presented as well.

Original languageEnglish
JournalProceedings of Science
VolumePart F128556
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016
Event38th International Conference on High Energy Physics, ICHEP 2016 - Chicago, United States
Duration: 2016/08/032016/08/10

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General

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