High Sensitivity Search forν¯e's from the Sun and Other Sources at KamLAND

K. Eguchi, S. Enomoto, K. Furuno, H. Ikeda, K. Ikeda, K. Inoue, K. Ishihara, T. Iwamoto, T. Kawashima, Y. Kishimoto, M. Koga, Y. Koseki (+78 others)
2004 Physical Review Letters  
Data corresponding to a KamLAND detector exposure of 0.28 kton-year has been used to search for ν̅_e's in the energy range 8.3 MeV < E_ν̅_e < 14.8 MeV. No candidates were found for an expected background of 1.1±0.4 events. This result can be used to obtain a limit on ν̅_e fluxes of any origin. Assuming that all ν̅_e flux has its origin in the Sun and has the characteristic ^8B solar ν_e energy spectrum, we obtain an upper limit of 3.7 × 10^2 cm^-2 s^-1 (90 C.L.) on the ν̅_e flux. We interpret
more » ... is limit, corresponding to 2.8×10^-4 of the Standard Solar Model ^8B ν_e flux, in the framework of spin--flavor precession and neutrino decay models.
doi:10.1103/physrevlett.92.071301 pmid:14995837 fatcat:3b5lodv64fbd7pu4xekzpeb7ky