Unknowns after the SNO charged-current measurement

Phys Rev Lett. 2002 Jan 7;88(1):011302. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.011302. Epub 2001 Dec 17.

Abstract

We perform a model-independent analysis of solar neutrino flux rates including the recent charged-current measurement at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO). We derive a universal sum rule involving SNO and SuperKamiokande rates, and show that the SNO neutral-current measurement cannot fix the fraction of solar nu(e) oscillating to sterile neutrinos. The large uncertainty in the standard solar model (8)B flux impedes a determination of the sterile neutrino fraction.