Electron capture on ^{8}B nuclei and Superkamiokande results
arXiv:hep-ph/9904463 · doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(99)00800-X
Abstract
The energy spectrum of recoil electrons from solar neutrino scattering, as observed by Superkamiokande, is deformed with respect to that expected from SSM calculations. We considered ν-e scattering from neutrinos produced by the electron-capture on ^{8}B nuclei, e^{-}+^{8}B --> ^{8}Be^{*}+ν_{e}, as a possible explanation of the spectral deformation. A flux Φ_{eB}\simeq 10^{4} cm^{-2} s^{-1} could account for Superkamiokande solar neutrino data. However this explanation is untenable, since the theoretical prediction, Φ_{eB}=(1.3+-0.2) cm^{-2} s^{-1}, is smaller by four orders of magnitude.
9 pages, incl. 3 figures (epsfig)