Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2296–2299 (1997)Searching for the Mikheyev-Smirnov-Wolfenstein EnhancementReceived 11 December 1996; published in the issue dated 24 March 1997 We point out that the length scale associated with the MSW effect is the radius of the Earth. Therefore to verify matter enhancement of neutrino oscillations, it will be necessary to study neutrinos passing through the Earth. For the parameters of MSW solutions to the solar neutrino problem, the only detectable effects occur in a narrow band of energies from 5 to 10 MeV. We propose that serious consideration be given to mounting an experiment at a location within 9.5 degrees of the equator. © 1997 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.2296
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.2296
PACS:
26.65.+t, 14.60.Pq, 96.40.Tv
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