Neutrino-deuteron reactions at solar neutrino energies

Abstract

In interpreting the SNO experiments, accurate estimates of the νd reaction cross sections are of great importance. In our recent work, we have improved our previous calculation by updating some of its inputs and by incorporating the results of a recent effective-field-theoretical calculation. The new cross sections are slightly (\sim 1%) larger than the previously reported values. It is reasonable to assign 1% uncertainty to the νd cross sections reported here; this error estimate does not include radiative corrections.

4 pages, 1 figures, talk given at PaNic02, Osaka, Japan, September 30 - October 4, 2002