Solar neutrino analysis of Super-Kamiokande

Understand

Super-Kamiokande-IV data taking began in September of 2008, and with upgraded electronics and improvements to water system dynamics, calibration and analysis techniques, a clear solar neutrino signal could be extracted at recoil electron kinetic energies as low as 3.5 MeV.

• The SK-IV extracted solar neutrino flux between 3.5 and 19.5 MeV is found to be (2.36$\pm$0.02(stat.)$\pm$0.04(syst.))$\times 10^6$ /(cm$^2$sec).
• The SK combined recoil electron energy spectrum favors distortions predicted by standard neutrino flavour oscillation parameters over a flat suppression at 1$\sigma$ level.
• A maximum likelihood fit to the amplitude of the expected solar zenith angle variation of the elastic neutrino-electron scattering rate in SK, results in a day/night asymmetry of $-3.2\pm1.1$(stat.)$\pm$0.5(syst.)$%$.