...[#pdg##1#]
The tritium 6#6 decay experiments all yield negative 7#7 values, with a weighted average 8#8, suggesting a common systematic or theoretical uncertainty in the experiments. Until this is understood the precise upper limit must be considered somewhat questionable.

...core.
The relation of cool sun models to specific nonstandard models is discussed in [9,12].

...constrain
The pep neutrinos are a minor component from the reaction 101#101. They are strongly correlated with the pp flux in most nonstandard models.

...leads
The luminosity observed now corresponds to the energy that was generated in the core 126#126 yr. ago. The quasi-static assumption allows one to equate the present luminosity with the present energy production rate. One can actually relax this assumption and come to essentially the same conclusion.

...components
The uncertainties associated with 128#128 are negligible.

...neutrino
A sterile neutrino is an 177#177 singlet, which has no weak interactions except by mixing.

...correlations
Some authors have reached erroneous conclusions due to the neglect of correlations or the naive overlapping of contours.

...physics
Oscillations into sterile neutrinos would not affect the neutral current to charged current ratio, but could still yield spectral distortions or day/night asymmetries.


Mon Nov 27 19:39:39 EST 1995