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[en] Core-collapse supernovae emit of order 1058 neutrinos and antineutrinos of all flavors over several seconds, with average energies of 10-25 MeV. In the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO), a future Galactic supernova at a distance of 10 kpc would cause several hundred events. The vμ and vτ neutrinos and antineutrinos are of particular interest, as a test of the supernova mechanism. In addition, it is possible to measure or limit their masses by their delay (determined from neutral-current events) relative to the ve neutrinos (determined from charged current events). Numerical results are presented for such a future supernova as senn in SNO. Under reasonable assumptions, and in the presence of the expected counting statistics, a vμ or vτ mass down to about 30 eV can be simply and robustly determined. This seems to be the best technique for direct measurement of these masses. (Author)
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22. Symposium on Nuclear Physics; 22. Symposium on Nuclear Physics; Oaxtepec, Morelos (Mexico); 5-8 Jan 1999
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