Abstract

We perform a model-independent analysis of solar neutrino flux rates including the recent charged-current measurement at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO). We derive a universal sum rule involving SNO and SuperKamiokande rates, and show that the SNO neutral-current measurement cannot fix the fraction of solar nu(e) oscillating to sterile neutrinos. The large uncertainty in the standard solar model (8)B flux impedes a determination of the sterile neutrino fraction.

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