Parametric Resonance in Oscillations of Atmospheric Neutrinos?

We consider a solution of the atmospheric neutrino problem based on oscillations of muon neutrinos to sterile neutrinos: νμ ↔ νs. The zenith angle (Θ) dependences of the neutrino and upward-going muon fluxes in presence of these oscillations are studied. The dependences have characteristic form with two dips: at cosΘ = −0.6÷−0.2 and cosΘ = −1.0÷−0.8. The latter dip is due to parametric resonance in oscillations of neutrinos which cross the core of the earth. A comparison of predictions with data from the MACRO, Baksan and Super-Kamiokande experiments is given. e-mail addresses: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]. 0