Possible tests of neutrino maximal mixing and comments on matter effects
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We show in a simple and general way that matter effects do not contribute to the averaged value of the probabilities of transition of solar νe’s into other states in the case of maximal mixing of any number of massive neutrinos. We also show that future solar neutrino experiments (Super-Kamiokande and SNO) will allow to test the model with maximal mixing of three massive neutrinos in a way that does not depend on the initial solar neutrino flux.
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