The Solar Neutrino Problem in the Light of a Violation of the Equivalence Principle

Abstract

We have found that long-wavelength neutrino oscillations induced by a tiny breakdown of the weak equivalence principle of general relativity can provide a viable solution to the solar neutrino problem.

Comments: 3 pages, 1 eps figure, Talk given by R. Zukanovich Funchal at the VIth International Workshop on ``Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics'' (TAUP99), Sep. 6-10, 1999, College de France, Paris - France