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1 J Proceedings of the XXVIIth RENCONTRE DE MORIOND Series: Moriond Workshops Les Arcs, Savoie, France January 25 - February 1,1992 PROGRESS IN ATOMIC PHYSICS NEUTRINOS AND GRAVITATION edited by G. Chardin O. Fackler J. Trdn Thanh V6n EDITIONS FRONTIERES

2 vii Contents Foreword I. Solar Neutrinos Turck-Chieze S. Pinsonneault M. Gough D. O. Lopes I. Petcov S. T. et al. Zanotti L. Oyama Y. Weber J. Akhmedov E. Kh. The classical solar model and beyond this framework. 3 Solar models. 17 The role of helioseismology in neutrino physics. 25 Helioseismology : solar p-modes from standard model : probing the solar interior. 37 Neutrino oscillations in vacuum and the solar neutrino problem. 45 Status report on Gallex experiment. 55 Recent results from Kamiokande. 59 Solar neutrino observations. 67 Resonant spin flavor precession of solar neutrinos Krastev P. I. Toshev S. as a possible solution to the solar neutrino problem. 71 Solar neutrinos in twisting magnetic fields. 81 Analytical formulae for resonant neutrino spin Leslie J. R. rotation in twisting magnetic field. 91 Giammarchi M. G. et al. The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory. 97 Gonzalez-Mestres L. Status of the BOREXINO experiment. 103 New ways for real time detection of low energy solar neutrinos and other crucial experiments II. Neutrino Properties in - nuclear Neutrino and Masses particle physics. 113 Holzschuh E. et al. Result from Zurich experiment to measure the mass of v e from tritium p-decay. 121

3 viii Otten E. W. et al. Maschuw R. Oberauer L. et al. Kajfasz E. Funk W. Dumarchez J. Broggini C. Meyer H. Piepke A. et al. Zdesenko Yu. et al. Campagne J. E. First tritium decay spectra from the Mainz neutrino mass experiment. 127 Results from the KARMEN neutrino experiment. 133 New experimental results on neutrino mixing and decay. 139 BUGEY III neutrino oscillation experiment : some preliminary results. 145 Recent ARGUS results on tau physics. 151 Search for v^-v x oscillations : the NOMAD project. 161 A CF 4 TPC to measure the V e magnetic moment at a nuclear reactor. 165 Very high energy neutrinos from active galactic nuclei. 169 The Heidelberg-Moscow double beta experiment with enriched 76 Ge : first results. 177 New limits T 1/2 for double P-decay of 116 Cd and for Ovp 4 "/electron capture of 106 Cd. 183 The neutrino(less) experiment with Molybdenum : 2 nd prototype. 189 Vuilleumier J.-C. et al New limit on neutrinoless double beta decay in 136 Xe with a time projection chamber. 195 Zanotti L. Morrison D. R. O. Radcliffe T. J. et al. Piilonen L. et al. Kayser B. Grifols J. A. Search for double beta decay of 130j e vvith a cryogenic thermal detector and simultaneous detection of light and thermal signals in a cryogenic CaF 2 detector. 201 Updated review of 17 kev neutrino experiments. 207 New limits on the 17 kev neutrino. 217 On the strength of the evidence for the 17 kev neutrino. 225 Physics of a 17 kev neutrino. 235 Astrophysical (SN1987A) constraints on the dirac neutrino mass. 243

4 ix III. Physics with Neutrons and Atoms Kaiser H. et al. Badurek G. et al. Neutron interferometry : a unique tool for quantum measurements. 249 Neutron spin rotation and interferometric measurement of geometric phases and the magnetic Aharonov-Casher effect. 263 Bernstein H. J. Are quantum particles really particulate? or Bell theorems without inequalities for two and three spinless particules. 271 Greene G. L. et al. Testing the standard model with neutron beta decay. 281 Sromicki J. et al. Nico J. S. et al. Test of time reversal symmetry in the decay of polarized 8 Li - new results. 299 Measurement of the decay rate and 2-y branching ratio of orthopositronium. 305 Mittleman R. L. et al. Improving the electron g-2 measurement. 313 Hinds E. A. Atomic energy level shifts in confined space. 321 IV. Physics and Computers Cleland A. N. et al. Devices which transfer electrons one-by-one. 335 Fredkin E. Finite nature. 345 Zurek W. H. Environment-induced decoherence and the transition from quantum to classical. 355 Bennett C. H. Quantum cryptography. 371 V. Tests of Special and General Relativity Chardin G. Eckhardt D. H. Veillet C. Testing general relativity with the neutral kaon system. 385 The exponential potentials and galactic dynamics or how to dispose of the missing matter. 393 Lunar laser ranging and other travelling light experiments. 409

5 Ricci F. Esposito-Farese G. Experimental results of the gravitational wave experiment of the Rome group. 415 Tensor-Multi-Scalar theories of gravitation and strong-field tests of general relativity. 421 Damour Th. New tests of general relativity. 427 Ciufolini I. Status of the LAGEOS III experiment to measure the gravitomagnetic field. 433 VI. Tests of Newtonian Gravity Fischbach E. et al. The fifth force in electromagnetism and gravity. 439 Moore M. W. et al. Proposed inverse square law tests of gravity. 453 Iacopini E. et al. Preliminary results from the GAL experiment. 463 Schurr J. et al. A test of Newton's gravitational law in the range of 0.6 m to 3.6 m. 471 List of Participants 476

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