Neutrino-deuteron reactions at solar neutrino energies Original Research Article

In interpreting the SNO experiments, accurate estimates of the vd reaction cross sections are of great importance. In our recent work [1], we have improved our previous calculation by updating some of its inputs and by incorporating the results of a recent effective-field-theoretical calculation. The new cross sections are slightly (∼1%) larger than the previously reported values. It is reasonable to assign 1% uncertainty to the vd cross sections reported here; this error estimate does not include radiative corrections.