2020ApJ...894...99K

Adopting the 3 + 1 neutrino mixing parameters by the IceCube and short baseline experiments, we investigate the sterile-active neutrino oscillation effects on the supernova neutrino process. For the sterile neutrino (ν_s), we study two different luminosity models. First, we presume that the ν_s does not interact with other particles through the standard interactions apart from the oscillation with the active neutrinos. Second, we consider the ν_s directly produced by ν_e scattering with the matter. In both cases, we find that the pattern of neutrino oscillations drastically impacts on the ν_s in supernova environments. In particular multiple resonances occur, and consequently affect thermal neutrino-induced reaction rates. As a result, ⁷Li, ⁷Be, ¹¹B, ¹¹C, ⁹²Nb, ⁹⁸Tc, and ¹³⁸La yields in the ν-process change. Among those nuclei, we constrain the ⁷Li and ¹¹B yields using the analysis of observed SiC X grains. Based on the meteoritic data, we conclude that the second model can be allowed, while the first model is excluded. The viability of the second model depends on the sterile neutrino temperature and the neutrino mass hierarchy.