Neutrino oscillation effects on supernova light-element synthesis

Neutrino oscillations affect light-element synthesis through the ν-process in supernova explosions. The ⁷Li and ¹¹B yields produced in a supernova explosion of a 16.2 M_⊙ star model increase by factors of 1.9 and 1.3 in the case of the large mixing angle solution with a normal mass hierarchy and sin²2θ₁₃ ≳ 2 × 10^-3 compared with those without the oscillations. In the case of an inverted mass hierarchy or a nonadiabatic 1-3 mixing resonance, the increment of their yields is much smaller. Neutrino oscillations raise the reaction rates of charged-current ν-process reactions in the region outside oxygen-rich layers. The number ratio of ⁷Li/¹¹B could be a tracer of a normal mass hierarchy and a relatively large θ₁₃, still satisfying sin²2θ₁₃ ≤ 0.1, through future precise observations in stars having strong supernova components.