Probing Late Neutrino Mass Properties With SupernovaNeutrinos
Models of late-time neutrino mass generation contain new interactions of the cosmic background neutrinos with supernova relic neutrinos (SRNs). Exchange of an on-shell light scalar may lead to significant modification of the differential SRN flux observed at earth. We consider an Abelian U(1) model for generating neutrino masses at low scales, and show that there are cases for which the changes induced in the flux allow one to distinguish the Majorana or Dirac nature of neutrinos, as well as the type of neutrino mass hierarchy (normal or inverted or quasi-degenerate). In some region of parameter space the determination of the absolute values of the neutrino masses is also conceivable. Measurements of the presence of these effects may be possible at the next-generation water Cerenkov detectors enriched with Gadolinium, or a 100 kton liquid argon detector.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC02-05CH11231
- OSTI ID:
- 925586
- Report Number(s):
- LBNL-61943; R&D Project: 0; BnR: YN0100000; TRN: US0803062
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review D, Vol. 76, Issue 6; Related Information: Journal Publication Date: 09/2007
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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