IceCube’s astrophysical neutrino energy spectrum from violation
Abstract
The six-year data set of high-energy starting events (HESEs) at IceCube indicates a spectrum of astrophysical neutrinos much softer than expected from the Fermi shock acceleration mechanism. On the other hand, IceCube’s up-going muon neutrino data set and Fermi-LAT’s gamma-ray spectrum point to an E-2 neutrino spectrum. If the HESE data above 200 TeV are fit with the latter flux, an excess at lower energies ensues, which then suggests a multicomponent spectrum. We show that the HESE data set can be explained by a single E-2 power-law neutrino flux from a muon-damped p γ source if neutrino interactions are modified by C P T violation. The low-energy excess is naturally explained by the pileup of events from superluminal neutrino decay, and there is no cutoff at high energies due to the contribution of subluminal antineutrinos. The best-fit scenario with C P T violation also predicts the observation of Glashow resonance events in the near future.
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- Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1422648
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- OSTI ID: 1498834
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- SC0010504
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- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review D
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- Journal Name: Physical Review D Journal Volume: 97 Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
Citation Formats
Liao, Jiajun, and Marfatia, Danny. IceCube’s astrophysical neutrino energy spectrum from CPT violation. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.97.041302.
Liao, Jiajun, & Marfatia, Danny. IceCube’s astrophysical neutrino energy spectrum from CPT violation. United States. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.97.041302.
Liao, Jiajun, and Marfatia, Danny. Mon .
"IceCube’s astrophysical neutrino energy spectrum from CPT violation". United States. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.97.041302.
@article{osti_1422648,
title = {IceCube’s astrophysical neutrino energy spectrum from CPT violation},
author = {Liao, Jiajun and Marfatia, Danny},
abstractNote = {The six-year data set of high-energy starting events (HESEs) at IceCube indicates a spectrum of astrophysical neutrinos much softer than expected from the Fermi shock acceleration mechanism. On the other hand, IceCube’s up-going muon neutrino data set and Fermi-LAT’s gamma-ray spectrum point to an E-2 neutrino spectrum. If the HESE data above 200 TeV are fit with the latter flux, an excess at lower energies ensues, which then suggests a multicomponent spectrum. We show that the HESE data set can be explained by a single E-2 power-law neutrino flux from a muon-damped p γ source if neutrino interactions are modified by C P T violation. The low-energy excess is naturally explained by the pileup of events from superluminal neutrino decay, and there is no cutoff at high energies due to the contribution of subluminal antineutrinos. The best-fit scenario with C P T violation also predicts the observation of Glashow resonance events in the near future.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.97.041302},
journal = {Physical Review D},
number = 4,
volume = 97,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {2}
}
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.97.041302
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