New light Higgs boson and short-baseline neutrino anomalies
Abstract
Here, the low-energy excesses observed by the MiniBooNE experiment have, to date, defied a convincing explanation under the standard model even with accommodation for nonzero neutrino mass. In this paper we explore a new oscillation mechanism to explain these anomalies, invoking a light neutrinophilic Higgs boson, conceived to induce a low Dirac neutrino mass in accord with experimental limits. Beam neutrinos forward scattering off of a locally overdense relic neutrino background give rise to a novel matter effect with an energy-specific resonance. An enhanced oscillation around this resonance peak produces flavor transitions which are highly consistent with the MiniBooNE neutrino- and antineutrino-mode data sets. The model provides substantially improved χ2 values beyond either the no-oscillation hypothesis or the more commonly explored 3+1 sterile neutrino hypothesis. This mechanism would introduce distinctive signatures at each baseline in the upcoming short-baseline neutrino program at Fermilab, presenting opportunities for further exploration.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX (United States)
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
- Univ. of Manchester, Manchester (United Kingdom)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1437154
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-131323
Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010; PRVDAQ; TRN: US1900277
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review D
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 97; Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
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Asaadi, J., Church, E., Guenette, R., Jones, Ben J. P., and Szelc, A. M. New light Higgs boson and short-baseline neutrino anomalies. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.97.075021.
Asaadi, J., Church, E., Guenette, R., Jones, Ben J. P., & Szelc, A. M. New light Higgs boson and short-baseline neutrino anomalies. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.97.075021
Asaadi, J., Church, E., Guenette, R., Jones, Ben J. P., and Szelc, A. M. Mon .
"New light Higgs boson and short-baseline neutrino anomalies". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.97.075021. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1437154.
@article{osti_1437154,
title = {New light Higgs boson and short-baseline neutrino anomalies},
author = {Asaadi, J. and Church, E. and Guenette, R. and Jones, Ben J. P. and Szelc, A. M.},
abstractNote = {Here, the low-energy excesses observed by the MiniBooNE experiment have, to date, defied a convincing explanation under the standard model even with accommodation for nonzero neutrino mass. In this paper we explore a new oscillation mechanism to explain these anomalies, invoking a light neutrinophilic Higgs boson, conceived to induce a low Dirac neutrino mass in accord with experimental limits. Beam neutrinos forward scattering off of a locally overdense relic neutrino background give rise to a novel matter effect with an energy-specific resonance. An enhanced oscillation around this resonance peak produces flavor transitions which are highly consistent with the MiniBooNE neutrino- and antineutrino-mode data sets. The model provides substantially improved χ2 values beyond either the no-oscillation hypothesis or the more commonly explored 3+1 sterile neutrino hypothesis. This mechanism would introduce distinctive signatures at each baseline in the upcoming short-baseline neutrino program at Fermilab, presenting opportunities for further exploration.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.97.075021},
journal = {Physical Review D},
number = 7,
volume = 97,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {4}
}
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