Luminous solar neutrinos. I. Dipole portals
Abstract
Solar neutrinos upscattering inside the Earth can source unstable particles that can decay inside terrestrial detectors. Contrary to naive expectations we show that when the decay length is much shorter than the radius of the \emph{Earth} (rather than the detector), the event rate is independent of the decay length. In this paper we study a transition dipole operator (neutrino dipole portal) and show that Borexino's existing data probes previously untouched parameter space in the 0.5--20 MeV regime, complementing recent cosmological and supernova bounds. We briefly comment on similarities and differences with luminous dark matter and comment on future prospects for analogous signals stemming from atmospheric neutrinos.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1826943
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1712768
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-PUB-20-521-T-V; arXiv:2010.04193
Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010; PRVDAQ; 075027
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359; SC0019095
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review D
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Physical Review D Journal Volume: 104 Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; Extrasolar neutrino astronomy; Solar neutrinos; Physical Systems; Heavy neutrinos; Sterile neutrinos; Neutrino detectors
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Plestid, Ryan. Luminous solar neutrinos. I. Dipole portals. United States: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.104.075027.
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title = {Luminous solar neutrinos. I. Dipole portals},
author = {Plestid, Ryan},
abstractNote = {Solar neutrinos upscattering inside the Earth can source unstable particles that can decay inside terrestrial detectors. Contrary to naive expectations we show that when the decay length is much shorter than the radius of the \emph{Earth} (rather than the detector), the event rate is independent of the decay length. In this paper we study a transition dipole operator (neutrino dipole portal) and show that Borexino's existing data probes previously untouched parameter space in the 0.5--20 MeV regime, complementing recent cosmological and supernova bounds. We briefly comment on similarities and differences with luminous dark matter and comment on future prospects for analogous signals stemming from atmospheric neutrinos.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.104.075027},
journal = {Physical Review D},
number = 7,
volume = 104,
place = {United States},
year = {2021},
month = {10}
}
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