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Title: Constraints on flavor-diagonal non-standard neutrino interactions from Borexino Phase-II

Abstract

The Borexino detector measures solar neutrino fluxes via neutrino-electron elastic scattering. Observed spectra are determined by the solar-$$\nu_{e}$$ survival probability $$P_{ee}(E)$$, and the chiral couplings of the neutrino and electron. Some theories of physics beyond the Standard Model postulate the existence of Non-Standard Interactions (NSI's) which modify the chiral couplings and $$P_{ee}(E)$$. In this paper, we search for such NSI's, in particularly neutral-current-like interactions that modify the $$\nu_e - e$$ and $$\nu_\tau - e$$ couplings, using Borexino Phase II data. Standard Solar Model predictions of the solar neutrino fluxes for both high- and low-metallicity assumptions are considered. No indication of new physics is found at the level of sensitivity of the detector and constraints on the parameters of the NSI's are placed. In addition, with the same dataset the value of $$\sin^2\theta_W$$ is obtained with a precision comparable to that achieved in reactor antineutrino experiments.

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Research Org.:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Contributing Org.:
The Borexino collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1513285
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1598872
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-19-215-ND; arXiv:1905.03512; IP/BBSR/2019-2
Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479; oai:inspirehep.net:1733988
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-07CH11359; SC0010504
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online); Journal Volume: 2020; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479
Publisher:
Springer Berlin
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; Solar Neutrino; Borexino; Neutrino Oscillation; Non-Standard Interaction; solar neutrino; neutrino oscillation; non-standard interaction

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Agarwalla, S. K., Agostini, M., Altenmüller, K., Appel, S., Atroshchenko, V., Bagdasarian, Z., Basilico, D., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bick, D., Bonfini, G., Bravo, D., Caccianiga, B., Calaprice, F., Caminata, A., Cappelli, L., Cavalcante, P., Cavanna, F., Chepurnov, A., Choi, K., D’Angelo, D., Davini, S., Derbin, A., Di Giacinto, A., Di Marcello, V., Ding, X. F., Di Ludovico, A., Di Noto, L., Drachnev, I., Fomenko, K., Formozov, A., Franco, D., Gabriele, F., Galbiati, C., Gschwender, M., Ghiano, C., Giammarchi, M., Goretti, A., Gromov, M., Guffanti, D., Hagner, C., Hungerford, E., Ianni, Aldo, Ianni, Andrea, Jany, A., Jeschke, D., Kumaran, S., Kobychev, V., Korga, G., Lachenmaier, T., Laubenstein, M., Litvinovich, E., Lombardi, P., Ludhova, L., Lukyanchenko, G., Lukyanchenko, L., Machulin, I., Manuzio, G., Marcocci, S., Maricic, J., Martyn, J., Meroni, E., Meyer, M., Miramonti, L., Misiaszek, M., Muratova, V., Neumair, B., Nieslony, M., Oberauer, L., Orekhov, V., Ortica, F., Pallavicini, M., Papp, L., Penek, Ö., Pietrofaccia, L., Pilipenko, N., Pocar, A., Raikov, G., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Re, A., Redchuk, M., Romani, A., Rossi, N., Rottenanger, S., Schönert, S., Semenov, D., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Sun, C., Suvorov, Y., Takeuchi, T., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Thurn, J., Unzhakov, E., Vishneva, A., Vogelaar, R. B., von Feilitzsch, F., Wojcik, M., Wurm, M., Zaimidoroga, O., Zavatarelli, S., Zuber, K., and Zuzel, G. Constraints on flavor-diagonal non-standard neutrino interactions from Borexino Phase-II. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1007/JHEP02(2020)038.
Agarwalla, S. K., Agostini, M., Altenmüller, K., Appel, S., Atroshchenko, V., Bagdasarian, Z., Basilico, D., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bick, D., Bonfini, G., Bravo, D., Caccianiga, B., Calaprice, F., Caminata, A., Cappelli, L., Cavalcante, P., Cavanna, F., Chepurnov, A., Choi, K., D’Angelo, D., Davini, S., Derbin, A., Di Giacinto, A., Di Marcello, V., Ding, X. F., Di Ludovico, A., Di Noto, L., Drachnev, I., Fomenko, K., Formozov, A., Franco, D., Gabriele, F., Galbiati, C., Gschwender, M., Ghiano, C., Giammarchi, M., Goretti, A., Gromov, M., Guffanti, D., Hagner, C., Hungerford, E., Ianni, Aldo, Ianni, Andrea, Jany, A., Jeschke, D., Kumaran, S., Kobychev, V., Korga, G., Lachenmaier, T., Laubenstein, M., Litvinovich, E., Lombardi, P., Ludhova, L., Lukyanchenko, G., Lukyanchenko, L., Machulin, I., Manuzio, G., Marcocci, S., Maricic, J., Martyn, J., Meroni, E., Meyer, M., Miramonti, L., Misiaszek, M., Muratova, V., Neumair, B., Nieslony, M., Oberauer, L., Orekhov, V., Ortica, F., Pallavicini, M., Papp, L., Penek, Ö., Pietrofaccia, L., Pilipenko, N., Pocar, A., Raikov, G., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Re, A., Redchuk, M., Romani, A., Rossi, N., Rottenanger, S., Schönert, S., Semenov, D., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Sun, C., Suvorov, Y., Takeuchi, T., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Thurn, J., Unzhakov, E., Vishneva, A., Vogelaar, R. B., von Feilitzsch, F., Wojcik, M., Wurm, M., Zaimidoroga, O., Zavatarelli, S., Zuber, K., & Zuzel, G. Constraints on flavor-diagonal non-standard neutrino interactions from Borexino Phase-II. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2020)038
Agarwalla, S. K., Agostini, M., Altenmüller, K., Appel, S., Atroshchenko, V., Bagdasarian, Z., Basilico, D., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bick, D., Bonfini, G., Bravo, D., Caccianiga, B., Calaprice, F., Caminata, A., Cappelli, L., Cavalcante, P., Cavanna, F., Chepurnov, A., Choi, K., D’Angelo, D., Davini, S., Derbin, A., Di Giacinto, A., Di Marcello, V., Ding, X. F., Di Ludovico, A., Di Noto, L., Drachnev, I., Fomenko, K., Formozov, A., Franco, D., Gabriele, F., Galbiati, C., Gschwender, M., Ghiano, C., Giammarchi, M., Goretti, A., Gromov, M., Guffanti, D., Hagner, C., Hungerford, E., Ianni, Aldo, Ianni, Andrea, Jany, A., Jeschke, D., Kumaran, S., Kobychev, V., Korga, G., Lachenmaier, T., Laubenstein, M., Litvinovich, E., Lombardi, P., Ludhova, L., Lukyanchenko, G., Lukyanchenko, L., Machulin, I., Manuzio, G., Marcocci, S., Maricic, J., Martyn, J., Meroni, E., Meyer, M., Miramonti, L., Misiaszek, M., Muratova, V., Neumair, B., Nieslony, M., Oberauer, L., Orekhov, V., Ortica, F., Pallavicini, M., Papp, L., Penek, Ö., Pietrofaccia, L., Pilipenko, N., Pocar, A., Raikov, G., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Re, A., Redchuk, M., Romani, A., Rossi, N., Rottenanger, S., Schönert, S., Semenov, D., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Sun, C., Suvorov, Y., Takeuchi, T., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Thurn, J., Unzhakov, E., Vishneva, A., Vogelaar, R. B., von Feilitzsch, F., Wojcik, M., Wurm, M., Zaimidoroga, O., Zavatarelli, S., Zuber, K., and Zuzel, G. Wed . "Constraints on flavor-diagonal non-standard neutrino interactions from Borexino Phase-II". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2020)038. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1513285.
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abstractNote = {The Borexino detector measures solar neutrino fluxes via neutrino-electron elastic scattering. Observed spectra are determined by the solar-$\nu_{e}$ survival probability $P_{ee}(E)$, and the chiral couplings of the neutrino and electron. Some theories of physics beyond the Standard Model postulate the existence of Non-Standard Interactions (NSI's) which modify the chiral couplings and $P_{ee}(E)$. In this paper, we search for such NSI's, in particularly neutral-current-like interactions that modify the $\nu_e - e$ and $\nu_\tau - e$ couplings, using Borexino Phase II data. Standard Solar Model predictions of the solar neutrino fluxes for both high- and low-metallicity assumptions are considered. No indication of new physics is found at the level of sensitivity of the detector and constraints on the parameters of the NSI's are placed. In addition, with the same dataset the value of $\sin^2\theta_W$ is obtained with a precision comparable to that achieved in reactor antineutrino experiments.},
doi = {10.1007/JHEP02(2020)038},
journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)},
number = 2,
volume = 2020,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Feb 05 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Wed Feb 05 00:00:00 EST 2020}
}

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Figure 1 Figure 1: Electron neutrino survival probability Pee(E) as a function of neutrino energy for LMA-MSW solution with uncertainties of oscillation parameters taken into account (pink band), and LMA-MSW + NSI solutions for ε′ = −0.5, 0.5, 1.0 and average values of oscillation parameters. Vacuum-LMA solution is also shown (grey band).more » To illustrate the capability of the detector to sense NSI’s at propagation, experimental points for Pee(E) shown for Borexino under the HZ-SSM assumption are also provided (Ref. [18]). 8B and pp data points are set at the mean energy of neutrinos that produce scattered electrons above the detection threshold. The error bars include experimental and theoretical uncertainties.« less

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