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Title: Probing non-standard neutrino interactions with supernova neutrinos at Hyper-K

Abstract

Non-standard neutrino self interactions (NSSI) could be stronger than Fermi interactions. We investigate the ability to constrain these four-neutrino interactions by their effect on the flux of neutrinos originating from a galactic supernova. In the dense medium of a core collapse supernova, these new self interactions can have a significant impact on neutrino oscillations, leading to changes at the flavor evolution and spectra level. We use simulations of the neutrino flux from a 13 solar mass, core collapse supernova at 10 kpc away, and numerically propagate these neutrinos through the stellar medium taking into account vacuum/MSW oscillations, SM ν – ν scattering as well as ν – ν interactions that arise from NSSI. We pass the resulting neutrino flux to a simulation of the future Hyper-Kamiokande detector to see what constraints on NSSI parameters are possible when the next galactic supernova becomes visible. We find that these constraints depend strongly on the neutrino mass hierarchy and if the NSSI is flavor-violating or preserving. Sensitivity to NSSI in the normal hierarchy (NH) at Hyper-K is limited by the experiment’s ability to efficiently detect νe, but deviations from no NSSI could be seen if the NSSI is particularly strong. In the invertedmore » hierarchy (IH) scenario, Hyper-K can significantly improve constraints on flavor-violating NSSI down to O(10–1)GF.« less

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  1. Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
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Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
OSTI Identifier:
1648036
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0007859
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: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479
Publisher:
Springer Berlin
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; Beyond Standard Model; Neutrino Physics

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Lei, Minjie, Steinberg, Noah, and Wells, James D. Probing non-standard neutrino interactions with supernova neutrinos at Hyper-K. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1007/jhep01(2020)179.
Lei, Minjie, Steinberg, Noah, & Wells, James D. Probing non-standard neutrino interactions with supernova neutrinos at Hyper-K. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep01(2020)179
Lei, Minjie, Steinberg, Noah, and Wells, James D. Wed . "Probing non-standard neutrino interactions with supernova neutrinos at Hyper-K". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep01(2020)179. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1648036.
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title = {Probing non-standard neutrino interactions with supernova neutrinos at Hyper-K},
author = {Lei, Minjie and Steinberg, Noah and Wells, James D.},
abstractNote = {Non-standard neutrino self interactions (NSSI) could be stronger than Fermi interactions. We investigate the ability to constrain these four-neutrino interactions by their effect on the flux of neutrinos originating from a galactic supernova. In the dense medium of a core collapse supernova, these new self interactions can have a significant impact on neutrino oscillations, leading to changes at the flavor evolution and spectra level. We use simulations of the neutrino flux from a 13 solar mass, core collapse supernova at 10 kpc away, and numerically propagate these neutrinos through the stellar medium taking into account vacuum/MSW oscillations, SM ν – ν scattering as well as ν – ν interactions that arise from NSSI. We pass the resulting neutrino flux to a simulation of the future Hyper-Kamiokande detector to see what constraints on NSSI parameters are possible when the next galactic supernova becomes visible. We find that these constraints depend strongly on the neutrino mass hierarchy and if the NSSI is flavor-violating or preserving. Sensitivity to NSSI in the normal hierarchy (NH) at Hyper-K is limited by the experiment’s ability to efficiently detect νe, but deviations from no NSSI could be seen if the NSSI is particularly strong. In the inverted hierarchy (IH) scenario, Hyper-K can significantly improve constraints on flavor-violating NSSI down to O(10–1)GF.},
doi = {10.1007/jhep01(2020)179},
journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)},
number = 1,
volume = 2020,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jan 29 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Wed Jan 29 00:00:00 EST 2020}
}

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