Magnetar-powered Neutrinos and Magnetic Moment Signatures at IceCube

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Main Authors: Cheng, Ting, Kuan, Hao-Jui, Li, Ying-Ying, Brdar, Vedran
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Published: 2023
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author Cheng, Ting
Kuan, Hao-Jui
Li, Ying-Ying
Brdar, Vedran
author_facet Cheng, Ting
Kuan, Hao-Jui
Li, Ying-Ying
Brdar, Vedran
contents The IceCube collaboration pioneered the detection of $\mathcal{O}{(\text{PeV})}$ neutrino events and the identification of astrophysical sources of high-energy neutrinos. In this study, we explore scenarios in which high-energy neutrinos are produced in the vicinity of astrophysical objects with strong magnetic field, such as magnetars. While propagating through such magnetic field, neutrinos experience spin precession induced by their magnetic moments, and this impacts their helicity and flavor composition at Earth. Considering both flavor composition of high-energy neutrinos and Glashow resonance events we find that detectable signatures may arise at neutrino telescopes, such as IceCube, for presently unconstrained neutrino magnetic moments in the range between $\mathcal{O}(10^{-15})~μ_B$ and $\mathcal{O}(10^{-12})~μ_B$.
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spellingShingle Magnetar-powered Neutrinos and Magnetic Moment Signatures at IceCube
Cheng, Ting
Kuan, Hao-Jui
Li, Ying-Ying
Brdar, Vedran
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
The IceCube collaboration pioneered the detection of $\mathcal{O}{(\text{PeV})}$ neutrino events and the identification of astrophysical sources of high-energy neutrinos. In this study, we explore scenarios in which high-energy neutrinos are produced in the vicinity of astrophysical objects with strong magnetic field, such as magnetars. While propagating through such magnetic field, neutrinos experience spin precession induced by their magnetic moments, and this impacts their helicity and flavor composition at Earth. Considering both flavor composition of high-energy neutrinos and Glashow resonance events we find that detectable signatures may arise at neutrino telescopes, such as IceCube, for presently unconstrained neutrino magnetic moments in the range between $\mathcal{O}(10^{-15})~μ_B$ and $\mathcal{O}(10^{-12})~μ_B$.
title Magnetar-powered Neutrinos and Magnetic Moment Signatures at IceCube
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.14113