New limits on neutrino decay from high-energy astrophysical neutrinos
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| author | Valera, Victor B. Fiorillo, Damiano F. G. Esteban, Ivan Bustamante, Mauricio |
| author_facet | Valera, Victor B. Fiorillo, Damiano F. G. Esteban, Ivan Bustamante, Mauricio |
| contents | Since neutrinos have mass differences, they could decay into one another. But their lifetimes are likely long, even when shortened by new physics, so decay likely impacts neutrinos only during long trips. This makes high-energy astrophysical neutrinos, traveling for up to billions of light-years, sensitive probes of decay. However, their sensitivity must be tempered by reality. We derive from them thorough bounds on the neutrino lifetimes accounting for critical astrophysical unknowns and the nuances of neutrino detection. Using the diffuse neutrino flux, we disfavor lifetimes $τ\lesssim 20$-450 s $(m/{\rm eV})$, based on present IceCube data, and forecast factor-of-10 improvements by upcoming detectors. Using, for the first time, neutrinos from the active galaxy NGC 1068, extant unknowns preclude placing lifetime bounds today, but upcoming detectors could disfavor $τ\sim 100$-5000 s $(m/{\rm eV})$. |
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| spellingShingle | New limits on neutrino decay from high-energy astrophysical neutrinos Valera, Victor B. Fiorillo, Damiano F. G. Esteban, Ivan Bustamante, Mauricio High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena High Energy Physics - Experiment High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Since neutrinos have mass differences, they could decay into one another. But their lifetimes are likely long, even when shortened by new physics, so decay likely impacts neutrinos only during long trips. This makes high-energy astrophysical neutrinos, traveling for up to billions of light-years, sensitive probes of decay. However, their sensitivity must be tempered by reality. We derive from them thorough bounds on the neutrino lifetimes accounting for critical astrophysical unknowns and the nuances of neutrino detection. Using the diffuse neutrino flux, we disfavor lifetimes $τ\lesssim 20$-450 s $(m/{\rm eV})$, based on present IceCube data, and forecast factor-of-10 improvements by upcoming detectors. Using, for the first time, neutrinos from the active galaxy NGC 1068, extant unknowns preclude placing lifetime bounds today, but upcoming detectors could disfavor $τ\sim 100$-5000 s $(m/{\rm eV})$. |
| title | New limits on neutrino decay from high-energy astrophysical neutrinos |
| topic | High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena High Energy Physics - Experiment High Energy Physics - Phenomenology |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.14826 |