Probing Earth's core using atmospheric neutrino oscillations in the presence of NSI at INO-ICAL
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| author | J, Krishnamoorthi Upadhyay, Anuj Kumar Kumar, Anil Agarwalla, Sanjib Kumar |
| author_facet | J, Krishnamoorthi Upadhyay, Anuj Kumar Kumar, Anil Agarwalla, Sanjib Kumar |
| contents | Neutrinos can serve as a complementary and independent tool to gravitational and seismic studies in exploring the interior of Earth, thanks to their unique properties: extremely low interaction cross sections and flavor oscillations. With the precise measurements of neutrino oscillation parameters and observation of the non-zero value of mixing angle $θ_{13}$, it has become feasible to detect the forward scattering of GeV-energy atmospheric neutrinos passing through Earth with ambient electrons in the form of matter effects on neutrino oscillation probabilities. These matter effects depend on both the neutrino energy and electron density distribution along their path, making them ideally suited for exploring the inner structure of Earth. Furthermore, in the presence of non-standard interactions (NSI) of neutrinos with matter, oscillation patterns undergo additional modifications. In this study, we quantify the capability of an atmospheric neutrino experiment, such as a magnetized iron calorimeter detector, to validate the Earth's core and measure the position of the core-mantle boundary in the presence of NSI. We perform this study considering a three-layered density profile of Earth. Our analysis demonstrates that neutrino non-standard interactions impact these Earth tomography measurements in comparison to standard interactions. |
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| spellingShingle | Probing Earth's core using atmospheric neutrino oscillations in the presence of NSI at INO-ICAL J, Krishnamoorthi Upadhyay, Anuj Kumar Kumar, Anil Agarwalla, Sanjib Kumar High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Experiment Geophysics Instrumentation and Detectors Neutrinos can serve as a complementary and independent tool to gravitational and seismic studies in exploring the interior of Earth, thanks to their unique properties: extremely low interaction cross sections and flavor oscillations. With the precise measurements of neutrino oscillation parameters and observation of the non-zero value of mixing angle $θ_{13}$, it has become feasible to detect the forward scattering of GeV-energy atmospheric neutrinos passing through Earth with ambient electrons in the form of matter effects on neutrino oscillation probabilities. These matter effects depend on both the neutrino energy and electron density distribution along their path, making them ideally suited for exploring the inner structure of Earth. Furthermore, in the presence of non-standard interactions (NSI) of neutrinos with matter, oscillation patterns undergo additional modifications. In this study, we quantify the capability of an atmospheric neutrino experiment, such as a magnetized iron calorimeter detector, to validate the Earth's core and measure the position of the core-mantle boundary in the presence of NSI. We perform this study considering a three-layered density profile of Earth. Our analysis demonstrates that neutrino non-standard interactions impact these Earth tomography measurements in comparison to standard interactions. |
| title | Probing Earth's core using atmospheric neutrino oscillations in the presence of NSI at INO-ICAL |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Experiment Geophysics Instrumentation and Detectors |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.02167 |