Radiative Correction from Secret Neutrino Interactions and Implications for Neutrino-Scattering Experiments

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Main Authors: Foroughi-Abari, Saeid, Kelly, Kevin J., Zhang, Yue
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author Foroughi-Abari, Saeid
Kelly, Kevin J.
Zhang, Yue
author_facet Foroughi-Abari, Saeid
Kelly, Kevin J.
Zhang, Yue
contents New, neutrinophilic mediators are one potential extension beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. Often, studies of neutrinophilic mediator consist of searching for direct evidence of its production and/or its tree-level virtual effect for generating strong neutrino self-interaction. In this work, we focus instead on the fact that such new mediators \textit{also} lead to deviations in neutrino-matter scattering via radiative corrections. With a mediator mass well below the electroweak scale, these effects are potentially observable in a variety of contexts, including coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS), neutrino deeply-inelastic scattering ($ν$DIS), and neutrino-electron scattering (e.g., at Borexino). Additionally, such effects lead to new contributions to the $Z$-boson decay width and to non-standard neutrino interactions relevant for long-baseline oscillation experiments. We explore all of these scenarios in some depth, building on the rich phenomenology associated with neutrinophilic mediators.
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spellingShingle Radiative Correction from Secret Neutrino Interactions and Implications for Neutrino-Scattering Experiments
Foroughi-Abari, Saeid
Kelly, Kevin J.
Zhang, Yue
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
New, neutrinophilic mediators are one potential extension beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. Often, studies of neutrinophilic mediator consist of searching for direct evidence of its production and/or its tree-level virtual effect for generating strong neutrino self-interaction. In this work, we focus instead on the fact that such new mediators \textit{also} lead to deviations in neutrino-matter scattering via radiative corrections. With a mediator mass well below the electroweak scale, these effects are potentially observable in a variety of contexts, including coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS), neutrino deeply-inelastic scattering ($ν$DIS), and neutrino-electron scattering (e.g., at Borexino). Additionally, such effects lead to new contributions to the $Z$-boson decay width and to non-standard neutrino interactions relevant for long-baseline oscillation experiments. We explore all of these scenarios in some depth, building on the rich phenomenology associated with neutrinophilic mediators.
title Radiative Correction from Secret Neutrino Interactions and Implications for Neutrino-Scattering Experiments
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.15023