$δ_{\rm CP}$-free constraints on NSI parameters $\varepsilon_{eμ}$ and $\varepsilon_{eτ}$ using high-purity $ν_μ\,{\rm CC}$ events at IceCube DeepCore
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| author | Krishnamoorthi, J Kumar, Anil Agarwalla, Sanjib Kumar |
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| contents | Atmospheric neutrinos provide a unique avenue to probe theories beyond the Standard Model (BSM) over a wide range of energies and path lengths. The theory of non-standard interactions (NSI) of neutrinos is one of the important BSM scenarios, which can modify flavor oscillations of atmospheric neutrinos traveling through the Earth. In this work, we use a high-purity $ν_μ$ charged-current (CC) sample of atmospheric neutrinos from IceCube DeepCore with a livetime of 7.5 years to search for the NSI parameters $\varepsilon_{eμ}$, $\varepsilon_{eτ}$, and $\varepsilon_{ee}-\varepsilon_{μμ}$. The $ν_μ$ CC events mainly come from the $ν_μ$ survival channel having no significant dependence on $δ_{\rm CP}$. Therefore, the constraints on $\varepsilon_{eμ}$ and $\varepsilon_{eτ}$ obtained using this $ν_μ$ CC sample are expected to be free from the $δ_{\rm CP}$-degeneracy. The data sample is found to be in agreement with the standard neutrino interactions. Therefore, we place bounds on these NSI parameters that are consistent with and comparable to existing experimental constraints. These $δ_{\rm CP}$-free constraints from IceCube DeepCore are complementary to those from the long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments, where the appearance channel depends on $δ_{\rm CP}$. |
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| spellingShingle | $δ_{\rm CP}$-free constraints on NSI parameters $\varepsilon_{eμ}$ and $\varepsilon_{eτ}$ using high-purity $ν_μ\,{\rm CC}$ events at IceCube DeepCore Krishnamoorthi, J Kumar, Anil Agarwalla, Sanjib Kumar High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Experiment Instrumentation and Detectors Atmospheric neutrinos provide a unique avenue to probe theories beyond the Standard Model (BSM) over a wide range of energies and path lengths. The theory of non-standard interactions (NSI) of neutrinos is one of the important BSM scenarios, which can modify flavor oscillations of atmospheric neutrinos traveling through the Earth. In this work, we use a high-purity $ν_μ$ charged-current (CC) sample of atmospheric neutrinos from IceCube DeepCore with a livetime of 7.5 years to search for the NSI parameters $\varepsilon_{eμ}$, $\varepsilon_{eτ}$, and $\varepsilon_{ee}-\varepsilon_{μμ}$. The $ν_μ$ CC events mainly come from the $ν_μ$ survival channel having no significant dependence on $δ_{\rm CP}$. Therefore, the constraints on $\varepsilon_{eμ}$ and $\varepsilon_{eτ}$ obtained using this $ν_μ$ CC sample are expected to be free from the $δ_{\rm CP}$-degeneracy. The data sample is found to be in agreement with the standard neutrino interactions. Therefore, we place bounds on these NSI parameters that are consistent with and comparable to existing experimental constraints. These $δ_{\rm CP}$-free constraints from IceCube DeepCore are complementary to those from the long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments, where the appearance channel depends on $δ_{\rm CP}$. |
| title | $δ_{\rm CP}$-free constraints on NSI parameters $\varepsilon_{eμ}$ and $\varepsilon_{eτ}$ using high-purity $ν_μ\,{\rm CC}$ events at IceCube DeepCore |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Experiment Instrumentation and Detectors |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.16157 |