Investigating the Neutrino Mass Ordering Problem via Ternary Plots

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Main Authors: Migala, Alexander, Scholberg, Kate
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author Migala, Alexander
Scholberg, Kate
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Scholberg, Kate
contents We explore what may be deduced about the neutrino mass ordering problem from the observation of core-collapse supernova burst neutrinos in modern terrestrial detectors. We employ ternary plots in a novel way to visualize the time evolution of the flavor composition of various supernova neutrino flux models from the SNEWPY software package. Through our analysis of several models using a simplified unfolding process, we have explored potential robust discriminants between the normal and inverted mass orderings. We find that the normal and inverted mass orderings tend to occupy different regions in ternary space across different models.
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spellingShingle Investigating the Neutrino Mass Ordering Problem via Ternary Plots
Migala, Alexander
Scholberg, Kate
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
High Energy Physics - Experiment
We explore what may be deduced about the neutrino mass ordering problem from the observation of core-collapse supernova burst neutrinos in modern terrestrial detectors. We employ ternary plots in a novel way to visualize the time evolution of the flavor composition of various supernova neutrino flux models from the SNEWPY software package. Through our analysis of several models using a simplified unfolding process, we have explored potential robust discriminants between the normal and inverted mass orderings. We find that the normal and inverted mass orderings tend to occupy different regions in ternary space across different models.
title Investigating the Neutrino Mass Ordering Problem via Ternary Plots
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
High Energy Physics - Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.16652