High-energy neutrinos from cosmic-ray scatterings with supernova neutrinos
来自宇宙线与超新星中微子散射的高能中微子
Cosmic rays scattering with neutrinos produced in supernovae induce a flux of supernova neutrinos boosted to high energies. We calculate the neutrino flux arising from this new mechanism in environments with large cosmic-ray and supernova densities, such as some active galactic nuclei. Under plausible astrophysical conditions, this flux may be detectable with high-energy neutrino telescopes, just considering the proton-neutrino scattering cross section expected in the Standard Model. Furthermore, the center of mass energy of such scatterings can reach <inline-formula><mml:math><mml:msqrt><mml:mi>s</mml:mi></mml:msqrt><mml:mo>∼</mml:mo><mml:mn>10</mml:mn><mml:mi>─</mml:mi><mml:mn>100</mml:mn><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:mi>TeV</mml:mi></mml:math></inline-formula>, where the proton-neutrino cross section may be enhanced by new physics such as extradimensional theories. The boosted neutrino signal benefits from such an enhancement in the cross section not only at the detection point on Earth, but also at production in astrophysical sources, which allows us to set novel constraints on the ultrahigh energy proton-neutrino cross section with neutrino telescopes.
展开 ▾用超新星中微子(约 10 MeV)作为宇宙线靶粒子,开辟独立于 pp/pγ 的高能中微子通道;其质心能可达 10–100 TeV,使未测量的 νp 截面和额外维新物理在源区与探测端双重增强,从而首次从 ANITA 非观测给出 M⋆≳30 TeV 的限制。
高能中微子的标准图像长期依赖活动星系核等宇宙线加速环境中的 pp 与 pγ 过程(Stecker+ 1991)。本文把超新星爆发产生的大量 MeV 中微子(Janka 2017)作为宇宙线靶粒子,提出中性流散射提升通道;该机制与已有宇宙线提升宇宙中微子背景的研究(Herrera+ 2025)形成互补。当前对已知源(M82、NGC 1068、Arp 220、TXS 0506+056)的预测比 IceCube 灵敏度低约 4–8 个量级,但在星暴、超级气泡或年轻致密星团等超新星中微子密度与宇宙线共位区域,该通道可能被相对增强,值得后续逐源建模。由于散射质心能可达 10–100 TeV,超高频 νp 截面尚未被实验测量,额外维等新物理可能使其按 s² 增长(Lykken+ 2007);对 TXS 0506+056 的非观测因此首次用高能中微子数据给出 M⋆≳30 TeV 的限制,与 SN1987A 等天体物理探针相当。未来对全天空星系群体的叠加搜索及源内更高能中微子靶的研究,将检验该通道在高能中微子天文学中的作用。
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