Widen the resonance at ultra-high energies: novel probes of neutrino self-interactions in the high-mass regime
Neutrino self-interactions beyond the Standard Model are well motivated by the nonzero masses of neutrinos, which are the only known particles guaranteed to have new physics. Meanwhile, cosmic messengers, especially neutrinos, play a central role in probing new physics, as they provide experimental conditions far beyond the reach of laboratories and serve as the link between laboratory fundamental-physics discoveries and their roles in the Universe, where many new physics motivations originate. In this work, we propose a novel probe of neutrino self-interactions through ultrahigh-energy neutrinos scattering off the cosmic neutrino background when the lightest neutrino species remains relativistic today. This allows us to "Widen the Resonance" of such scattering [1]. In addition, we also provide a semi-analytic framework for cosmogenic ultrahigh-energy neutrino production, avoiding computationally intensive simulations and yielding results precise enough for beyond-the-standard-model studies. The widened resonance enables future ultrahigh-energy neutrino telescopes, in particular GRAND, to probe mediator masses from MeV to GeV, reaching couplings down to g ∼ 10<SUP>-3</SUP> — up to two orders of magnitude beyond current bounds. Our results enhance the discovery potential of neutrino self-interactions in the high-mass regime, potentially offering crucial insights into the connections between the neutrino sector and dark sector.
展开 ▾在超高能量下拓宽共振:高能区中微子自相互作用的新探针 · 本文通过拓宽超高能中微子与宇宙中微子背景的共振,提出探测高能区中微子自相互作用的新方法,并发展半解析框架,使未来望远镜如GRAND能探测到小至g~10^{-3}的耦合,比当前界限改进两个数量级。
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