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Anisotropic Lorentz invariance violation in reactor neutrino experiments

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2025-10-10 v3 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

Recent reactor neutrino oscillation experiments reported precision measurements of sin22θ13\sin^2 2\theta_{13} and Δmee2\Delta m^2_{ee} under the standard 3ν\nu oscillation framework. However, inter-experiment consistency checks through the parameter goodness-of-fit test reveal proximity to the tension boundary, with the Double Chooz, RENO, and Daya Bay ensemble yielding pPG=0.14p_\text{PG}=0.14 vs threshold α=0.1\alpha=0.1. Anisotropic Lorentz invariance violation (LIV) can accommodate this tension by introducing a location-dependent angle θLIV\theta^\text{LIV} relative to the earth's axis. It is found that anisotropic LIV improve the fit to data up to 1.9σ\sigma confidence level significance, with the coefficient A31C(0)=2.43×1017 MeV\mathcal{A}^{C(0)}_{31} = 2.43\times 10^{-17}\text{ MeV} yielding the best fit, while Parameter Goodness-of-fit (PG) is significantly improved within the LIV formalism.

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@article{arxiv.2503.02305,
  title  = {Anisotropic Lorentz invariance violation in reactor neutrino experiments},
  author = {Hai-Xing Lin and Jie Ren and Jian Tang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.02305},
  year   = {2025}
}

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9 pages, 4 figures, 2 tables