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Axion-neutrino interactions in seesaw models and astrophysical probes

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2026-03-11 v1 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

Abstract

We study axion-neutrino interactions in neutrino-mass extensions of the Standard Model, focusing on the Type-I and inverse seesaw. In these frameworks the effective coupling gaνg_{a\nu} is tied to the axion scale and can be constrained using existing astrophysical limits on axion couplings to electrons. We then estimate the impact of axion-mediated scattering on neutrino propagation in two benchmarks: resonant interactions with the Cν\nuB and scattering on axion dark matter. In the parameter space allowed by current bounds, the resulting optical depths are extremely small, implying no observable signatures with present sensitivities.

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@article{arxiv.2603.08813,
  title  = {Axion-neutrino interactions in seesaw models and astrophysical probes},
  author = {P. Kivokurtseva},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.08813},
  year   = {2026}
}