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IceCube DeepCore's sensitivity to Non-Standard neutrino Interactions in the Earth

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2026-02-03 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

Neutrino oscillations continue to provide one of the most promising avenues for uncovering physics beyond the Standard Model. In particular, beyond-standard-model neutrino matter interactions may perturb neutrino oscillations in matter, leading to an observable signal in long baseline oscillation experiments. Moreover, such interactions can be a possible explanation of the rising tension between T2K and NOvA's δCP\delta_{\text{CP}} measurements. We examine IceCube DeepCore's sensitivity to these Non-Standard Interactions (NSI) by employing a model-independent NSI parameterization, and examine IceCube DeepCore's ability to comment on NSI being the cause of the T2K-NOvA δCP\delta_{\text{CP}} tension.

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@article{arxiv.2601.22374,
  title  = {IceCube DeepCore's sensitivity to Non-Standard neutrino Interactions in the Earth},
  author = {Samyak Jain and Veronika Palusova and Thomas Ehrhardt and Sebastian Boser and Francis Halzen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.22374},
  year   = {2026}
}

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Presented at the 32nd International Symposium on Lepton Photon Interactions at High Energies