$\nu_\mu$ and $\nu_\tau$ elastic scattering in Borexino
Abstract
We perform a detailed study of neutrino-electron elastic scattering using the mono-energetic Be neutrinos in Borexino, with an emphasis on exploring the differences between the contributions of , , and . We find that current data are capable of measuring these components such that the contributions from and cannot be zero, although distinguishing between them is challenging -- the differences stemming from Standard Model radiative corrections are insufficient without significantly more precise measurements. In studying these components, we compare predicted neutrino-electron scattering event rates within the Standard Model (accounting for neutrino oscillations), as well as going beyond the Standard Model in two ways. We allow for non-unitary evolution to modify neutrino oscillations, and find that with a larger exposure (x), Borexino may provide relevant information for constraining non-unitarity, and that JUNO may be able to accomplish this with its data collection of Be neutrinos. We also consider novel - and -electron scattering from a gauged model, showing consistency with previous analyses of Borexino and this scenario, but also demonstrating the impact of uncertainties on Standard Model mixing parameters on these results.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2407.03174,
title = {$\nu_\mu$ and $\nu_\tau$ elastic scattering in Borexino},
author = {Kevin J. Kelly and Nityasa Mishra and Mudit Rai and Louis E. Strigari},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.03174},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
12 pages, 5 figures