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Probing generalized neutrino interactions with the DUNE Near Detector

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2023-07-28 v2

Abstract

We explore the prospects of constraining general non standard interactions involving light mediators through elastic neutrino-electron scattering events at the DUNE Near Detector (ND). We furthermore consider the special cases of light vector mediators in motivated models such as U(1)BLU(1)_{B-L}, U(1)LμLτU(1)_{L_\mu - L_\tau}, E6E_6 and left-right symmetry. The present analysis is based on detailed Monte Carlo simulations of the expected DUNE-ND signal taking into account detector resolution effects, realistic backgrounds as well as On-Axis and Off-Axis neutrino spectra. We show that the high intensity neutrino beam available at Fermilab can place competitive constraints surpassing those of low-energy neutrino searches and direct detection dark matter experiments.

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@article{arxiv.2303.07094,
  title  = {Probing generalized neutrino interactions with the DUNE Near Detector},
  author = {Pantelis Melas and Dimitrios K. Papoulias and Niki Saoulidou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.07094},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

28 pages, 10 figures, 2 tables| V2: new figure added and the rest updated, table II updated, typos in formulas corrected, results unchanged, matches published version in JHEP