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We have searched for exotic neutrino-electron interactions that could be produced by a neutrino millicharge, by a neutrino magnetic moment, or by dark photons using solar neutrinos in the XMASS-I liquid xenon detector. We observed no…

Present status of the neutrino magnetic moment solutions of the solar neutrino problem is reviewed. In particular, we discuss a possibility of reconciling different degrees of suppression and time variation of the signal (or lack of such a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2012-03-24 E. Kh. Akhmedov

We perform a detailed study of neutrino-electron elastic scattering using the mono-energetic $^{7}$Be neutrinos in Borexino, with an emphasis on exploring the differences between the contributions of $\nu_e$, $\nu_\mu$, and $\nu_\tau$. We…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-07-04 Kevin J. Kelly , Nityasa Mishra , Mudit Rai , Louis E. Strigari

The neutrino chirality-flip process under the conditions of the supernova core is investigated in detail with the plasma polarization effects in the photon propagator taken into account. It is shown that the contribution of the proton…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 A. V. Kuznetsov , N. V. Mikheev

We place limits on scalar and vector unparticle couplings to electrons and neutrinos using data from reactor neutrino experiments originally designed to search for neutrino magnetic moment. Upper bounds on Standard Model lepton-scalar…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 A. B. Balantekin , K. O. Ozansoy

We report on the search for anti-neutrinos of yet unknown origin with the Borexino detector at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso. In particular, a hypothetical anti-neutrino flux from the Sun is investigated. Anti-neutrinos are…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2011-01-17 G. Bellini , Borexino Collaboration

We use the Borexino 153.6 ton.year data to place constraints on non-standard neutrino-electron interactions, taking into account the uncertainty in the 7Be solar neutrino flux, and backgrounds due to 85Kr and 210Bi beta-decay. We find that…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-05 Sanjib Kumar Agarwalla , Francesco Lombardi , Tatsu Takeuchi

A brief overview of the electromagnetic properties of neutrinos is presented with a discussion of the most important fundamental aspects of the problem. Then using data from the ground-based reactor and solar neutrino-electron scattering…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-11-02 Alexander Studenikin

There are compelling evidences for the existence of a fourth degree of freedom of neutrinos i.e. sterile neutrino. In the recent studies the role of sterile component of neutrinos has been found to be crucial, not only in particle physics,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-04-12 Ankush , Rishu Verma , Gazal Sharma , B. C. Chauhan

If heavy neutrinos with mass $m_{\nu_{H}}\geq$2$ m_e $ are produced in the Sun via the decay ${^8\rm{B}} \rightarrow {^8\rm{Be}} + e^+ + \nu_H$ in a side branch of pp-chain, they would undergo the observable decay into an electron, a…

A statistical analysis of the solar neutrino data is presented assuming the solar neutrino deficit to be resolved by the resonant interaction of the neutrino magnetic moment with the solar magnetic field. Four field profiles are…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-05-23 Joao Pulido

The result of the 3-year neutrino magnetic moment measurement at the Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant with the GEMMA spectrometer is presented. Antineutrino-electron scattering is investigated. A high-purity germanium detector of 1.5 kg placed…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2010-11-26 A. G. Beda , V. B. Brudanin , E. V. Demidova , V. G. Egorov , D. V. Medvedev , M. V. Shirchenko , A. S. Starostin , Ts. Vylov

The contribution of a neutrino magnetic moment $\mu_{\nu}$ to the cross section of the process $\nu e^{-}\rightarrow \nu e^{-} \gamma $ has been calculated and compared with the Standard Electroweak one. The radiative process allows to…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-09-01 J. Bernabéu , S. M. Bilenky , F. J. Botella , J. Segura

It is shown that the non-zero transition magnetic moment ($\mu_{tran}$) between the sterile neutrino ($\nu_{s}$) and the muon neutrino ($\nu_{\mu}$) could be effectively searched for via the Primakoff effect, in the process of $\nu_{\mu} Z…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 S. N. Gninenko , N. V. Krasnikov

If the magnetic moment of unstable tau neutrinos with the mass of $O$(MeV) is in the region of $10^{-8}\mu_{B} \lesssim \mu_{\nu_{\tau}} \lesssim 10^{-6}\mu_{B}$, it is compatible with the present experimental and cosmological bounds. It is…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-09-06 S. N. Gninenko

We analyze the implications of neutrino masses for the magnitude of neutrino magnetic moments. By considering electroweak radiative corrections to the neutrino mass, we derive model-independent naturalness upper bounds on neutrino magnetic…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Mikhail Gorchtein , Nicole F. Bell , Michael J. Ramsey-Musolf , Petr Vogel , Peng Wang

We derive new limits on the neutrino electromagnetic interactions and weakly coupled light vector and scalar mediators using the recent XENONnT data of the solar neutrino-electron elastic scattering. XENONnT has already reported the world's…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-01-06 Amir N. Khan

The interaction of neutrino transition magnetic dipole moments with magnetic fields can give rise to the phenomenon of neutrino spin-flavour precession (SFP). For Majorana neutrinos, the combined action of SFP of solar neutrinos and flavour…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-10-27 Evgeny Akhmedov , Pablo Martínez-Miravé

We study future DUNE sensitivity to various electromagnetic couplings of neutrinos, including magnetic moments, milli-charges, and charge radii. The DUNE PRISM capabilities play a crucial role in constraining the electron flavored…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-10-26 Varun Mathur , Ian M. Shoemaker , Zahra Tabrizi

Neutrinos can scatter electrons in water detectors through their magnetic moments and charge radii in addition to the charged and neutral currents channels. The recent solar neutrino charged current event rates announced by SNO with the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Anjan S. Joshipura , Subhendra Mohanty