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New physics in the neutrino sector might be necessary to address anomalies between different neutrino oscillation experiments. Intriguingly, it also offers a possible solution to the discrepant cosmological measurements of $H_0$ and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-01 Christina D. Kreisch , Francis-Yan Cyr-Racine , Olivier Doré

A recently reported anomaly in the time structure of signals in the KARMEN neutrino detector suggests the decay of a new particle $x$, produced in $\pi^+ \to \mu^+ x$ with mass $m_x=33.9$ MeV. We discuss the constraints and difficulties in…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-09-25 V. Barger , R. J. N. Phillips , S. Sarkar

This paper gives a brief overview of the present and expected future limits on physics beyond the Standard Model (SM) from neutron beta decay, which is described by two parameters only within the SM. Since more than two observables are…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2012-11-05 G. Konrad , W. Heil , S. Baeßler , D. Počanić , F. Glück

Neutrinos provide a compelling avenue to explore physics beyond the Standard Model. This proceeding is a brief summary of a plenary talk given at the 12th Neutrino Oscillation Workshop (NOW2024). We present a discussion on various topics on…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-01-09 Manibrata Sen

Neutrinos, and primarily neutrino oscillations, have undoubtedly been one of the most exciting topics in the field of high-energy physics over the past few years. The existence of neutrino oscillations would require an extension of the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-12-08 A. De Santo

With the advent of a new generation of neutrino experiments which leverage high-intensity neutrino beams for precision measurements, it is timely to explore physics topics beyond the standard neutrino-related physics. Given that the realm…

It is shown that explanations of atmospheric neutrino anomaly other than $\nu_\mu - \nu_\tau oscillations (e.g. decay, decoherence and $\nu_\mu - \nu_\tau - \nu_{KK}$ mixing) can be tested at future facilities. Stringent tests of CPT…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-08-04 S. Pakvasa

A remarkably successful program of parity-violating electron scattering experiments is providing new insight into the structure of the nucleon. Measurement of the vector form factors enables a definitive study of potential strange…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-07 R. D. McKeown , M. J. Ramsey-Musolf

Despite the impressive success of the standard cosmological model, several anomalies defy its triumph. Among them is the so-called lensing anomaly: the Planck satellite observes stronger CMB gravitational lensing than expected. The role of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-14 Ivan Esteban , Olga Mena , Jordi Salvado

As we have pointed out in (arXiv:1806.10107 [hep-ph]), the existence of neutron dark matter decay modes "n -> chi + anything", where "chi" is a dark matter fermion, for the solution of the neutron lifetime problem changes priorities and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-12-05 A. N. Ivanov , R. Höllwieser , N. I. Troitskaya , M. Wellenzohn , Ya. A. Berdnikov

Fundamental symmetry tests with neutrons can provide unique information about whatever will be the new Standard Model of fundamental interactions. I review two aspects of this possibility: searches for the permanent electric dipole moment…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-11-20 Michael J. Ramsey-Musolf

Ultracold neutron (UCN) storage measurements were made in a trap constructed from a 1.3 T Halbach Octupole PErmanent (HOPE) magnet array aligned vertically, using the TES-port of the PF2 source at the Institut Laue-Langevin. A mechanical…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2016-11-23 K. K. H. Leung , P. Geltenbort , S. Ivanov , F. Rosenau , O. Zimmer

The matrix element \Vud of the CKM matrix can be determined by two independent measurements in neutron decay: the neutron lifetime $\tau_n$ and the ratio of coupling constants $\lambda=g_A/g_V$, which is most precisely determined by…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-10-17 Bastian Maerkisch , Hartmut Abele

Neutrino oscillations are a phenomenon that has been observed for over two decades and leads to the conclusion that neutrinos have mass. The Standard Model predicts massless neutrinos, and so neutrinos require physics beyond the Standard…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-10-10 Kevin J. Kelly

A universal numerical method is developed for the investigation of magnetic neutron scattering. By applying the pseudospectral-time-domain (PSTD) algorithm to the spinor version of the Schr\"odinger equation, the evolution of the spin-state…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-31 Kun Chen

Neutron-antineutron oscillation (nnbar-osc) is a baryon-number-violating process and a sensitive probe for physics beyond the Standard Model. Ultra-cold neutrons (UCNs) are attractive for nnbar-osc searches because of their long storage…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-09-19 Tatsushi Shima

We revisit the topic of invisible neutrino decay in the precision cosmological context, via a first-principles approach to understanding the cosmic microwave background and large-scale structure phenomenology of such a non-standard physics…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-14 Gabriela Barenboim , Joe Zhiyu Chen , Steen Hannestad , Isabel M. Oldengott , Thomas Tram , Yvonne Y. Y. Wong

Sterile neutrinos are studied as subdominant contribution to solar neutrino physics. The mirror-matter neutrinos are considered as sterile neutrinos. We use the symmetric mirror model with gravitational communication between mirror and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-07 Veniamin Berezinsky , Mohan Narayan , Francesco Vissani

It was recently proposed that the disagreement in the experimental measurements of the lifetime of the neutron might be eradicated if the neutron decays to particles responsible for the dark matter in the Universe. In this paper we…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-10-02 Georgios K. Karananas , Alexis Kassiteridis

An analysis of radiative decays of the neutrinos $\nu_j\to \nu_l \gamma$ is discussed in MSSM extensions with a vector like lepton generation. Specifically we compute neutrino decays arising from the exchange of charginos and charged…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-08-09 Amin Aboubrahim , Tarek Ibrahim , Pran Nath