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Neutrino Electromagnetic Properties

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2024-11-26 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

Neutrinos are neutral in the Standard Model, but they have tiny charge radii generated by radiative corrections. In theories Beyond the Standard Model, neutrinos can also have magnetic and electric moments and small electric charges (millicharges). We review the general theory of neutrino electromagnetic form factors, which reduce, for ultrarelativistic neutrinos and small momentum transfers, to the neutrino charges, effective charge radii, and effective magnetic moments. We discuss the phenomenology of these electromagnetic neutrino properties and we review the existing experimental bounds. We briefly review also the electromagnetic processes of astrophysical neutrinos and the neutrino magnetic moment portal in the presence of sterile neutrinos.

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@article{arxiv.2411.03122,
  title  = {Neutrino Electromagnetic Properties},
  author = {Carlo Giunti and Konstantin Kouzakov and Yu-Feng Li and Alexander Studenikin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.03122},
  year   = {2024}
}

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29 pages, 5 figures, submitted to the Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science

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