Probing invisible neutrino decay with the first six detection units of KM3NeT/ORCA

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68407700%3A21670%2F25%3A00384169" target="_blank" >RIV/68407700:21670/25:00384169 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2025)105" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2025)105</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2025)105" target="_blank" >10.1007/JHEP04(2025)105</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Probing invisible neutrino decay with the first six detection units of KM3NeT/ORCA

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

In the era of precision measurements of neutrino oscillation parameters, it is necessary for experiments to disentangle discrepancies that may indicate physics beyond the Standard Model in the neutrino sector. KM3NeT/ORCA is a water Cherenkov neutrino detector under construction and anchored at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. The detector is designed to study the oscillations of atmospheric neutrinos and determine the neutrino mass ordering. This paper focuses on the initial configuration of ORCA, referred to as ORCA6, which comprises six out of the foreseen 115 detection units of photosensors. A high-purity neutrino sample was extracted during 2020 and 2021, corresponding to an exposure of 433 kton-years. This sample is analysed following a binned log-likelihood approach to search for invisible neutrino decay, in a three-flavour neutrino oscillation scenario, where the third neutrino mass state ν3 decays into an invisible state, e.g. a sterile neutrino. The resulting best fit of the invisible neutrino decay parameter is α3=0.92-0.57+1.08x10-4 eV2, corresponding to a scenario with θ23 in the second octant and normal neutrino mass ordering. The results are consistent with the Standard Model, within a 2.1 σ interval.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Probing invisible neutrino decay with the first six detection units of KM3NeT/ORCA

Popis výsledku anglicky

In the era of precision measurements of neutrino oscillation parameters, it is necessary for experiments to disentangle discrepancies that may indicate physics beyond the Standard Model in the neutrino sector. KM3NeT/ORCA is a water Cherenkov neutrino detector under construction and anchored at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. The detector is designed to study the oscillations of atmospheric neutrinos and determine the neutrino mass ordering. This paper focuses on the initial configuration of ORCA, referred to as ORCA6, which comprises six out of the foreseen 115 detection units of photosensors. A high-purity neutrino sample was extracted during 2020 and 2021, corresponding to an exposure of 433 kton-years. This sample is analysed following a binned log-likelihood approach to search for invisible neutrino decay, in a three-flavour neutrino oscillation scenario, where the third neutrino mass state ν3 decays into an invisible state, e.g. a sterile neutrino. The resulting best fit of the invisible neutrino decay parameter is α3=0.92-0.57+1.08x10-4 eV2, corresponding to a scenario with θ23 in the second octant and normal neutrino mass ordering. The results are consistent with the Standard Model, within a 2.1 σ interval.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10308 - Astronomy (including astrophysics,space science)

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA24-12702S" target="_blank" >GA24-12702S: Experimentální a teoretický výzkum astrofyzikálních vysokoenergetických neutrin v neutrinovém teleskopu KM3NeT</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of High Energy Physics

ISSN

1029-8479

e-ISSN

1029-8479

Svazek periodika

2025

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

4

Stát vydavatele periodika

IT - Italská republika

Počet stran výsledku

23

Strana od-do

1-23

Kód UT WoS článku

001469240100001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105006450029