Probing invisible neutrino decay with KM3NeT/ORCA
S Aiello, A Albert, S Alves Garre, Z Aly… - Journal of High Energy …, 2023 - Springer
Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023•Springer
A bstract In the era of precision measurements of the neutrino oscillation parameters,
upcoming neutrino experiments will also be sensitive to physics beyond the Standard
Model. KM3NeT/ORCA is a neutrino detector optimised for measuring atmospheric
neutrinos from a few GeV to around 100 GeV. In this paper, the sensitivity of the
KM3NeT/ORCA detector to neutrino decay has been explored. A three-flavour neutrino
oscillation scenario, where the third neutrino mass state ν 3 decays into an invisible state, eg …
upcoming neutrino experiments will also be sensitive to physics beyond the Standard
Model. KM3NeT/ORCA is a neutrino detector optimised for measuring atmospheric
neutrinos from a few GeV to around 100 GeV. In this paper, the sensitivity of the
KM3NeT/ORCA detector to neutrino decay has been explored. A three-flavour neutrino
oscillation scenario, where the third neutrino mass state ν 3 decays into an invisible state, eg …
Abstract
In the era of precision measurements of the neutrino oscillation parameters, upcoming neutrino experiments will also be sensitive to physics beyond the Standard Model. KM3NeT/ORCA is a neutrino detector optimised for measuring atmospheric neutrinos from a few GeV to around 100 GeV. In this paper, the sensitivity of the KM3NeT/ORCA detector to neutrino decay has been explored. A three-flavour neutrino oscillation scenario, where the third neutrino mass state ν 3 decays into an invisible state, eg a sterile neutrino, is considered. We find that KM3NeT/ORCA would be sensitive to invisible neutrino decays with 1/α 3= τ 3/m 3< 180 ps/eV at 90% confidence level, assuming true normal ordering. Finally, the impact of neutrino decay on the precision of KM3NeT/ORCA measurements for θ 23, and mass ordering have been studied. No significant effect of neutrino decay on the sensitivity to these measurements has been found.
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