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Title: Probing secret interactions of eV-scale sterile neutrinos with the diffuse supernova neutrino background

Journal Article · · Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
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  1. University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States)
  2. University of Valencia (Spain)
  3. University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (United States)

Sterile neutrinos with mass in the eV-scale and large mixings of order θ0≃ 0.1 could explain some anomalies found in short-baseline neutrino oscillation data. Here, we revisit a neutrino portal scenario in which eV-scale sterile neutrinos have self-interactions via a new gauge vector boson φ. Their production in the early Universe via mixing with active neutrinos can be suppressed by the induced effective potential in the sterile sector. We study how different cosmological observations can constrain this model, in terms of the mass of the new gauge boson, Mφ, and its coupling to sterile neutrinos, gs. Next, we explore how to probe part of the allowed parameter space of this particular model with future observations of the diffuse supernova neutrino background by the Hyper-Kamiokande and DUNE detectors. For Mφ ~ 5-10 keV and gs ~ 10-4-10-2, as allowed by cosmological constraints, here we find that interactions of diffuse supernova neutrinos with relic sterile neutrinos on their way to the Earth would result in significant dips in the neutrino spectrum which would produce unique features in the event spectra observed in these detectors.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (United States); Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation of Spain (MINECO); Generalitat Valenciana; European Union’s Horizon 2020
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0002145; SC0010113; SC0010114; SC0009913; FPA2017-84543-P; FPA2014-54459-P; SEV-2014-0398; PROMETEOII/2014/049; 690575; 674896
OSTI ID:
1540502
Journal Information:
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Vol. 2018, Issue 06; ISSN 1475-7516
Publisher:
Institute of Physics (IOP)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 33 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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