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Aristizabal Sierra, D.; De Romeri, V.; Flores, L.J.; Papoulias, D.K. |
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Light vector mediators facing XENON1T data |
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Journal Article |
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2020 |
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Physics Letters B |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Lett. B |
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809 |
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135681 - 5pp |
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Recently the XENON1T collaboration has released new results on searches for new physics in low-energy electronic recoils. The data shows an excess over background in the low-energy tail, particularly pronounced at about 2-3 keV. With an exposure of 0.65 tonne-year, large detection efficiency and energy resolution, the detector is sensitive as well to solar neutrino backgrounds, with the most prominent contribution given by pp neutrinos. We investigate whether such signal can be explained in terms of new neutrino interactions with leptons mediated by a light vector particle. We find that the excess is consistent with this interpretation for vector masses below less than or similar to 0.1 MeV. The region of parameter space probed by the XENON1T data is competitive with constraints from laboratory experiments, in particular GEMMA, Borexino and TEXONO. However we point out a severe tension with astrophysical bounds and cosmological observations. |
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[Sierra, D. Aristizabal] Univ Tecn Federico Santa Maria, Dept Fis, Casilla 110-5,Avda Espana 1680, Valparaiso, Chile, Email: daristizabal@ulg.ac.be; |
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Elsevier |
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0370-2693 |
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WOS:000581871500003 |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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4602 |
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Anamiati, G.; De Romeri, V.; Hirsch, M.; Ternes, C.A.; Tortola, M. |
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Quasi-Dirac neutrino oscillations at DUNE and JUNO |
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Journal Article |
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2019 |
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Physical Review D |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Rev. D |
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100 |
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3 |
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035032 - 12pp |
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Quasi-Dirac neutrinos are obtained when the Lagrangian density of a neutrino mass model contains both Dirac and Majorana mass terms, and the Majorana terms are sufficiently small. This type of neutrino introduces new mixing angles and mass splittings into the Hamiltonian, which will modify the standard neutrino oscillation probabilities. In this paper, we focus on the case where the new mass splittings are too small to be measured, but new angles and phases are present. We perform a sensitivity study for this scenario for the upcoming experiments DUNE and JUNO, finding that they will improve current bounds on the relevant parameters. Finally, we also explore the discovery potential of both experiments, assuming that neutrinos are indeed quasi-Dirac particles. |
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[Anamiati, G.; De Romeri, V.; Hirsch, M.; Ternes, C. A.; Tortola, M.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular, Paterna 46980, Spain, Email: anamiati@ific.uv.es; |
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Amer Physical Soc |
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2470-0010 |
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WOS:000482944200007 |
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no |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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4124 |
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Abada, A.; De Romeri, V.; Lucente, M.; Teixeira, A.M.; Toma, T. |
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Effective Majorana mass matrix from tau and pseudoscalar meson lepton number violating decays |
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Journal Article |
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2018 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. High Energy Phys. |
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02 |
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2 |
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169 - 57pp |
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Beyond Standard Model; Neutrino Physics |
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An observation of any lepton number violating process will undoubtedly point towards the existence of new physics and indirectly to the clear Majorana nature of the exchanged fermion. In this work, we explore the potential of a minimal extension of the Standard Model via heavy sterile fermions with masses in the [0.1-10] GeV range concerning an extensive array of “neutrinoless” meson and tau decay processes. We assume that the Majorana neutrinos are produced on-shell, and focus on three-body decays. We conduct an update on the bounds on the active-sterile mixing elements, vertical bar U-l alpha 4,U-l beta 4 vertical bar, taking into account the most recent experimental bounds (and constraints) and new theoretical inputs, as well as the effects of a finite detector, imposing that the heavy neutrino decay within the detector. This allows to establish up-to-date comprehensive constraints on the sterile fermion parameter space. Our results suggest that the branching fractions of several decays are close to current sensitivities (likely within reach of future facilities), some being already in conflict with current data (as is the case of K-broken vertical bar -> l(alpha)(broken vertical bar)+l(beta)(+)pi(-), and tau(-)->mu(broken vertical bar)pi(-)pi(-)). We use these processes to extract constraints on all entries of an enlarged definition of a 3 x 3 “effective” Majorana neutrino mass matrix m(v)(alpha beta). |
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[Abada, Asmaa] Univ Paris Saclay, Univ Paris Sud, CNRS, Lab Phys Theor, 15 Rue Georges Clemenceau, F-91405 Orsay, France, Email: abada@th.u-psud.fr; |
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1029-8479 |
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WOS:000426478100001 |
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no |
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yes |
International Collaboration |
yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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3511 |
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