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Author Escrihuela, F.J.; Tortola, M.; Valle, J.W.F.; Miranda, O.G.
Title Global constraints on muon-neutrino nonstandard interactions Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 83 Issue 9 Pages 093002 - 8pp
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Abstract The search for new interactions of neutrinos beyond those of the standard model may help to elucidate the mechanism responsible for neutrino masses. Here, we combine existing accelerator neutrino data with restrictions coming from a recent atmospheric neutrino data analysis in order to lift parameter degeneracies and improve limits on new interactions of muon neutrinos with quarks. In particular, we reconsider the results of the E-815 experiment at Fermilab (NuTeV) in view of a new evaluation of its systematic uncertainties. We find that, although constraints for muon neutrinos are better than those applicable to tau or electron neutrinos, they lie at the few X 10(-2) level, not as strong as previously believed. We briefly discuss prospects for further improvement.
Address [Escrihuela, F. J.; Tortola, M.; Valle, J. W. F.] Univ Politecn Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: franesfe@alumni.uv.es
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Publisher (up) Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1550-7998 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes ISI:000290230200002 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 616
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Author Garces, E.A.; Miranda, O.G.; Tortola, M.; Valle, J.W.F.
Title Low-energy neutrino-electron scattering as a standard model probe: The potential of LENA as case study Type Journal Article
Year 2012 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 85 Issue 7 Pages 073006 - 6pp
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Abstract Several proposals for studying neutrinos with large detectors are currently under discussion. We suggest that they could provide a precise measurement of the electroweak mixing angle as well as a probe for new physics, such as nonstandard neutrino interactions, and the electroweak gauge structure. We illustrate this explicitly for the case of the LENA proposal, either with an artificial radioactive source or by using the solar neutrino flux.
Address [Garces, E. A.; Miranda, O. G.] IPN, Dept Fis, Ctr Invest & Estudios Avanzados, Mexico City 07000, DF, Mexico, Email: egarces@fis.cinvestav.mx
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Publisher (up) Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1550-7998 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000302405900001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 975
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Author Kosmas, T.S.; Miranda, O.G.; Papoulias, D.K.; Tortola, M.; Valle, J.W.F.
Title Probing neutrino magnetic moments at the Spallation Neutron Source facility Type Journal Article
Year 2015 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 92 Issue 1 Pages 013011 - 12pp
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Abstract Majorana neutrino electromagnetic properties are studied through neutral current coherent neutrinonucleus scattering. We focus on the potential of the recently planned COHERENT experiment at the Spallation Neutron Source to probe muon-neutrino magnetic moments. The resulting sensitivities are determined on the basis of chi(2) analysis employing realistic nuclear structure calculations in the context of the quasiparticle random phase approximation. We find that they can improve existing limits by half an order of magnitude. In addition, we show that these facilities allow for standard model precision tests in the low energy regime, with a competitive determination of the weak mixing angle. Finally, they also offer the capability to probe other electromagnetic neutrino properties, such as the neutrino charge radius. We illustrate our results for various choices of experimental setup and target material.
Address [Kosmas, T. S.; Papoulias, D. K.] Univ Ioannina, Theoret Phys Sect, GR-45110 Ioannina, Greece, Email: hkosmas@uoi.gr;
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Publisher (up) Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1550-7998 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000358256700003 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 2311
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Author Escrihuela, F.J.; Forero, D.V.; Miranda, O.G.; Tortola, M.; Valle, J.W.F.
Title On the description of nonunitary neutrino mixing Type Journal Article
Year 2015 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 92 Issue 5 Pages 053009 - 16pp
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Abstract Neutrino oscillations are well established and the relevant parameters determined with good precision, except for the CP phase, in terms of a unitary lepton mixing matrix. Seesaw extensions of the Standard Model predict unitarity deviations due to the admixture of heavy isosinglet neutrinos. We provide a complete description of the unitarity and universality deviations in the light-neutrino sector. Neutrino oscillation experiments involving electron or muon neutrinos and antineutrinos are fully described in terms of just three new real parameters and a new CP phase, in addition to the ones describing oscillations with unitary mixing. Using this formalism we describe the implications of nonunitarity for neutrino oscillations and summarize the model-independent constraints on heavy-neutrino couplings that arise from current experiments.
Address [Escrihuela, F. J.; Tortola, M.; Valle, J. W. F.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular, AHEP Grp, E-46980 Valencia, Spain, Email: franesfe@alumni.uv.es;
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Publisher (up) Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1550-7998 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000361303200003 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 2389
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Author Miranda, O.G.; Tortola, M.; Valle, J.W.F.
Title New Ambiguity in Probing CP Violation in Neutrino Oscillations Type Journal Article
Year 2016 Publication Physical Review Letters Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. Lett.
Volume 117 Issue 6 Pages 061804 - 5pp
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Abstract If neutrinos get mass via the seesaw mechanism the mixing matrix describing neutrino oscillations can be effectively nonunitary. We show that in this case the neutrino appearance probabilities involve a new CP phase phi associated with nonunitarity. This leads to an ambiguity in extracting the “standard” three-neutrino phase delta(CP), which can survive even after neutrino and antineutrino channels are combined. Its existence should be taken into account in the planning of any oscillation experiment aiming at a robust measurement of delta(CP).
Address [Miranda, O. G.] Inst Politecn Nacl, Ctr Invest & Estudios Avanzados, Dept Fis, Apdo Postal 14-740, Mexico City 07000, DF, Mexico, Email: omr@fis.cinvestav.mx;
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Publisher (up) Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0031-9007 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000381442800007 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 2812
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Author Miranda, O.G.; Pasquini, P.; Tortola, M.; Valle, J.W.F.
Title Exploring the potential of short-baseline physics at Fermilab Type Journal Article
Year 2018 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 97 Issue 9 Pages 095026 - 9pp
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Abstract We study the capabilities of the short-baseline neutrino program at Fermilab to probe the unitarity of the lepton mixing matrix. We find the sensitivity to be slightly better than the current one. Motivated by the future DUNE experiment, we have also analyzed the potential of an extra liquid Argon near detector in the LBNF beamline. Adding such a near detector to the DUNE setup will substantially improve the current sensitivity on nonunitarity. This would help to remove CP degeneracies due to the new complex phase present in the neutrino mixing matrix. We also study the sensitivity of our proposed setup to light sterile neutrinos for various configurations.
Address [Miranda, O. G.] IPN, Ctr Invest & Estudios Avanzados, Dept Fis, Apdo Postal 14-740, Mexico City 07000, DF, Mexico, Email: omr@fis.cinvestav.mx;
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Publisher (up) Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000433033000006 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3592
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Author Miranda, O.G.; Papoulias, D.K.; Tortola, M.; Valle, J.W.F.
Title Probing new neutral gauge bosons with CE nu NS and neutrino-electron scattering Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 101 Issue 7 Pages 073005 - 13pp
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Abstract The potential for probing extra neutral gauge boson mediators (Z') from low-energy measurements is comprehensively explored. Our study mainly focuses on Z' mediators present in string-inspired E-6 models and left-right symmetry. We estimate the sensitivities of coherent-elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CE nu NS) and neutrino-electron scattering experiments. Our results indicate that such low-energy high-intensity measurements can provide a valuable probe, complementary to high-energy collider searches and electroweak precision measurements.
Address [Miranda, O. G.] IPN, Ctr Invest & Estudios Avanzados, Dept Fis, Apartado Postal 14-740, Mexico City 07000, DF, Mexico, Email: omr@fis.cinvestav.mx;
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Publisher (up) Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000527127700002 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4374
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Author Miranda, O.G.; Papoulias, D.K.; Sanders, O.; Tortola, M.; Valle, J.W.F.
Title Future CEvNS experiments as probes of lepton unitarity and light sterile neutrinos Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 102 Issue 11 Pages 113014 - 14pp
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Abstract We determine the sensitivities of short-baseline coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CE nu NS) experiments using a pion decay at rest neutrino source as a probe for nonunitarity in the lepton sector, as expected in low-scale type-I seesaw schemes. We also identify the best configuration for probing light sterile neutrinos at future ton-scale liquid argon CE nu NS experiments, estimating the projected sensitivities on the sterile neutrino parameters. Possible experimental setups at the Spallation Neutron Source, Lujan facility and the European Spallation Source are discussed. Provided that systematic uncertainties remain under control, we find that CE nu NS experiments will be competitive with oscillation measurements in the long run.
Address [Miranda, O. G.; Sanders, O.] Ctr Invest & Estudios Avanzados IPN, Dept Fis, Apartado Postal 14-740, Mexico City 07000, DF, Mexico, Email: omr@fis.cinvestav.mx;
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Publisher (up) Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000602268000005 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4664
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Author Mandal, S.; Miranda, O.G.; Sanchez Garcia, G.; Valle, J.W.F.; Xu, X.J.
Title Toward deconstructing the simplest seesaw mechanism Type Journal Article
Year 2022 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 105 Issue 9 Pages 095020 - 32pp
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Abstract The triplet or type-II seesaw mechanism is the simplest way to endow neutrinos with mass in the Standard Model (SM). Here we review its associated theory and phenomenology, including restrictions from S, T, U parameters, neutrino experiments, charged lepton flavor violation as well as collider searches. We also examine restrictions coming from requiring consistency of electroweak symmetry breaking, i.e., perturbative unitarity and stability of the vacuum. Finally, we discuss novel effects associated to the scalar mediator of neutrino mass generation namely, (i) rare processes, e.g., l(alpha)-> l(beta)gamma decays, at the intensity frontier, and also (ii) four-lepton signatures in colliders at the high-energy frontier. These can be used to probe neutrino properties in an important way, providing a test of the absolute neutrino mass and mass ordering, as well as of the atmospheric octant. They may also provide the first evidence for charged lepton flavor violation in nature. In contrast, neutrino nonstandard interaction strengths are found to lie below current detectability.
Address [Mandal, Sanjoy] Korea Inst Adv Study, Seoul 02455, South Korea, Email: smandal@kias.re.kr;
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Publisher (up) Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
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Notes WOS:000807778600004 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5249
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Author Chatterjee, S.S.; Miranda, O.G.; Tortola, M.; Valle, J.W.F.
Title Nonunitarity of the lepton mixing matrix at the European Spallation Source Type Journal Article
Year 2022 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 106 Issue 7 Pages 075016 - 16pp
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Abstract If neutrinos get mass through the exchange of lepton mediators, as in seesaw schemes, the neutrino appearance probabilities in oscillation experiments are modified due to effective nonunitarity of the lepton mixing matrix. This also leads to new CP phases and an ambiguity in underpinning the “conventional” phase of the three-neutrino paradigm. We study the CP sensitivities of various setups based at the European Spallation Source neutrino super-beam (ESSnuSB) experiment in the presence of nonunitarity. We also examine its potential in constraining the associated new physics parameters. Moreover, we show how the combination of DUNE and ESSnuSB can help further improve the sensitivities on the nonunitarity parameters.
Address [Chatterjee, Sabya Sachi] Univ Paris Saclay, Inst Phys Theor, CNRS, CEA, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France, Email: sabya-sachi.chatterjee@ipht.fr;
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Publisher (up) Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000898616000007 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5440
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