TY  - JOUR
AU  - Hajjar, R.
AU  - Palomares-Ruiz, S.
AU  - Mena, O.
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024//
TI  - Shedding light on the Δm21^2 tension with supernova neutrinos
T2  - Phys. Lett. B
JO  - Physics Letters B
SP  - 138719
EP  - 8pp
VL  - 854
PB  - Elsevier
AB  - One long-standing tension in the determination of neutrino parameters is the mismatched value of the solar mass square difference, Delta m(21)(2), measured by different experiments: the reactor antineutrino experiment KamLAND finds a best fit larger than the one obtained with solar neutrino data. Even if the current tension is mild (similar to 1.5 sigma.), it is timely to explore if independent measurements could help in either closing or reassessing this issue. In this regard, we explore how a future supernova burst in our galaxy could be used to determine Delta m(21)(2) at the future Hyper-Kamiokande detector, and how this could contribute to the current situation. We study Earth matter effects for different models of supernova neutrino spectra and supernova orientations. We find that, if supernova neutrino data prefers the KamLAND best fit for Delta m(21)(2), an uncertainty similar to the current KamLAND one could be achieved. On the contrary, if it prefers the solar neutrino data best fit, the current tension with KamLAND results could grow to a significance larger than 5 sigma. Furthermore, supernova neutrinos could significantly contribute to reducing the uncertainty on sin (2)theta(12).
SN  - 0370-2693
UR  - https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.09509
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2024.138719
DO  - 10.1016/j.physletb.2024.138719
LA  - English
N1  - WOS:001246913500002
ID  - Hajjar_etal2024
ER  -