Neutrino Self-Interactions: A White Paper

Authors

Jeffrey M. Berryman, University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Nikita Blinov, University of VictoriaFollow
Vedran Brdar, Northwestern University
Thejs Brinckmann, University of Ferrara
Mauricio Bustamante, University of CopenhagenFollow
Francis-Yan Cyr-Racine, University of New Mexico
Anirban Das, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
André de Gouvêa, Northwestern University
Peter B. Denton, Brookhaven National Laboratory
P.S. Bhupal Dev, Washington University in St. Louis
Bhaskar Dutta, Texas A&M University
Ivan Esteban, The Ohio State University
Damiano Fiorillo, University of Copenhagen
Martina Gerbino, University of Ferrara
Subhajit Ghosh, University of Notre Dame
Tathagata Ghosh, Harish-Chandra Research Institute
Evan Grohs, North Carolina State University
Tao Han, University of Pittsburgh
Steen Hannestad, Aarhus University
Matheus Hostert, University of Minnesota
Patrick Huber, Virginia Tech University
Jeffrey Hyde, Bowdoin College
Kevin J. Kelly, Fermi National Accelerator LaboratoryFollow
Felix Kling, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
Zhen Liu, University of Minnesota
Massimiliano Lattanzi, University of Ferrara
Marilena Loverde, University of Washington
Sujata Pandey, Indian Institute of Technology Indore
Ninetta Saviano, University of Naples Federico II
Manibrata Sen, Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
Ian M. Shoemaker, Virginia Tech University
Walter Tangarife, Loyola University ChicagoFollow
Yongchao Zhang, Southeast University
Yue Zhang, Carleton UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-2023

Publication Title

Physics of the Dark Universe

Volume

42

Pages

1-37

Publisher Name

Elsevier

Abstract

Neutrinos are the Standard Model (SM) particles which we understand the least, often due to how weakly they interact with the other SM particles. Beyond this, very little is known about interactions among the neutrinos, i.e., their self-interactions. The SM predicts neutrino self-interactions at a level beyond any current experimental capabilities, leaving open the possibility for beyond-the-SM interactions across many energy scales. In this white paper, we review the current knowledge of neutrino self-interactions from a vast array of probes, from cosmology, to astrophysics, to the laboratory. We also discuss theoretical motivations for such self-interactions, including neutrino masses and possible connections to dark matter. Looking forward, we discuss the capabilities of searches in the next generation and beyond, highlighting the possibility of future discovery of this beyond-the-SM physics.

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Author Posting © Elsevier, 2023. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of Elsevier for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Physics of the Dark Universe, Volume 42, December 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dark.2023.101267

Recommended Citation

Berryman, Jeffrey M.; Blinov, Nikita; Brdar, Vedran; Brinckmann, Thejs; Bustamante, Mauricio; Cyr-Racine, Francis-Yan; Das, Anirban; de Gouvêa, André; Denton, Peter B.; Bhupal Dev, P.S.; Dutta, Bhaskar; Esteban, Ivan; Fiorillo, Damiano; Gerbino, Martina; Ghosh, Subhajit; Ghosh, Tathagata; Grohs, Evan; Han, Tao; Hannestad, Steen; Hostert, Matheus; Huber, Patrick; Hyde, Jeffrey; Kelly, Kevin J.; Kling, Felix; Liu, Zhen; Lattanzi, Massimiliano; Loverde, Marilena; Pandey, Sujata; Saviano, Ninetta; Sen, Manibrata; Shoemaker, Ian M.; Tangarife, Walter; Zhang, Yongchao; and Zhang, Yue, "Neutrino Self-Interactions: A White Paper" (2023). Physics: Faculty Publications and Other Works. 108.
https://ecommons.luc.edu/physics_facpubs/108

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