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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