Lepton flavorful fifth force and depth-dependent neutrino matter interactions
Abstract We consider a fifth force to be an interaction that couples to matter with a strength that grows with the number of atoms. In addition to competing with the strength of gravity a fifth force can give rise to violations of the equivalence principle. Current long range constraints on the stre...
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| description | Abstract We consider a fifth force to be an interaction that couples to matter with a strength that grows with the number of atoms. In addition to competing with the strength of gravity a fifth force can give rise to violations of the equivalence principle. Current long range constraints on the strength and range of fifth forces are very impressive. Amongst possible fifth forces are those that couple to lepton flavorful charges L e − L μ or L e − L τ . They have the property that their range and strength are also constrained by neutrino interactions with matter. In this brief note we review the existing constraints on the allowed parameter space in gauged U1Le−Lμ,Lτ $$ \mathrm{U}{(1)}_{L_e-{L}_{\mu },{L}_{\tau }} $$. We find two regions where neutrino oscillation experiments are at the frontier of probing such a new force. In particular, there is an allowed range of parameter space where neutrino matter interactions relevant for long baseline oscillation experiments depend on the depth of the neutrino beam below the surface of the earth. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3ce066ec3ab54a6a9174542f89e858f42022-12-22T01:14:20ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792018-06-012018611010.1007/JHEP06(2018)053Lepton flavorful fifth force and depth-dependent neutrino matter interactionsMark B. Wise0Yue Zhang1Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics, California Institute of TechnologyTheoretical Physics Department, FermilabAbstract We consider a fifth force to be an interaction that couples to matter with a strength that grows with the number of atoms. In addition to competing with the strength of gravity a fifth force can give rise to violations of the equivalence principle. Current long range constraints on the strength and range of fifth forces are very impressive. Amongst possible fifth forces are those that couple to lepton flavorful charges L e − L μ or L e − L τ . They have the property that their range and strength are also constrained by neutrino interactions with matter. In this brief note we review the existing constraints on the allowed parameter space in gauged U1Le−Lμ,Lτ $$ \mathrm{U}{(1)}_{L_e-{L}_{\mu },{L}_{\tau }} $$. We find two regions where neutrino oscillation experiments are at the frontier of probing such a new force. In particular, there is an allowed range of parameter space where neutrino matter interactions relevant for long baseline oscillation experiments depend on the depth of the neutrino beam below the surface of the earth.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP06(2018)053Beyond Standard ModelNeutrino Physics |
| spellingShingle | Mark B. Wise Yue Zhang Lepton flavorful fifth force and depth-dependent neutrino matter interactions Journal of High Energy Physics Beyond Standard Model Neutrino Physics |
| title | Lepton flavorful fifth force and depth-dependent neutrino matter interactions |
| title_full | Lepton flavorful fifth force and depth-dependent neutrino matter interactions |
| title_fullStr | Lepton flavorful fifth force and depth-dependent neutrino matter interactions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lepton flavorful fifth force and depth-dependent neutrino matter interactions |
| title_short | Lepton flavorful fifth force and depth-dependent neutrino matter interactions |
| title_sort | lepton flavorful fifth force and depth dependent neutrino matter interactions |
| topic | Beyond Standard Model Neutrino Physics |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP06(2018)053 |
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