Sterile Neutrinos with Neutrino Telescopes
Searches for light sterile neutrinos are motivated by the unexpected observation of an electron neutrino appearance in short-baseline experiments, such as the Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector (LSND) and the Mini Booster Neutrino Experiment (MiniBooNE). In light of these unexpected results, a ca...
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| description | Searches for light sterile neutrinos are motivated by the unexpected observation of an electron neutrino appearance in short-baseline experiments, such as the Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector (LSND) and the Mini Booster Neutrino Experiment (MiniBooNE). In light of these unexpected results, a campaign using natural and anthropogenic sources to find the light (mass-squared-difference around 1 eV<sup>2</sup>) sterile neutrinos is underway. Among the natural sources, atmospheric neutrinos provide a unique gateway to search for sterile neutrinos due to the broad range of baseline-to-energy ratios, <i>L</i>/<i>E</i>, and the presence of significant matter effects. Since the atmospheric neutrino flux rapidly falls with energy, studying its highest energy component requires gigaton-scale neutrino detectors. These detectors—often known as neutrino telescopes since they are designed to observe tiny astrophysical neutrino fluxes—have been used to perform searches for light sterile neutrinos, and researchers have found no significant signal to date. This brief review summarizes the current status of searches for light sterile neutrinos with neutrino telescopes deployed in solid and liquid water. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4500195c6d4049e99aa622c47f00a9412023-11-23T01:50:28ZengMDPI AGUniverse2218-19972021-11-0171142610.3390/universe7110426Sterile Neutrinos with Neutrino TelescopesCarlos A. Argüelles0Jordi Salvado1Department of Physics & Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USADepartament de Física Quàntica i Astrofísica and Institut de Ciencies del Cosmos, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 647, E-08028 Barcelona, SpainSearches for light sterile neutrinos are motivated by the unexpected observation of an electron neutrino appearance in short-baseline experiments, such as the Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector (LSND) and the Mini Booster Neutrino Experiment (MiniBooNE). In light of these unexpected results, a campaign using natural and anthropogenic sources to find the light (mass-squared-difference around 1 eV<sup>2</sup>) sterile neutrinos is underway. Among the natural sources, atmospheric neutrinos provide a unique gateway to search for sterile neutrinos due to the broad range of baseline-to-energy ratios, <i>L</i>/<i>E</i>, and the presence of significant matter effects. Since the atmospheric neutrino flux rapidly falls with energy, studying its highest energy component requires gigaton-scale neutrino detectors. These detectors—often known as neutrino telescopes since they are designed to observe tiny astrophysical neutrino fluxes—have been used to perform searches for light sterile neutrinos, and researchers have found no significant signal to date. This brief review summarizes the current status of searches for light sterile neutrinos with neutrino telescopes deployed in solid and liquid water.https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1997/7/11/426neutrino oscillationsneutrino telescopessterile neutrinos |
| spellingShingle | Carlos A. Argüelles Jordi Salvado Sterile Neutrinos with Neutrino Telescopes Universe neutrino oscillations neutrino telescopes sterile neutrinos |
| title | Sterile Neutrinos with Neutrino Telescopes |
| title_full | Sterile Neutrinos with Neutrino Telescopes |
| title_fullStr | Sterile Neutrinos with Neutrino Telescopes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sterile Neutrinos with Neutrino Telescopes |
| title_short | Sterile Neutrinos with Neutrino Telescopes |
| title_sort | sterile neutrinos with neutrino telescopes |
| topic | neutrino oscillations neutrino telescopes sterile neutrinos |
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