Search for Quantum Decoherence in Neutrino Oscillations with KM3NeT ORCA6

KM3NeT Collaboration

Search for Quantum Decoherence in Neutrino Oscillations with KM3NeT ORCA6

KM3NeT Collaboration

Physics

University of Valencia
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
Université de Strasbourg
Université de Haute-Alsace
Aix-Marseille Université
University of Naples Federico II
Polytechnic University of Catalonia
Demokritos National Centre for Scientific Research
University of Granada
Nantes Université
Polytechnic University of Valencia
Mohammed V University in Rabat
Université de Paris
Université de Caen
Czech Technical University in Prague
Comenius University
National Institute for Subatomic Physics
University of Bologna
University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
University of Hull
North West University
Mohamed I University
University of Salerno
Institute for Space Sciences
University of Amsterdam
Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research
University of Rome La Sapienza
Cadi Ayyad University
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg
University of the Witwatersrand
University of Catania
International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research
University of Würzburg
Western Sydney University
LPC
University of Genoa
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research - NIOZ
National Centre for Nuclear Research
Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
The University of Georgia, Tbilisi
Institut universitaire de France
Université catholique de Louvain
IN2P3 - Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique Des Particules
Leiden University
Université Montpellier 2

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Abstract

Quantum decoherence of neutrino states is an effect that is proposed in various theories of quantum gravity. It is envisaged to emerge from interactions of the neutrino as a quantum system with the environment and may destroy the superposition of neutrino mass states, which leads to a modification of neutrino oscillation probabilities. KM3NeT/ORCA, a neutrino telescope designed to detect various neutrino flavours across a broad spectrum of energies, can probe this phenomenon. ORCA is a water Cherenkov detector that is currently under construction in the Mediterranean Sea. It was designed to detect atmospheric neutrinos in the GeV energy range. The main objective of ORCA is the precise measurement of neutrino oscillations. Therefore, the detector provides the possibility to investigate various beyond Standard Model scenarios that may alter the oscillation pattern. This contribution reports on first constraints on the strength of decoherence effects with KM3NeT. We provide upper limits on the decoherence parameters γ₂₁ and γ31. The high-purity neutrino sample used for this analysis was collected with a six Detection Units configuration of ORCA with an exposure of 433 kton-years.

Original language	English
Article number	1025
Journal	Proceedings of Science
Volume	444
Publication status	Published - 27 Sept 2024
Event	38th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2023 - Nagoya, Japan Duration: 26 Jul 2023 → 3 Aug 2023

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abstract = "Quantum decoherence of neutrino states is an effect that is proposed in various theories of quantum gravity. It is envisaged to emerge from interactions of the neutrino as a quantum system with the environment and may destroy the superposition of neutrino mass states, which leads to a modification of neutrino oscillation probabilities. KM3NeT/ORCA, a neutrino telescope designed to detect various neutrino flavours across a broad spectrum of energies, can probe this phenomenon. ORCA is a water Cherenkov detector that is currently under construction in the Mediterranean Sea. It was designed to detect atmospheric neutrinos in the GeV energy range. The main objective of ORCA is the precise measurement of neutrino oscillations. Therefore, the detector provides the possibility to investigate various beyond Standard Model scenarios that may alter the oscillation pattern. This contribution reports on first constraints on the strength of decoherence effects with KM3NeT. We provide upper limits on the decoherence parameters γ21 and γ31. The high-purity neutrino sample used for this analysis was collected with a six Detection Units configuration of ORCA with an exposure of 433 kton-years.",

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N2 - Quantum decoherence of neutrino states is an effect that is proposed in various theories of quantum gravity. It is envisaged to emerge from interactions of the neutrino as a quantum system with the environment and may destroy the superposition of neutrino mass states, which leads to a modification of neutrino oscillation probabilities. KM3NeT/ORCA, a neutrino telescope designed to detect various neutrino flavours across a broad spectrum of energies, can probe this phenomenon. ORCA is a water Cherenkov detector that is currently under construction in the Mediterranean Sea. It was designed to detect atmospheric neutrinos in the GeV energy range. The main objective of ORCA is the precise measurement of neutrino oscillations. Therefore, the detector provides the possibility to investigate various beyond Standard Model scenarios that may alter the oscillation pattern. This contribution reports on first constraints on the strength of decoherence effects with KM3NeT. We provide upper limits on the decoherence parameters γ21 and γ31. The high-purity neutrino sample used for this analysis was collected with a six Detection Units configuration of ORCA with an exposure of 433 kton-years.

AB - Quantum decoherence of neutrino states is an effect that is proposed in various theories of quantum gravity. It is envisaged to emerge from interactions of the neutrino as a quantum system with the environment and may destroy the superposition of neutrino mass states, which leads to a modification of neutrino oscillation probabilities. KM3NeT/ORCA, a neutrino telescope designed to detect various neutrino flavours across a broad spectrum of energies, can probe this phenomenon. ORCA is a water Cherenkov detector that is currently under construction in the Mediterranean Sea. It was designed to detect atmospheric neutrinos in the GeV energy range. The main objective of ORCA is the precise measurement of neutrino oscillations. Therefore, the detector provides the possibility to investigate various beyond Standard Model scenarios that may alter the oscillation pattern. This contribution reports on first constraints on the strength of decoherence effects with KM3NeT. We provide upper limits on the decoherence parameters γ21 and γ31. The high-purity neutrino sample used for this analysis was collected with a six Detection Units configuration of ORCA with an exposure of 433 kton-years.

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JO - Proceedings of Science

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Search for Quantum Decoherence in Neutrino Oscillations with KM3NeT ORCA6

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