Heavy neutrino searches through double-bang events at Super-Kamiokande, DUNE, and Hyper-Kamiokande
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چکیده
A variety of new physics scenarios allow for neutrinos to up-scatter into a heavy neutral lepton state. For range couplings and neutrino energies, the may travel some distance before decaying visible final states. When both up-scattering decay occur within detector volume, these "double bang" events produce distinctive phenomenology with very low background. In this work, we first consider current sensitivity at Super-Kamiokande via atmospheric flux, find data already provide constraints. We then examine projected future DUNE Hyper-Kamiokande, including beam flux contributions double-bang signals.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of High Energy Physics
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1127-2236', '1126-6708', '1029-8479']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep04(2022)174