Resonances of Supernova Neutrinos in Twisting Magnetic Fields

We investigate the effect of resonant spin conversion of the neutrinos induced by the geometrical phase in a twisting magnetic field. We find that the geometrical phase originating from the rotation of the transverse magnetic field along the neutrino trajectory can trigger a resonant spin conversion of Dirac neutrinos inside the supernova, even if there were no such transitions in the fixed-direction field case. We have shown that, even though resonant spin conversion is too weak to affect solar neutrinos, it could have a remarkable consequence on supernova neutronization bursts where very intense magnetic fields are quite likely. We demonstrate how the flavor composition at Earth can be used as a probe to establish the presence of non-negligible magnetic moments, potentially down to 10^{-15}μ_{B} in upcoming neutrino experiments like the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment and the Hyper-Kamiokande. Possible implications are analyzed.

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:132

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Physical review letters - 132(2024), 10 vom: 08. März, Seite 101005

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jana, Sudip [VerfasserIn]
Porto, Yago [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 22.03.2024

published: Print

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.101005

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NLM370078764