Aug 20 – 25, 2023
Universität Hamburg
Europe/Berlin timezone

Vector leptoquark $U_3$: A possible solution to the recent discrepancy between NOvA and T2K results on CP violation

Aug 22, 2023, 9:10 AM
20m
Hörsaal J (Historic main building)

Hörsaal J

Historic main building

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1
Parallel session talk Neutrino Physics T04 Neutrino Physics

Speaker

Rukmani Mohanta (University of Hyderabad)

Description

In the current epoch of neutrino physics, many experiments are aiming for precision measurements of oscillation parameters. Thus, various new physics scenarios which alter the neutrino oscillation probabilities in matter deserve careful investigation. Recent results from NOvA and T2K show a slight tension on their reported values of the CP violating phase $\delta_{CP}$. Since the baseline of NOvA is much larger than the T2K, the neutral current non-standard interactions (NSIs) of neutrinos with the earth matter during their propagation might play a crucial role for such discrepancy. In this context, we study the effect of a vector leptoquark which induces non-standard neutrino interactions that modify the oscillation probabilities of neutrinos in matter. We show that such interactions provide a relatively large value of NSI parameter $\varepsilon_{e \mu}$. Considering this NSI parameter, we successfully explain the recent discrepancy between the observed $\delta_{CP}$ results of T2K and NOvA. We also briefly discuss the implication of $U_3$ leptoquark on lepton flavour violating muon decay modes: $\mu \to e \gamma$ and $\mu \to ee e$.

Collaboration / Activity None

Primary author

Rukmani Mohanta (University of Hyderabad)

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