Interpreting OPERA results on superluminal neutrino

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2012.03.008zbMATH Open1246.81465arXiv1109.5682OpenAlexW2136073536WikidataQ57253885 ScholiaQ57253885MaRDI QIDQ447356FDOQ447356

Sergey Sibiryakov, Gian F. Giudice, Alessandro Strumia

Publication date: 3 September 2012

Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: OPERA has claimed the discovery of superluminal propagation of neutrinos. We analyze the consistency of this claim with previous tests of special relativity. We find that reconciling the OPERA measurement with information from SN1987a and from neutrino oscillations requires stringent conditions. The superluminal limit velocity of neutrinos must be nearly flavor independent, must decrease steeply in the low-energy domain, and its energy dependence must depart from a simple power law. We construct illustrative models that satisfy these conditions, by introducing Lorentz violation in a sector with light sterile neutrinos. We point out that, quite generically, electroweak quantum corrections transfer the information of superluminal neutrino properties into Lorentz violations in the electron and muon sector, in apparent conflict with experimental data.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1109.5682

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zbMATH Keywords

neutrino models

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Weak interaction in quantum theory (81V15) Unified quantum theories (81V22) Special relativity (83A05)

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