Published April 1, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Unparticle physics and neutrino phenomenology

  • 1. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Physik (Werner-Heisenberg-Institut), Foehringer Ring 6, 80805 Muenchen (Germany) and Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 142190, Troitsk, Moscow region (Russian Federation)
  • 2. INFN Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario Monte S. Angelo, Via Cintia, I-80126 Napoli (Italy)
  • 3. Departamento de Fisica, Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Apartado Postal 14-740 07000 Mexico, D F (Mexico)
  • 4. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Gravitationsphysik (Albert-Einstein-Institut), Am Muehlenberg 1, D-14476 Golm (Germany)

Description

We have constrained unparticle interactions with neutrinos and electrons using available data on neutrino-electron elastic scattering and the four CERN LEP experiments data on mono photon production. We have found that, for neutrino-electron elastic scattering, the MUNU experiment gives better constraints than previous reported limits in the region d>1.5. The results are compared with the current astrophysical limits, pointing out the cases where these limits may or may not apply. We also discuss the sensitivity of future experiments to unparticle physics. In particular, we show that the measurement of coherent reactor neutrino scattering off nuclei could provide a good sensitivity to the couplings of unparticle interaction with neutrinos and quarks. We also discuss the case of future neutrino-electron experiments as well as the International Linear Collider.

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
79
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
p. 073011-073011.9
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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