Supernova Preshock Neutronization Burst as a Probe of Nonstandard Neutrino Interactions

Huang, Xu-Run and Zha, Shuai and Chen, Lie-Wen (2021) Supernova Preshock Neutronization Burst as a Probe of Nonstandard Neutrino Interactions. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 923 (2). L26. ISSN 2041-8205

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Abstract

A core-collapse supernova (CCSN) provides a unique astrophysical site for studying neutrino–matter interactions. Prior to the shock-breakout neutrino burst during the collapse of the iron core, a preshock νe burst arises from the electron capture of nuclei and it is sensitive to the low-energy coherent elastic neutrino–nucleus scattering (CEνNS) which dominates the neutrino opacity. Since the CEνNS depends strongly on nonstandard neutrino interactions (NSIs), which are completely beyond the standard model and yet to be determined, the detection of the preshock burst thus provides a clean way to extract the NSI information. Within the spherically symmetric general-relativistic hydrodynamic simulation for the CCSN, we investigate the NSI effects on the preshock burst. We find that the NSI can maximally enhance the peak luminosity of the preshock burst almost by a factor of three, reaching a value comparable to that of the shock-breakout burst. Future detection of the preshock burst will have critical implications on astrophysics, neutrino physics, and physics beyond the standard model.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: STM Open Press > Physics and Astronomy
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Date Deposited: 03 May 2023 05:56
Last Modified: 15 Oct 2024 10:21
URI: http://journal.submissionpages.com/id/eprint/1121

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