8–10 May 2023
University of Pittsburgh
US/Eastern timezone

Heavy Neutrino Decay: Detection Sensitivity and Decay Width

9 May 2023, 15:15
15m
Lawrence Hall 104

Lawrence Hall 104

Speaker

Yulun Li

Description

We investigate the decay of MeV-scale sterile neutrinos into e+e- pairs, which is a signature that can be exploited by current solar neutrino and future dark matter experiments to set stringent limits in mass-mixing parameter space. We present a closed-formed cross-section correctly accounting for the neutral/charged current interference and rederive Borexino bounds based on this result. We also comment on future sensitivities.

Primary authors

Jeffrey Berryman (University of California, Berkeley) Patrick Huber Yulun Li

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