A New Approach to Probe Neutrino Non-Standard Interactions in Atmospheric Neutrino Experiments
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Conference: The XXIV DAE-BRNS High Energy Physics (HEP) Symposium 2020, Online, NISER, Jatni, Odisha, India
Presentation mode: Online
Abstract: We propose a new approach to probe neutral-current non-standard neutrino interaction parameter εμτ using the oscillation dip and oscillation valley. Using the simulated ratio of upward-going and downward-going reconstructed muon events at the upcoming ICAL detector, we demonstrate that the presence of non-zero εμτ would result in the shift in the dip location as well as the bending of the oscillation valley. Thanks to the charge identification capability of ICAL, the opposite shifts in the locations of oscillation dips as well as the contrast in the curvatures of oscillation valleys for μ- and μ+ is used to constrain |εμτ| at 90% C.L. to about 2% using 500 kt⋅yr exposure. Our procedure incorporates statistical fluctuations, uncertainties in oscillation parameters, and systematic errors.