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Luis A. Delgadillo

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Quantifying Information Hierarchy for Neutrino Oscillation Parameters at JUNO

Since neutrinos are quantum systems inherently, the precision with which oscillation parameters can be estimated ultimately depends on how much information about these parameters is encoded in the neutrino state and how efficiently that information can be extracted through measurement. In this work, we quantify how information encoded in reactor antineutrino states flows through the measurement process to the events observed at the detector, using quantum and classical Fisher information. We establish the information ladder for JUNO, revealing that the loss of precision across different information levels is strongly parameter dependent. We demonstrate that the JUNO configuration approaches the optimal statistical limit for the oscillation parameters of the solar sector, while information on $θ_{13}$ and $Δm_{31}^{2}$ is significantly degraded by the measurement strategy and detector effects. Despite this information loss, the remaining information is sufficient for JUNO to achieve sub-percent precision on $Δm_{31}^{2}$ within six years.

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Ultralight dark matter search in a large liquid scintillator detector

The nature of dark matter remains one of the most profound mysteries in modern physics. In this work, we investigate the phenomenological implications of ultralight scalar dark matter (ULDM) coupled to neutrinos. We focus on a large homogeneous liquid scintillator detector, analyzing the regime where ULDM oscillations lead to time-averaged distortions in neutrino oscillation probabilities. We derive sensitivity limits on the modulation parameters $η_{Δ_{21}}$ and $η_{Δ_{31}}$, which quantify ULDM-induced smearing effect in oscillations driven by solar ($Δm^2_{21}$) and atmospheric ($Δm^2_{31}$) mass-squared differences. We further demonstrate that ULDM interactions could produce a mild impact on both the determinations of the neutrino oscillation parameters and the neutrino mass ordering sensitivity. These results showcase the benefits of a large liquid scintillator detector as a powerful probe of neutrino-ULDM interactions via neutrino oscillations.

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Exploring the electromagnetic properties of neutrinos at a short-baseline reactor neutrino experiment

Upcoming and present reactor neutrino experiments represent an appealing tool to probe fundamental properties in the neutrino sector. In this paper, we study the physics potential to determine the electromagnetic properties of neutrinos via electron--neutrino elastic scattering (E$ν$ES) at a short-baseline neutrino experiment. We evaluate the sensitivity to the weak mixing angle, $\sin^2θ_W$, employing antineutrinos from a nuclear reactor source. Furthermore, from the sensitivity to $\sin^2 θ_W$, we obtain bounds on the neutrino charge radius. We also present the projected sensitivity to the effective neutrino magnetic moment, $μ_ν$. Compared with other reactor neutrino measurements, this experimental configuration may set competitive limits on the electromagnetic properties of neutrinos.

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Elastic neutrino-electron scattering perspectives at nuclear reactors

The determination of the weak mixing angle, $\sin^2θ_W$, at low momentum transfers remains a powerful test of the Standard Model and its potential new physics extensions. In this paper, we explore some physics opportunities at present and future reactor neutrino experiments through elastic neutrino-electron scattering (E$ν$ES). We assess the expected sensitivity to the weak mixing angle considering the CLOUD, TAO, and DANSS experimental configurations. We find that both CLOUD and TAO may achieve a precision that surpasses the current global fit from reactor experiments, while DANSS alone is expected to surpass the benchmark precision set by TEXONO measurement of the weak mixing angle. Additionally, we derive projected upper limits for the non-standard neutrino interactions (NSI), effective neutrino magnetic moment ($μ_ν$) and translate these into constraints on the neutrino transition magnetic moments ($Λ_i$). Our results demonstrate the physics potential of the E$ν$ES channel at current and upcoming reactor-based neutrino experiments.

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Leptonic CP Phase Determination from Fisher Information in NO$ν$A and T2K

The precise determination of the leptonic CP phase $δ_{\rm CP}$ remains one of the central objectives of current and future long-baseline (LBL) neutrino oscillation experiments. Quantum estimation theory provides a natural framework to quantify the ultimate precision limits for estimating physical parameters encoded in quantum states. In this work, we employ the quantum Fisher information to investigate how much information about $δ_{\rm CP}$ is intrinsically encoded in neutrino states and how efficiently it is extracted in present LBL experiments such as T2K and NO$ν$A. We first analyze the intrinsic quantum sensitivity of neutrino and antineutrino states and demonstrate how matter effects generate a neutrino mass-ordering dependent information structure. To compare the intrinsic information content of the quantum state with the information experimentally accessible through flavor measurements, we compute the event-level Fisher information from reconstructed event spectra using Poisson statistics. We find that both experiments extract only a small fraction of the total information available in the underlying quantum state. This extraction efficiency becomes particularly suppressed near maximally CP-violating regions, where the reconstructed event spectra exhibit reduced sensitivity to small variations in $δ_{\rm CP}$. Our analysis provides a complementary information-theoretic perspective on precise estimation of oscillation parameters in LBL neutrino experiments.

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Neutrino Lorentz invariance violation from the CPT-even SME coefficients through a tensor interaction with cosmological scalar fields

Numerous non-standard interactions between neutrinos and scalar fields have been suggested in the literature. In this work, we have outlined the case of tensorial neutrino non-standard interactions with scalar fields, which can be related to the effective CPT-even dimension-4 operators of the Standard Model Extension (SME). Moreover, in this paper, we have mostly analyzed the projected sensitivities to the CPT-even isotropic $c_{αβ}$ and $Z-$spatial $c_{αβ}^{ZZ}$ SME coefficients, in the context of a long-baseline experimental configuration. We study the particular case of DUNE and show its sensitivity to this type of new physics. The current IceCube experiment and upcoming neutrino experiments such as KM3NeT, IceCube-Gen2, and GRAND proposals may clarify these classes of neutrino non-standard interactions.

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Neutrino Lorentz invariance violation and ultralight axion-like dark matter searches at the European Spallation Source

The dark matter conundrum stands out as one of the central challenges to understand in both particle physics and cosmology. The ultralight axion-like particle (UALP) is an appealing dark matter candidate that can be searched for in neutrino oscillation experiments. In this work, we examine the interaction among neutrinos and a UALP; such interaction might induce violations of the Lorentz and $CPT$ symmetries. We assess the sensitivity to both the isotropic $CPT-$odd Standard Model Extension (SME) coefficients $(a_L)^T$ and effective neutrino-UALP couplings $\tilde{g}$ at the next-to-next generation neutrino oscillation experiment at the European Spallation Source (ESS).

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Neutrino Lorentz Invariance Violation from Cosmic Fields

From a cosmological perspective, scalar fields are well-motivated dark matter and dark energy candidates. Several possibilities of neutrino couplings with a time-varying cosmic field have been investigated in the literature. In this work, we present a framework in which violations of Lorentz invariance (LIV) and $CPT$ symmetry in the neutrino sector could arise from an interaction among neutrinos with a time-varying scalar field. Furthermore, some cosmological and phenomenological aspects and constraints concerning this type of interaction are discussed. Potential violations of Lorentz and $CPT$ symmetries at present and future neutrino oscillation experiments such as IceCube and KM3NeT can probe this scenario.

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Future leptonic $CP$ phase determination in the presence of NSI

The precise determination of the leptonic $CP$-phase is one of the major goals for future generation long Baseline experiments. On the other hand, if new physics beyond the Standard Model exists, a robust determination of such a $CP$-phase may be a challenge. Moreover, it has been pointed out that, in this scenario, an apparent discrepancy in the $CP$-phase measurement at different experiments may arise. In this work, we investigate the determination of the Dirac $CP$-phase and the atmospheric mixing angle $θ_{23}$ at several long-baseline configurations: ESSnuSB, T2HKK, and a DUNE-like experiment. We use the nonstandard neutrino interactions (NSI) formalism as a framework. We found that complementary between ESSnuSB and a DUNE-like experiment will be favorable to obtain a reliable value of the $CP$-phase, within the aforementioned scenario. Moreover, the T2HKK proposal can help to constrain the matter NSI parameters.

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European Spallation Source as a searching tool for an ultralight scalar field

Dark matter (DM) nature is one of the major issues in physics. The search for a DM candidate has motivated the known proposal of an ultralight scalar field (ULSF). We explore the possibility to search for this ULSF at the upcoming European Spallation Source neutrino Super-Beam experiment. We have considered the recent study case in which there could be an interaction between the ULSF and active neutrinos. We have found that in this future experimental setup, the sensitivity is competitive with other neutrino physics experiments. We show the expected future sensitivity for the main parameter modeling the interaction between ULSF and neutrinos.

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Future searches for light sterile neutrinos at nuclear reactors

We study the optimization of a green-field, two-baseline reactor experiment with respect to the sensitivity for electron antineutrino disappearance in search of a light sterile neutrino. We consider both commercial and research reactors and identify as key factors the distance of closest approach and detector energy resolution. We find that a total of 5 tons of detectors deployed at a commercial reactor with a closest approach of 25 m can probe the mixing angle $\sin^22θ$ down to $\sim5\times10^{-3}$ around $Δm^2\sim 1$ eV$^2$. The same detector mass deployed at a research reactor can be sensitive up to $Δm^2\sim20-30$ eV$^2$ assuming a closest approach of 3 m and excellent energy resolution, such as that projected for the Taishan Antineutrino Observatory. We also find that lithium doping of the reactor could be effective in increasing the sensitivity for higher $Δm^2$ values.

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Predictions for the Dirac CP-Violating Phase from Sum Rules

We explore the implications of recent results relating the Dirac CP-violating phase to predicted and measured leptonic mixing angles within a standard set of theoretical scenarios in which charged lepton corrections are responsible for generating a non-zero value of the reactor mixing angle. We employ a full set of leptonic sum rules as required by the unitarity of the lepton mixing matrix, which can be reduced to predictions for the observable mixing angles and the Dirac CP-violating phase in terms of model parameters. These sum rules are investigated within a given set of theoretical scenarios for the neutrino sector diagonalization matrix for several known classes of charged lepton corrections. The results provide explicit maps of the allowed model parameter space within each given scenario and assumed form of charged lepton perturbations.

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