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Tau neutrino as a probe of charged nonstandard interactions at DUNE

A. Cherchiglia, O. L. G. Peres, and E. S. Souza

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Phys. Rev. D 113, 035037 – Published 26 February, 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/83n7-c72r

Abstract

In this work, we study the influence of charged-current nonstandard interactions (CC-NSI) at a DUNE-like experiment. We are particularly interested in the tau neutrino channel accessible at DUNE, given the higher energy neutrino flux expected to be achieved by the experiment. We focus on CC-NSI that may affect the pion decay, the primary source of neutrinos for DUNE. We show that the expected sensitivity at the near detector may supersede the present bounds coming directly from pion decay by one order of magnitude.

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Phys. Rev. D 113, 035037– Published 26 February, 2026
  • Received 7 December 2025
  • Accepted 9 February 2026
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