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Neutrino-nucleon elastic scattering in presence of nonstandard interactions: Cross sections and nucleon polarizations

Ilma1,*, M. Rafi Alam1,†, L. Alvarez-Ruso2, M. Benitez Galan3, I. Ruiz Simo3,‡, and S. K. Singh1

  • *Contact author: ilmarafiq786@gmail.com
  • †Contact author: rafi.alam.amu@gmail.com
  • ‡Contact author: ruizsig@ugr.es
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Phys. Rev. D 112, 013002 – Published 7 July, 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/q3sd-jjm6

Abstract

New physics beyond the Standard Model (SM) may appear in the form of nonstandard neutrino interactions (NSIs). We have studied neutral current (anti)neutrino-nucleon scattering in presence of NSIs. We obtain that in this scenario, nucleon matrix elements depend not only on the isovector axial nucleon form factor but also on the isoscalar one. For the axial form factors we consequently rely on the quark flavor decomposition performed by QCD simulations in the lattice (LQCD). We have examined cross sections and polarization observables. For the current bounds on diagonal muon flavor NSI couplings, we find substantial deviations from the SM predictions in cross sections and transverse polarizations of the outgoing nucleons. In view of the progress in the precision of LQCD determinations of nucleon properties, modern measurements of neutral current (anti)neutrino-nucleon scattering will be in the position to discover or significantly constrain NSIs.

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Phys. Rev. D 112, 013002– Published 7 July, 2025
  • Received 20 December 2024
  • Accepted 10 June 2025
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