- Accepted Paper
First constraints on long-range neutrino interactions using IceCube DeepCore
Phys. Rev. D - Accepted 23 October, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/zx4x-89k6
Phys. Rev. D - Accepted 23 October, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/zx4x-89k6
We present the first search for new flavor-dependent long-range interactions (LRI) of neutrinos using publicly available 8 years of high-purity charged-current events from IceCube DeepCore. These interactions are mediated by ultra-light gauge bosons with masses below eV, which can arise due to a new lepton-number gauge symmetry, such as or . These long-range interactions induce matter potential between neutrinos and abundant electrons present in distant astrophysical sources. These LRI potentials could modify neutrino oscillation probabilities. By probing the effects of LRI on atmospheric neutrino oscillations at IceCube DeepCore, we place world-leading constraints on the coupling strength of these interactions.
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