Flavour specific neutrino self-interaction: $H_0$ tension and IceCube. (arXiv:2011.13685v2 [hep-ph] UPDATED)
<a href="http://arxiv.org/find/hep-ph/1/au:+Mazumdar_A/0/1/0/all/0/1">Arindam Mazumdar</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/hep-ph/1/au:+Mohanty_S/0/1/0/all/0/1">Subhendra Mohanty</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/hep-ph/1/au:+Parashari_P/0/1/0/all/0/1">Priyank Parashari</a>
Self-interaction in the active neutrinos is studied in the literature to
alleviate the $H_0$ tension. Similar self-interaction can also explain the
observed dips in the flux of the neutrinos coming from the distant
astro-physical sources in IceCube detectors. In contrast to the flavour
universal neutrino interaction considered for solving the $H_0$ tension, which
is ruled out from particle physics experiments, we consider flavour specific
neutrino interactions. We show that the values of self-interaction coupling
constant and mediator mass required for explaining the IceCube dips are
inconsistent with the strong neutrino self-interactions preferred by the
combination of BAO, HST and Planck data. However, the required amount of
self-interaction between tau neutrinos ($nu_tau$) in inverted hierarchy for
explaining IceCube dips is consistent with the moderate self-interaction region
of cosmological bounds at 1-$sigma$ level. For the case of other interactions
and hierarchies, the IceCube preferred amount of self-interaction is consistent
with moderate self-interaction region of cosmological bounds at 2-$sigma$
level only.
Self-interaction in the active neutrinos is studied in the literature to
alleviate the $H_0$ tension. Similar self-interaction can also explain the
observed dips in the flux of the neutrinos coming from the distant
astro-physical sources in IceCube detectors. In contrast to the flavour
universal neutrino interaction considered for solving the $H_0$ tension, which
is ruled out from particle physics experiments, we consider flavour specific
neutrino interactions. We show that the values of self-interaction coupling
constant and mediator mass required for explaining the IceCube dips are
inconsistent with the strong neutrino self-interactions preferred by the
combination of BAO, HST and Planck data. However, the required amount of
self-interaction between tau neutrinos ($nu_tau$) in inverted hierarchy for
explaining IceCube dips is consistent with the moderate self-interaction region
of cosmological bounds at 1-$sigma$ level. For the case of other interactions
and hierarchies, the IceCube preferred amount of self-interaction is consistent
with moderate self-interaction region of cosmological bounds at 2-$sigma$
level only.
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