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Probing new physics scale from TXS 0506+056 blazar neutrinos

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Supported by the recent detection of a TXS 0506+056 blazar neutrino with an energy in the TeV–PeV range detected by the IceCube experiment, a probe of a new physics scale \(\Lambda _{\mathrm{NP}}\)related to high-energy cosmic neutrinos is provided. At Standard Model energies, the effect of the underlying physics \(\Lambda _{\mathrm{NP}}\) is first investigated. Then, the recorded IceCube170922A data is used to approach the scale of such a new physics which lies above the Grand Unified Theory scale \(\Lambda _{\mathrm{NP}}\) \(\gtrsim \,10^{25}\) eV.

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  1. A transparent medium instrumented with photomultipliers that transform the Cherenkov light into electrical signals using the photoelectric effect.

  2. Natural units \(c=\hbar =1\) are used.

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    Adil Belhaj

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    Karim Douhou & Salah Eddine Ennadifi

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Belhaj, A., Douhou, K. & Ennadifi, S.E. Probing new physics scale from TXS 0506+056 blazar neutrinos. Eur. Phys. J. Plus 137, 568 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-022-02792-7

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