DM+nu Forum

Black Holes as Neutrino Factories

by Dr Xiao Xue (University of Hamburg & DESY)

Asia/Shanghai
Tsung-Dao Lee Institute/N6F-N630 - Smart Classroom (Tsung-Dao Lee Institute)

Tsung-Dao Lee Institute/N6F-N630 - Smart Classroom

Tsung-Dao Lee Institute

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Abstract

Ultralight bosons can grow substantially in the vicinity of a black hole, through superradiant energy extraction. Consequently, such bosons can potentially reach field values close to the Planck scale, making black holes powerful transducers of such fields. If a scalar field couples to neutrino, it can trigger parametric production of neutrinos, and potentially quench their superradiant growth. During this saturation phase, scalar clouds can accelerate neutrinos to the TeV energy scale, generating fluxes that surpass those produced by atmospheric neutrinos.

 

Biography

Xiao Xue has received her B.S. degree in physics from Sichuan University and  PH.D. degree at Institute of Theoretical Physics. Now she is a postdoc at University of Hamburg & DESY. Her research focuses on dark matter, gravatitional waves, and black holes.