Probing Lorentz Invariance Violation in Cosmogenic Neutrino Propagation with KM3-230213A

arXiv:2609.12120 · astro-ph.HE, hep-ph · Submitted 2026-09-10 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.HE, hep-ph

Submitted: 2026-09-10

Updated: 2026-09-10

Comments: 8 pages, 5 figures. Accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS)

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stag1733

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The gist: We investigate superluminal Lorentz invariance violation (LIV) in the neutrino sector using cosmogenic neutrino fluxes generated with ultrahigh-energy cosmic-ray propagation models.

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Abstract

We investigate superluminal Lorentz invariance violation (LIV) in the neutrino sector using cosmogenic neutrino fluxes generated with ultrahigh-energy cosmic-ray propagation models. Standard fluxes are calculated with CRPropa 3.2 and subsequently modified using a prescription based on LIV-induced neutrino splitting. Superluminal LIV suppresses the flux at the highest energies while producing an enhancement at PeV - EeV energies. We use the KM3-230213A event as a benchmark to evaluate the sensitivity of current observations to these spectral modifications. Although the available statistics do not allow a formal constraint, the predicted fluxes are particularly sensitive to coefficients in the range 10-24 eV-1 δ ν,1 10-22, eV-1, with the results strongly depending on the assumed cosmic-ray source properties. Intermediate coefficients can enhance the expected event rate within the reconstructed energy range of KM3-230213A, whereas larger coefficients may overproduce neutrinos in energy intervals constrained by IceCube and the Pierre Auger Observatory. These results identify a region of observational sensitivity to LIV and provide testable predictions for future neutrino telescopes.

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