Multiple-Mediator-Affected Ultra-High-Energy Neutrino Attenuation: Hints for 5D U(1) L mu - L tau in IceCube

arXiv:2609.16139 · hep-ph, astro-ph.HE · Submitted 2026-09-14 · Read on arXiv

hep-ph, astro-ph.HE

Submitted: 2026-09-14

Updated: 2026-09-29

Comments: 23 pages, 5 figures and 75 citations

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Boltzmann Equation — 6× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Standard Model — 3× in this paper
• Consistency — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• High Energy Starting Events — 2× in this paper
• Hubble Tension — 2× in this paper · explained in 9 episodes
• Symmetry Breaking — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Degeneracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Quantization — 1× in this paper · explained in 12 episodes
• Star Formation Rate (SFR) — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes

Sources

• Letter of Intent for KM3NeT 2.0
• IceCube-Gen2: The Window to the Extreme Universe
• Predictions for the neutrino parameters in the minimal gauged U(1)$_{L_\mu-L_\tau}$ model
• Minimal Gauged U(1)$_{L_\alpha - L_\beta}$ Models Driven into a Corner
• Search for U(1)$_{L_\mu-L_\tau}$ charged Dark Matter with neutrino telescope
• Global Neutrino Constraints on the Minimal U(1)$_{L_\mu-L_\tau}$ Model
• Cosmology With a Very Light $L_\mu - L_\tau$ Gauge Boson
• Resolving the Hubble tension in a U(1)$_{L_\mu-L_\tau}$ model with Majoron
• Leptogenesis in the minimal gauged U(1)$_{L_\mu-L_\tau}$ model and the sign of the cosmological baryon asymmetry
• Radiative Breaking of Two-Zero Neutrino Mass Minors: Revisiting the $\mathrm{U}(1)_{L_\mu-L_\tau}$ Model
• Contribution of Majoron to Hubble tension in gauged U(1)$_{L_\mu-L_\tau}$ Model
• The anomalous magnetic moment of the muon in the Standard Model: an update
• Prospects of five-dimensional $L_\mu-L_\tau$ gauge interactions in the light of elastic neutrino-electron scatterings: The scope of the DUNE near detector
• Muon Beam Dump Experiments probe five-dimensional nature of $U(1)_{L_{\mu}-L_{\tau}}$
• Mind the gap on Icecube: Cosmic neutrino spectrum and muon anomalous magnetic moment in the gauged L_{\mu} - L_{\tau} model
• Coherent Propagation of PeV Neutrinos and the Dip in the Neutrino Spectrum at IceCube
• MeV scale leptonic force for cosmic neutrino spectrum and muon anomalous magnetic moment
• Searching for MeV-Scale Gauge Bosons with IceCube
• Signature of light sterile neutrinos at IceCube
• Inflation meets neutrinos

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