Oscillation of high energy neutrinos in Choked GRBs

TL;DR

This paper investigates how high energy neutrinos from choked gamma-ray bursts oscillate within presupernova stars and how their flavor composition changes before reaching Earth, impacting detection strategies.

Contribution

It provides the first detailed calculation of neutrino oscillation probabilities and flux modifications in presupernova star environments for different stellar models.

Findings

Neutrino flux ratios deviate from 1:1:1 below 10 TeV

Flux ratios approach 1:1:1 at energies above 10 TeV

Matter effects significantly influence neutrino flavor composition

Abstract

It is believed that choked gamma-ray bursts (CGRBs) are the potential candidates for the production of high energy neutrinos in GeV-TeV energy range. These CGRBs out number the successful GRBs by many orders. So it is important to observe neutrinos from these cosmological objects with the presently operating neutrino telescope IceCube. We study the three flavor neutrino oscillation of these high energy neutrinos in the presupernova star environment which is responsible for the CGRB. For the presupernova star we consider three different models and calculate the neutrino oscillation probabilities, as well as neutrino flux on the surface of these star. The matter effect modifies the neutrino flux of different flavors on the surface of the star. We have also calculated the flux of these high energy neutrinos on the surface of the Earth. We found that for neutrino energies below \le 10 TeV the flux ratio does not amount to 1:1:1, whereas for higher energy neutrinos it does.