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arxiv: 2601.00790 · v1 · pith:LLFK3HKJnew · submitted 2026-01-02 · ✦ hep-ph · astro-ph.CO· gr-qc· hep-th

Dark Dimension Right-handed Neutrinos Confronted with Long-Baseline Oscillation Experiments

Ai-Yu Bai , Auttakit Chatrabhuti , Yin-Yuan Huang , Hiroshi Isono , Jian Tang This is my paper

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T2K and NOvA data remain compatible with standard oscillations while excluding dark dimension neutrino parameters

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This paper tests models where right-handed neutrinos come from dark extra dimensions by looking at their effects on neutrino oscillations. Calculations of the expected spectra with and without the extra dimensions are compared to measurements from the T2K and NOvA long-baseline experiments. The data fits the standard oscillation model well. This fit leads to strong exclusion limits on the parameters describing the dark dimension. The resulting bounds add information from particle colliders and cosmological studies.

Core claim

Right-handed neutrinos naturally appear in dark extra dimension models and affect neutrino oscillations. Long-baseline experiments can probe the model parameters by comparing predicted oscillation spectra to data. The T2K and NOvA results match standard three-neutrino oscillations without extra dimensions, yielding stringent exclusion limits on the dark dimension parameters at high confidence. These limits complement constraints from colliders and cosmology.

What carries the argument

Modified neutrino oscillation spectra due to right-handed neutrinos in dark extra dimensions

If this is right

  • The T2K and NOvA data support the standard neutrino oscillation hypothesis.
  • Stringent exclusion limits are established for the extra dimension model parameters.
  • The constraints on dark dimension right-handed neutrinos complement those from collider experiments and cosmological observations.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Future long-baseline experiments could apply similar analyses to further restrict the model space.
  • These results may guide the development of unified theories incorporating extra dimensions and neutrino properties.
  • Cross-checks with other types of neutrino data, such as from reactors or accelerators, could strengthen or weaken the exclusions.

Load-bearing premise

The oscillation spectra are computed in a way that accurately includes all relevant effects from the dark dimension without overlooked uncertainties.

What would settle it

A statistical preference in the T2K or NOvA dataset for the extra dimension model parameters over the standard model at high significance would challenge the exclusion limits.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2601.00790 by Ai-Yu Bai, Auttakit Chatrabhuti, Hiroshi Isono, Jian Tang, Yin-Yuan Huang.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: Panel (a) plots the values of the squared mixing coefficients in vacuum |Li 0(n) | 2 for n = 1, . . . , 40. Panels (b), (c), (d) plots the values of the squared mixing coefficients |L10(kn) | 2 , |L20(kn) | 2 , |L30(kn) | 2 , respectively. Parameters for the plots are ¯c1 = −c¯2 = −c¯3 = 4 and ¯µ1 = 0.1 with ¯µ2, µ¯3 determined by (2.42) in NH. In matter. Let us consider the case in matter. In this article… view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: Left panel: Difference on Pνµ→νµ with different KK modes cutoff values when {R, |c¯i |, ¯µ1} are set as {10 µm, 4, 0.1} and the baseline of NOvA is used. The low-pass filter is used to smooth the curves, which is discussed in Section 3.4.1. Right panel: the L 2 norm between Pνµ→νµ with cutoff ∈ [5, 120] and Pνµ→νµ with a fixed cutoff of 200. on the simulated neutrino oscillation spectra. The results obtain… view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: Neutrino oscillation probabilities for both standard oscillation and DD models at the [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p015_3.png] view at source ↗
Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: Oscillation probabilities for both standard oscillation and DD models at the NOvA FD [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p016_4.png] view at source ↗
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: The reconstructed neutrino energy spectra for the FD [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p017_5.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 6. Figure 6: The reconstructed neutrino energy spectra for the FD [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p018_6.png] view at source ↗
Figure 7
Figure 7. Figure 7: The exclusion limits at 68% (black line) and 90% (black line) C.L. in the T2K [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p019_7.png] view at source ↗
Figure 8
Figure 8. Figure 8: The exclusion limits at 68% (black line) and 90% (black line) C.L. in the NOvA [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p020_8.png] view at source ↗
read the original abstract

Right-handed neutrinos are naturally induced by dark extra dimension models and play an essential role in neutrino oscillations. The model parameters can be examined by the long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments. In this work, we compute the predicted neutrino oscillation spectra within/without extra dimension models and compare them with the experimental data. We find that the neutrino data in the T2K and NOvA experiments are compatible with the standard neutrino oscillation hypothesis. The results set the stringent exclusion limit on the extra dimension model parameters at a high confidence level. The derived constraints on dark dimension right-handed neutrinos are complementary to those results from the collider experiments and cosmological observations.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript investigates right-handed neutrinos induced by dark extra dimension models and their effects on neutrino oscillations. The authors compute oscillation spectra with and without the extra-dimension contributions, compare these to T2K and NOvA data, and report compatibility with the standard three-flavor oscillation hypothesis. They derive stringent exclusion limits on the dark-dimension model parameters at high confidence level, presenting these as complementary to collider and cosmological constraints.

Significance. If the exclusion limits are derived with a statistically sound procedure that properly marginalizes over experimental systematics, the work would provide useful new constraints on extra-dimensional neutrino models using existing long-baseline data. This approach is complementary to direct searches and could help test the viability of dark-dimension scenarios in a regime not accessible to colliders or cosmology alone.

major comments (1)
  1. [§4] §4 (Statistical Analysis): The manuscript does not specify whether the full published covariance matrices and nuisance parameters from T2K and NOvA are included in the likelihood or chi-squared function. Long-baseline results are systematics-dominated; without marginalization over flux, cross-section, and detector uncertainties the derived exclusion contours risk being artificially tight, directly affecting the central claim of 'stringent exclusion limits'.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Figure 1] Figure 1: Axis labels and curve styles should explicitly distinguish the standard oscillation case from the dark-dimension cases with different parameter values.
  2. [References] References: Add the specific T2K and NOvA data-release papers with publication years and arXiv identifiers for reproducibility.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the careful reading of our manuscript and the constructive comment on the statistical analysis. We address this point directly below and have revised the manuscript to provide the requested clarification and details.

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  1. Referee: [§4] §4 (Statistical Analysis): The manuscript does not specify whether the full published covariance matrices and nuisance parameters from T2K and NOvA are included in the likelihood or chi-squared function. Long-baseline results are systematics-dominated; without marginalization over flux, cross-section, and detector uncertainties the derived exclusion contours risk being artificially tight, directly affecting the central claim of 'stringent exclusion limits'.

    Authors: We agree that explicit documentation of the statistical procedure is necessary, especially since long-baseline results are systematics-dominated. The original manuscript in §4 describes the computation of oscillation spectra and their comparison to T2K and NOvA data but does not detail the precise form of the likelihood or chi-squared function. To address this, we will revise §4 to specify that the analysis employs the full published covariance matrices provided by the T2K and NOvA collaborations. We will also describe the marginalization over the relevant nuisance parameters for flux, cross-section, and detector uncertainties. This revision will confirm that the derived exclusion limits properly incorporate these systematics and are not artificially tight. We believe the updated description will strengthen the presentation of our results while preserving the central findings. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: standard data confrontation with external experiments

full rationale

The paper computes oscillation spectra with and without dark-dimension right-handed neutrino effects, then directly compares both to independent T2K and NOvA data sets to test compatibility with standard three-flavor oscillations and derive exclusion limits on the extra-dimension parameters. This is a conventional likelihood or chi-squared analysis against external experimental results; no step reduces a claimed prediction to a fitted input by construction, no self-citation is invoked as a uniqueness theorem or load-bearing premise, and the central result (compatibility plus limits) is not equivalent to the model definition or to any internal fit. The derivation therefore remains self-contained against external benchmarks.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 0 axioms · 0 invented entities

Only the abstract is available, so the ledger is necessarily incomplete. The central claim rests on the unstated assumption that the extra-dimension-induced right-handed neutrinos produce calculable modifications to oscillation probabilities that can be directly compared to data without additional free parameters beyond those already in the model.

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