Reevaluamos el decaimiento visible de neutrinos en presencia de materia. Estudiamos estos efectos en dos futuros experimentos de long-baseline donde los efectos de materia son relevantes: DUNE (1300 km) y un hipotético haz dirigido hacia ANDES (7650 km). Encontramos que los efectos de materia del componente visible del decaimiento de neutrinos son insignificantes en DUNE, siendo mucho más relevante en ANDES. Realizamos una simulación detallada de DUNE, considerando los canales Vu disappearance y Ve appearance, para ambos modos FHC y RHC. La sensitividad de la constante de decaimiento alpha 3 puede ser tan baja como 2 x 10-6 eV2 a 90% C.L., dependiendo de la masa de los neutrinos y el tipo de acoplamiento. También mostramos el impacto del decaimiento de neutrinos en la determinación de theta23 y deltaCP, y encontrar que el mejor valor de ajuste de theta23 puede moverse desde un valor real en un octante inferior hacia un octante superior. / Neutrino visible decay in the presence of matter is re-evaluated. We study these effects in two future long-baseline experiments where matter effects are relevant: DUNE (1300 km) and a hypothetical beam aimed towards ANDES (7650 km). We find that matter effects are negligible for the visible component of neutrino decay at DUNE, being much more relevant at ANDES. We perform a detailed simulation of DUNE, considering Vu disappearance and Ve appearance channels, for both FHC and RHC modes. The sensitivity to the decay constant alpha 3 can be as low as 2 x 10-6 eV2 a 90% C.L., depending on the neutrino masses and type of coupling. We also show the impact of neutrino decay in the determination of theta23 and deltaCP, and find that the bestfit value of theta 23 can move from a true value at the lower octant towards the higher constant / Tesis

Reevaluamos el decaimiento visible de neutrinos en presencia de materia. Estudiamos estos efectos en dos futuros experimentos de long-baseline donde los efectos de materia son relevantes: DUNE (1300 km) y un hipotético haz dirigido hacia ANDES (7650 km). Encontramos que los efectos de materia del componente visible del decaimiento de neutrinos son insignificantes en DUNE, siendo mucho más relevante en ANDES. Realizamos una simulación detallada de DUNE, considerando los canales Vu disappearance y Ve appearance, para ambos modos FHC y RHC. La sensitividad de la constante de decaimiento alpha 3 puede ser tan baja como 2 x 10-6 eV2 a 90% C.L., dependiendo de la masa de los neutrinos y el tipo de acoplamiento. También mostramos el impacto del decaimiento de neutrinos en la determinación de theta23 y deltaCP, y encontrar que el mejor valor de ajuste de theta23 puede moverse desde un valor real en un octante inferior hacia un octante superior. / Neutrino visible decay in the presence of matter is re-evaluated. We study these effects in two future long-baseline experiments where matter effects are relevant: DUNE (1300 km) and a hypothetical beam aimed towards ANDES (7650 km). We find that matter effects are negligible for the visible component of neutrino decay at DUNE, being much more relevant at ANDES. We perform a detailed simulation of DUNE, considering Vu disappearance and Ve appearance channels, for both FHC and RHC modes. The sensitivity to the decay constant alpha 3 can be as low as 2 x 10-6 eV2 a 90% C.L., depending on the neutrino masses and type of coupling. We also show the impact of neutrino decay in the determination of theta23 and deltaCP, and find that the bestfit value of theta 23 can move from a true value at the lower octant towards the higher constant

[pt] Nesta tese estudamos o potencial que terão a próxima geração de detectores de neutrinos (JUNO, Hyper-Kamiokande e DUNE) para a detecção dos efeitos da matéria da Terra através da identificação das modulações no espectro de energia dos neutrinos de supernovas de colapso de núcleo em nossa galáxia, assumindo a possibilidade do decaimiento invisível de v2 após os neutrinos terem deixado a estrela, caminho da Terra. Simulações recentes do colapso gravitacional (e subsequente explosão) de estrelas com massa maior do que ~ 8Mo mostram que durante a fase de esfriamento as energias médias (Eve) e (Evx) tornam-se muito semelhantes e os fluxos tendem a se igualar, tornando difícil observar os efeitos da matéria da Terra usando um único detector. Neste trabalho mostramos que a inclusão do decaimiento dos neutrinos também cria a possibilidade de observar os efeitos em consideração no canal de detecção de neutrinos se o ordenamento de massa for normal e no canal anti-neutrino se o ordenamento for invertido, o que não é esperado na ausência de decaimento. Em particular, se a taxa de decaimento for maior do que ~ 70%, descobrimos que o decaimento invisível de v2 pode aumentar as possibilidades de observação dos efeitos da matéria da Terra, mesmo para supernovas a uma distância de 10 kpc de nós. / [en] In this thesis we studied the potential that the next-generation neutrino detectors (JUNO, Hyper-Kamiokande and DUNE) will have to the detection of the Earth matter effects through the identification of the modulations in the energy spectrum of neutrinos from core-collapse supernovae in our galaxy, assuming the possibility of the invisible decay of v2 after the neutrinos have left the star, on their way to Earth. Recent simulations of gravitational collapse (and subsequent explosion) of stars more massive than ~ 8Mo show that during the cooling phase the average energies (EVe) and (Evx) become very similar and the fluxes tend to equalize, making it difficult to observe the Earth matter effects using a single detector. In this work we show that the inclusion of neutrino decay creates also the possibility of observing the effects under consideration in the neutrino detection channel if the mass ordering is normal and in the anti-neutrino channel if the ordering is inverted, which is not expected in the absence of neutrino decay. In particular, if the decay rate is more than ~ 70%, we find that the invisible neutrino decay of v2 can enhance the observation possibilities of Earth matter effects even for supernovae at a distance of 10 kpc from us.