Astrophysical Neutrinos in the Multi-Messenger Era and Their Broken Symmetries
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 8
Special Issue Editor
Interests: astroparticle physics; cosmic rays; gamma astronomy; neutrino astronomy; multi-messenger; cosmology; muon puzzle; beyond standard model; quantum gravity; Pauli exclusion principle; Bayesian analysis; machine learning
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Neutrino astronomy is the most promising among the astroparticle messengers. Neutrinos are emitted from the sun to supernovas, AGN, mergers, and all other sources. Given the nature of the neutrinos, they are the most direct indicator of weak interaction physics from astrophysical phenomena. This makes them the most reliable messenger to the others: cosmic rays, gammas, and gravitational waves. Furthermore, studying astrophysical neutrinos opens channels in neutrino physics which are yet to be fully understood and included in the standard model of particles, encouraging explorations of flavor oscillations, mass, chirality, and other broken symmetries.
In an era of multi-messengers and new installations of detectors around the world, this Special Issue aims to collect novel research and experimental results around neutrino astronomy, from new analysis techniques and updates on technology to their interconnections with other messengers and recent advances in neutrino physics in the astrophysical sector.
Dr. Alessio Porcelli
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- neutrino
- neutrino astronomy
- multi-messenger
- neutrino oscillation
- neutrino physics
- neutrino mass
- sterile neutrino
- right-handed neutrino
- Glashow resonance
- weak interaction broken symmetries
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