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  "abstract": "We present an extension of the Standard Model based upon the gauged $U(1)_{L_μ- L_τ}$ symmetry, featuring an ultra-light vector boson that couples to the difference of muon and tau lepton numbers. This anomaly-free construction, historically motivated by the muon's anomalous magnetic moment, is employed here as an independent phenomenological framework for solar neutrino physics. Through kinetic mixing with the photon, the $Z^\\prime$ boson generates an effective matter potential within the solar interior, thereby modifying neutrino flavour oscillations via the Mikheyev--Smirnov--Wolfenstein mechanism. Utilising recent solar neutrino measurements from Borexino, SNO, and Super-Kamiokande, together with an up-to-date standard solar model, we constrain the boson mass to be below $5.7\\times 10^{-17}\\,{\\rm eV}$, a potential ultra-light dark matter candidate. The optimal model, with coupling parameter $η_o \\approx -2$, yields $χ_ν^2 = 2.7$, compared with $χ_ν^2 = 3.1$ for the standard three-flavour scenario. This best fit corresponds to an effective four-fermion coupling $g_{Z^\\prime}^2 \\varepsilon / m_{Z^\\prime}^2 \\approx 6.6 \\times 10^{-23}\\,{\\rm eV}^{-2}$, approximately $5.7$ times the Fermi constant, equivalent for $\\varepsilon \\approx 1$ and a reference mediator mass of $1\\,{\\rm eV}$ to a gauge coupling $g_{Z^\\prime} \\approx 8\\times 10^{-12}$. We also present projections for forthcoming experiments: the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO), operating since August 2025 with world-leading precision on oscillation parameters, together with the XLZD consortium, should substantially refine these constraints. Such ultra-light particles may address long-standing discrepancies in galaxy simulations within the cold dark matter paradigm, whilst terrestrial long-baseline neutrino experiments provide complementary probes of this parameter space.",
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  "article_type": "Journal reference: Phys. Rev. D 114, 075018, Published 13 October, 2026",
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      "name": "Ilídio Lopes"
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  "published": "2026-09-27",
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  "title": "Constraining Ultra-Light Vector Bosons via Solar Neutrino Oscillations: The Gauged $L_μ- L_τ$ Model and Prospects for JUNO and XLZD",
  "title_text": "Constraining Ultra-Light Vector Bosons via Solar Neutrino Oscillations: The Gauged L_μ− L_τ Model and Prospects for JUNO and XLZD",
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