Search for Sterile Neutrinos in MINOS and MINOS+ Using a Two-Detector Fit.

Journal

Physical review letters
ISSN: 1079-7114
Titre abrégé: Phys Rev Lett
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0401141

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
08 Mar 2019
Historique:
revised: 30 05 2018
received: 23 10 2017
entrez: 2 4 2019
pubmed: 2 4 2019
medline: 2 4 2019
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

A search for mixing between active neutrinos and light sterile neutrinos has been performed by looking for muon neutrino disappearance in two detectors at baselines of 1.04 and 735 km, using a combined MINOS and MINOS+ exposure of 16.36×10^{20} protons on target. A simultaneous fit to the charged-current muon neutrino and neutral-current neutrino energy spectra in the two detectors yields no evidence for sterile neutrino mixing using a 3+1 model. The most stringent limit to date is set on the mixing parameter sin^{2}θ_{24} for most values of the sterile neutrino mass splitting Δm_{41}^{2}>10^{-4}  eV^{2}.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.091803 PMID: 30932529
pubmed: 30932529
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.091803
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

091803

Auteurs

P Adamson (P)

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.

I Anghel (I)

Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA.
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 USA.

A Aurisano (A)

Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA.

G Barr (G)

Subdepartment of Particle Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom.

M Bishai (M)

Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA.

A Blake (A)

Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom.
Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YB, United Kingdom.

G J Bock (GJ)

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.

D Bogert (D)

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.

S V Cao (SV)

Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA.

T J Carroll (TJ)

Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA.

C M Castromonte (CM)

Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal de Goiás, 74690-900 Goiânia, GO, Brazil.

R Chen (R)

School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom.

S Childress (S)

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.

J A B Coelho (JAB)

Physics Department, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA.

L Corwin (L)

Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA.

D Cronin-Hennessy (D)

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.

J K de Jong (JK)

Subdepartment of Particle Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom.

S De Rijck (S)

Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA.

A V Devan (AV)

Department of Physics, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA.

N E Devenish (NE)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QH, United Kingdom.

M V Diwan (MV)

Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA.

C O Escobar (CO)

Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, CP 6165, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil.

J J Evans (JJ)

School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom.

E Falk (E)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QH, United Kingdom.

G J Feldman (GJ)

Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.

W Flanagan (W)

Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA.

M V Frohne (MV)

Holy Cross College, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA.

M Gabrielyan (M)

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.

H R Gallagher (HR)

Physics Department, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA.

S Germani (S)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.

R A Gomes (RA)

Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal de Goiás, 74690-900 Goiânia, GO, Brazil.

M C Goodman (MC)

Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA.

P Gouffon (P)

Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, CP 66318, 05315-970 São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

N Graf (N)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA.

R Gran (R)

Department of Physics, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota 55812, USA.

K Grzelak (K)

Department of Physics, University of Warsaw, PL-02-093 Warsaw, Poland.

A Habig (A)

Department of Physics, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota 55812, USA.

S R Hahn (SR)

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.

J Hartnell (J)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QH, United Kingdom.

R Hatcher (R)

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.

A Holin (A)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.

J Huang (J)

Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA.

J Hylen (J)

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.

G M Irwin (GM)

Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.

Z Isvan (Z)

Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA.

C James (C)

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.

D Jensen (D)

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.

T Kafka (T)

Physics Department, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA.

S M S Kasahara (SMS)

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.

L W Koerner (LW)

Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA.

G Koizumi (G)

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.

M Kordosky (M)

Department of Physics, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA.

A Kreymer (A)

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.

K Lang (K)

Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA.

J Ling (J)

Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA.

P J Litchfield (PJ)

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom.

P Lucas (P)

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.

W A Mann (WA)

Physics Department, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA.

M L Marshak (ML)

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.

N Mayer (N)

Physics Department, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA.

C McGivern (C)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA.

M M Medeiros (MM)

Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal de Goiás, 74690-900 Goiânia, GO, Brazil.

R Mehdiyev (R)

Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA.

J R Meier (JR)

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.

M D Messier (MD)

Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA.

W H Miller (WH)

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.

S R Mishra (SR)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA.

S Moed Sher (S)

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.

C D Moore (CD)

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.

L Mualem (L)

Lauritsen Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.

J Musser (J)

Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA.

D Naples (D)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA.

J K Nelson (JK)

Department of Physics, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA.

H B Newman (HB)

Lauritsen Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.

R J Nichol (RJ)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.

J A Nowak (JA)

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.

J O'Connor (J)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.

M Orchanian (M)

Lauritsen Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.

R B Pahlka (RB)

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.

J Paley (J)

Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA.

R B Patterson (RB)

Lauritsen Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.

G Pawloski (G)

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.

A Perch (A)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.

M M Pfützner (MM)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.

D D Phan (DD)

Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA.

S Phan-Budd (S)

Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA.

R K Plunkett (RK)

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.

N Poonthottathil (N)

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.

X Qiu (X)

Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.

A Radovic (A)

Department of Physics, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA.

B Rebel (B)

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.

C Rosenfeld (C)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA.

H A Rubin (HA)

Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA.

P Sail (P)

Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA.

M C Sanchez (MC)

Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA.
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 USA.

J Schneps (J)

Physics Department, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA.

A Schreckenberger (A)

Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA.

P Schreiner (P)

Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA.

R Sharma (R)

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.

A Sousa (A)

Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA.

N Tagg (N)

Otterbein University, Westerville, Ohio 43081, USA.

R L Talaga (RL)

Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA.

J Thomas (J)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.

M A Thomson (MA)

Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom.

X Tian (X)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA.

A Timmons (A)

School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom.

J Todd (J)

Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA.

S C Tognini (SC)

Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal de Goiás, 74690-900 Goiânia, GO, Brazil.

R Toner (R)

Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.

D Torretta (D)

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.

G Tzanakos (G)

Department of Physics, University of Athens, GR-15771 Athens, Greece.

J Urheim (J)

Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA.

P Vahle (P)

Department of Physics, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA.

B Viren (B)

Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA.

A Weber (A)

Subdepartment of Particle Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom.
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom.

R C Webb (RC)

Physics Department, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA.

C White (C)

Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA.

L H Whitehead (LH)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.

S G Wojcicki (SG)

Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.

R Zwaska (R)

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.

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