Search for active-sterile neutrino mixing using neutral-current interactions in NOvA

P. Adamson; L. Aliaga; D. Ambrose; N. Anfimov; A. Antoshkin; E. Arrieta-Diaz; K. Augsten; A. Aurisano; C. Backhouse; M. Baird; B. A. Bambah; K. Bays; B. Behera; S. Bending; R. Bernstein; V. Bhatnagar; B. Bhuyan; J. Bian; T. Blackburn; A. Bolshakova; C. Bromberg; J. Brown; G. Brunetti; N. Buchanan; A. Butkevich; V. Bychkov; M. Campbell; E. Catano-Mur; S. Childress; B. C. Choudhary; B. Chowdhury; T. E. Coan; J. A.B. Coelho; M. Colo; J. Cooper; L. Corwin; L. Cremonesi; D. Cronin-Hennessy; G. S. Davies; J. P. Davies; P. F. Derwent; R. Dharmapalan; P. Ding; Z. Djurcic; A. Habig; K. Heller; M. L. Marshak; G. Pawloski; R. Poling; M. Strait; (The NOvA Collaboration)

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.96.072006

Search for active-sterile neutrino mixing using neutral-current interactions in NOvA

P. Adamson, L. Aliaga, D. Ambrose, N. Anfimov, A. Antoshkin, E. Arrieta-Diaz, K. Augsten, A. Aurisano, C. Backhouse, M. Baird, B. A. Bambah, K. Bays, B. Behera, S. Bending, R. Bernstein, V. Bhatnagar, B. Bhuyan, J. Bian, T. Blackburn, A. BolshakovaC. Bromberg, J. Brown, G. Brunetti, N. Buchanan, A. Butkevich, V. Bychkov, M. Campbell, E. Catano-Mur, S. Childress, B. C. Choudhary, B. Chowdhury, T. E. Coan, J. A.B. Coelho, M. Colo, J. Cooper, L. Corwin, L. Cremonesi, D. Cronin-Hennessy, G. S. Davies, J. P. Davies, P. F. Derwent, R. Dharmapalan, P. Ding, Z. Djurcic, A. Habig, K. Heller, M. L. Marshak, G. Pawloski, R. Poling, M. Strait, (The NOvA Collaboration)

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We report results from the first search for sterile neutrinos mixing with active neutrinos through a reduction in the rate of neutral-current interactions over a baseline of 810 km between the NOvA detectors. Analyzing a 14-kton detector equivalent exposure of 6.05×1020 protons-on-target in the NuMI beam at Fermilab, we observe 95 neutral-current candidates at the Far Detector compared with 83.5±9.7(stat)±9.4(syst) events predicted assuming mixing only occurs between active neutrino species. No evidence for νμ→νs transitions is found. Interpreting these results within a 3+1 model, we place constraints on the mixing angles θ24<20.8° and θ34<31.2° at the 90% C.L. for 0.05 eV2≤Δm412≤0.5 eV2, the range of mass splittings that produce no significant oscillations over the Near Detector baseline.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	072006
Journal	Physical Review D
Volume	96
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.96.072006
State	Published - Oct 30 2017

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The NOvA collaboration uses the resources of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), a U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, HEP User Facility. Fermilab is managed by Fermi Research Alliance, LLC (FRA), acting under Contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11359. This research was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy; the U.S. National Science Foundation; the Department of Science and Technology, India; the European Research Council; the MSMT CR, GA UK, Czech Republic; the RAS, RMES, and RFBR, Russia; CNPq and FAPEG, Brazil; and the State and University of Minnesota. We are grateful for the contributions of the staff at Fermilab and the NOvA Far Detector Laboratory.

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Adamson, P., Aliaga, L., Ambrose, D., Anfimov, N., Antoshkin, A., Arrieta-Diaz, E., Augsten, K., Aurisano, A., Backhouse, C., Baird, M., Bambah, B. A., Bays, K., Behera, B., Bending, S., Bernstein, R., Bhatnagar, V., Bhuyan, B., Bian, J., Blackburn, T., ... (The NOvA Collaboration) (2017). Search for active-sterile neutrino mixing using neutral-current interactions in NOvA. Physical Review D, 96(7), [072006]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.96.072006

Adamson, P, Aliaga, L, Ambrose, D, Anfimov, N, Antoshkin, A, Arrieta-Diaz, E, Augsten, K, Aurisano, A, Backhouse, C, Baird, M, Bambah, BA, Bays, K, Behera, B, Bending, S, Bernstein, R, Bhatnagar, V, Bhuyan, B, Bian, J, Blackburn, T, Bolshakova, A, Bromberg, C, Brown, J, Brunetti, G, Buchanan, N, Butkevich, A, Bychkov, V, Campbell, M, Catano-Mur, E, Childress, S, Choudhary, BC, Chowdhury, B, Coan, TE, Coelho, JAB, Colo, M, Cooper, J, Corwin, L, Cremonesi, L, Cronin-Hennessy, D, Davies, GS, Davies, JP, Derwent, PF, Dharmapalan, R, Ding, P, Djurcic, Z, Habig, A , Heller, K , Marshak, ML , Pawloski, G, Poling, R, Strait, M & (The NOvA Collaboration) 2017, 'Search for active-sterile neutrino mixing using neutral-current interactions in NOvA', Physical Review D, vol. 96, no. 7, 072006. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.96.072006

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