Search for sterile neutrinos in MINOS and MINOS+ using a two-detector fit
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2019
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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 × 1020 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 þ 1 model. The most stringent limit to date is set on the mixing
parameter sin2 θ24 for most values of the sterile neutrino mass splitting Δm2
41 > 10−4 eV2.
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ADAMSON, P. et al. Search for sterile neutrinos in MINOS and MINOS+ using a two-detector fit. Physical Review Letters, Washington, v. 122, e091803, 2019. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.091803. Disponível em: https://journals.aps.org/prl/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.091803. Acesso em: 16 maio 2023.