Active to sterile neutrino mixing limits from neutral-current interactions in MINOS.

Results are reported from a search for active to sterile neutrino oscillations in the MINOS long-baseline experiment, based on the observation of neutral-current neutrino interactions, from an exposure to the NuMI neutrino beam of 7.07×10(20) protons on target. A total of 802 neutral-current event c...

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Príomhchruthaitheoirí: Adamson, P, Auty, D, Ayres, D, Backhouse, C, Barr, G, Bishai, M, Blake, A, Bock, G, Boehnlein, D, Bogert, D, Cavanaugh, S, Cherdack, D, Childress, S, Coelho, J, Coleman, S, Corwin, L, Cronin-Hennessy, D, Danko, I, de Jong, J, Devenish, N, Diwan, M, Dorman, M, Escobar, C, Evans, J, Falk, E
Formáid: Journal article
Teanga:English
Foilsithe / Cruthaithe: 2011
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Achoimre:Results are reported from a search for active to sterile neutrino oscillations in the MINOS long-baseline experiment, based on the observation of neutral-current neutrino interactions, from an exposure to the NuMI neutrino beam of 7.07×10(20) protons on target. A total of 802 neutral-current event candidates is observed in the Far Detector, compared to an expected number of 754 ± 28(stat) ± 37(syst) for oscillations among three active flavors. The fraction f(s) of disappearing ν(μ) that may transition to ν(s) is found to be less than 22% at the 90% C.L.