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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author | 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 |
author_facet | 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 |
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description | 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. |
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spelling | oxford-uuid:78066b59-52a0-45fb-be67-a56f7d48a89e2022-03-26T20:28:10ZActive to sterile neutrino mixing limits from neutral-current interactions in MINOS.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:78066b59-52a0-45fb-be67-a56f7d48a89eEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2011Adamson, PAuty, DAyres, DBackhouse, CBarr, GBishai, MBlake, ABock, GBoehnlein, DBogert, DCavanaugh, SCherdack, DChildress, SCoelho, JColeman, SCorwin, LCronin-Hennessy, DDanko, Ide Jong, JDevenish, NDiwan, MDorman, MEscobar, CEvans, JFalk, EResults 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. |
spellingShingle | 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 Active to sterile neutrino mixing limits from neutral-current interactions in MINOS. |
title | Active to sterile neutrino mixing limits from neutral-current interactions in MINOS. |
title_full | Active to sterile neutrino mixing limits from neutral-current interactions in MINOS. |
title_fullStr | Active to sterile neutrino mixing limits from neutral-current interactions in MINOS. |
title_full_unstemmed | Active to sterile neutrino mixing limits from neutral-current interactions in MINOS. |
title_short | Active to sterile neutrino mixing limits from neutral-current interactions in MINOS. |
title_sort | active to sterile neutrino mixing limits from neutral current interactions in minos |
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