Searching for eV-scale sterile neutrinos with eight years of atmospheric neutrinos at the IceCube Neutrino Telescope - INSPIRE

DataBETA

Searching for eV-scale sterile neutrinos with eight years of atmospheric neutrinos at the IceCube Neutrino Telescope

IceCube

Collaboration

May 26, 2020

32 pages

Published in:

Phys.Rev.D 102 (2020) 5, 052009

Published: Oct 1, 2020

e-Print:

2005.12943 [hep-ex]

DOI:

10.1103/PhysRevD.102.052009

Experiments:

ICECUBE

View in:

ADS Abstract Service

reference search84 citations

Citations per year

Abstract: (APS)

We report in detail on searches for eV-scale sterile neutrinos, in the context of a 3+1 model, using eight years of data from the IceCube Neutrino Telescope. By analyzing the reconstructed energies and zenith angles of 305,735 atmospheric νμ and ν¯μ events we construct confidence intervals in two analysis spaces: sin2(2θ24) vs Δm412 under the conservative assumption θ34=0; and sin2(2θ24) vs sin2(2θ34) given sufficiently large Δm412 that fast oscillation features are unresolvable. Detailed discussions of the event selection, systematic uncertainties, and fitting procedures are presented. No strong evidence for sterile neutrinos is found, and the best-fit likelihood is consistent with the no sterile neutrino hypothesis with a p value of 8% in the first analysis space and 19% in the second.

Note:

This long-form paper is a companion to the letter "An eV-scale sterile neutrino search using eight years of atmospheric muon neutrino data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory". v2: update other experiments contours on results plot

Particle Physics Experiments
neutrino: sterile
neutrino: detector
neutrino: atmosphere
IceCube
conservation law
neutrino: oscillation
neutrino: mixing angle
neutrino: mass difference
statistical analysis

References(213)

Figures(86)

[1]

Evidence for neutrino oscillations from the observation of $\bar{\nu}_e$ appearance in a $\bar{\nu}_\mu$ beam

LSND

Collaboration

•

A. Aguilar
(
- Los Alamos
)

et al.

- Phys.Rev.D 64 (2001) 112007
•
e-Print:
- hep-ex/0104049
•
DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.64.112007

[2]

Improved Search for $\bar \nu_\mu \rightarrow \bar \nu_e$ Oscillations in the MiniBooNE Experiment

MiniBooNE

Collaboration

•

A.A. Aguilar-Arevalo
(
- Mexico U., CEN
)

et al.

- Phys.Rev.Lett. 110 (2013) 161801
•
e-Print:
- 1303.2588
•
DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.161801

[3]

The Reactor Antineutrino Anomaly

G. Mention
(
- DAPNIA, Saclay
)
,
M. Fechner
(
- DAPNIA, Saclay
)
,
Th. Lasserre
(
- DAPNIA, Saclay and
- APC, Paris
)
,
Th.A. Mueller
(
- DAPNIA, Saclay
)
,
D. Lhuillier
(
- DAPNIA, Saclay
)

et al.

- Phys.Rev.D 83 (2011) 073006
•
e-Print:
- 1101.2755
•
DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.83.073006

[4]

Precision electroweak measurements on the $Z$ resonance

ALEPH and
DELPHI and
L3 and
OPAL and
SLD

Collaborations

•

S. Schael

et al.

- Phys.Rept. 427 (2006) 257-454
•
e-Print:
- hep-ex/0509008
•
DOI:
- 10.1016/j.physrep.2005.12.006

[5]

Unitarity and the three flavor neutrino mixing matrix

Stephen Parke
(
- Fermilab
)
,
Mark Ross-Lonergan
(
- Durham U., IPPP
)

- Phys.Rev.D 93 (2016) 11, 113009
•
e-Print:
- 1508.05095
•
DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.93.113009

[6]

Light Sterile Neutrinos: A White Paper

K.N. Abazajian
(
- UC, Irvine
)
,
M.A. Acero
(
- Mexico U., CEN
)
,
S.K. Agarwalla
(
- Valencia U.
)
,
A.A. Aguilar-Arevalo
(
- Mexico U., CEN
)
,
C.H. Albright
(
- Fermilab and
- Northern Illinois U.
)

et al.

e-Print:
- 1204.5379

[7]

LSND, SN1987A, and CPT violation

Hitoshi Murayama
(
- LBL, Berkeley and
- UC, Berkeley
)
,
T. Yanagida
(
- Tokyo U. and
- Tokyo U., RESCEU
)

- Phys.Lett.B 520 (2001) 263-268
•
e-Print:
- hep-ph/0010178
•
DOI:
- 10.1016/S0370-2693(01)01136-4

[8]

Interpreting the LSND anomaly: Sterile neutrinos or CPT violation or...?

Alessandro Strumia
(
- CERN
)

- Phys.Lett.B 539 (2002) 91-101
•
e-Print:
- hep-ph/0201134
•
DOI:
- 10.1016/S0370-2693(02)02042-7

[9]

CPT Violating Neutrinos in the Light of KamLAND

G. Barenboim
(
- Fermilab
)
,
L. Borissov
(
- Columbia U.
)
,
Joseph D. Lykken
(
- Fermilab and
- Chicago U., EFI
)

e-Print:
- hep-ph/0212116

[10]

Status of the CPT violating interpretations of the LSND signal

- Phys.Rev.D 68 (2003) 053007
•
e-Print:
- hep-ph/0306226
•
DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.68.053007

[11]

LSND anomaly from CPT violation in four neutrino models

- Phys.Lett.B 576 (2003) 303-308
•
e-Print:
- hep-ph/0308299
•
DOI:
- 10.1016/j.physletb.2003.10.004

[12]

A Combined analysis of short baseline neutrino experiments in the (3+1) and (3+2) sterile neutrino oscillation hypotheses

- Phys.Rev.D 70 (2004) 073004
•
e-Print:
- hep-ph/0305255
•
DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.70.073004

[13]

CPT violating decoherence and LSND: A Possible window to Planck scale physics

Gabriela Barenboim
(
- Valencia U. and
- Valencia U., IFIC
)
,
Nick E. Mavromatos
(
- King's Coll. London
)

- JHEP 01 (2005) 034
•
e-Print:
- hep-ph/0404014
•
DOI:
- 10.1088/1126-6708/2005/01/034

[14]

New matter effects in neutrino oscillation experiments

Kathryn M. Zurek
(
- Washington U., Seattle
)

- JHEP 10 (2004) 058
•
e-Print:
- hep-ph/0405141
•
DOI:
- 10.1088/1126-6708/2004/10/058

[15]

Neutrino oscillations as a probe of dark energy

- Phys.Rev.Lett. 93 (2004) 091801
•
e-Print:
- hep-ph/0401099
•
DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.091801

[16]

Sterile-active neutrino oscillations and shortcuts in the extra dimension

- Phys.Rev.D 72 (2005) 095017
•
e-Print:
- hep-ph/0504096
•
DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.72.095017

[17]

A Three-flavor, Lorentz-violating solution to the LSND anomaly

Andre de Gouvea
(
- Northwestern U.
)
,
Yuval Grossman
(
- Technion
)

- Phys.Rev.D 74 (2006) 093008
•
e-Print:
- hep-ph/0602237
•
DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.74.093008

[18]

LSND versus MiniBooNE: Sterile neutrinos with energy dependent masses and mixing?

Thomas Schwetz
(
- CERN
)

- JHEP 02 (2008) 011
•
e-Print:
- 0710.2985
•
DOI:
- 10.1088/1126-6708/2008/02/011

[19]

Reconciling results of LSND, MiniBooNE and other experiments with soft decoherence

Yasaman Farzan
(
- IPM, Tehran
)
,
Thomas Schwetz
(
- CERN
)
,
Alexei Yu Smirnov
(
- ICTP, Trieste and
- Moscow, INR
)

- JHEP 07 (2008) 067
•
e-Print:
- 0805.2098
•
DOI:
- 10.1088/1126-6708/2008/07/067

[20]

Baseline-dependent neutrino oscillations with extra-dimensional shortcuts

Sebastian Hollenberg
(
- Dortmund U.
)
,
Octavian Micu
(
- Dortmund U.
)
,
Heinrich Pas
(
- Dortmund U.
)
,
Thomas J. Weiler
(
- Vanderbilt U.
)

- Phys.Rev.D 80 (2009) 093005
•
e-Print:
- 0906.0150
•
DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.80.093005

[21]

Effects of CP Violation from Neutral Heavy Fermions on Neutrino Oscillations, and the LSND/MiniBooNE Anomalies

Ann E. Nelson
(
- Washington U., Seattle
)

- Phys.Rev.D 84 (2011) 053001
•
e-Print:
- 1010.3970
•
DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.84.053001

[22]

MiniBooNE and LSND data: Non-standard neutrino interactions in a (3+1) scheme versus (3+2) oscillations

- JHEP 10 (2010) 115
•
e-Print:
- 1007.4171
•
DOI:
- 10.1007/JHEP10(2010)115

[23]

Three-parameter Lorentz-violating texture for neutrino mixing

Jorge S. Diaz
(
- Indiana U.
)
,
V.Alan Kostelecky
(
- Indiana U.
)

- Phys.Lett.B 700 (2011) 25-28
•
e-Print:
- 1012.5985
•
DOI:
- 10.1016/j.physletb.2011.04.049

[24]

Three Twin Neutrinos: Evidence from LSND and MiniBooNE

Yang Bai
(
- Wisconsin U., Madison
)
,
Ran Lu
(
- Wisconsin U., Madison
)
,
Sida Lu
(
- Wisconsin U., Madison
)
,
Jordi Salvado
(
- Valencia U., IFIC
)
,
Ben A. Stefanek
(
- Wisconsin U., Madison
)

- Phys.Rev.D 93 (2016) 7, 073004
•
e-Print:
- 1512.05357
•
DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.93.073004

[25]

Appearance–disappearance relation in $3 + N_s$ short-baseline neutrino oscillations

C. Giunti
(
- INFN, Turin
)
,
E.M. Zavanin
(
- Campinas State U. and
- INFN, Turin and
- Turin U.
)

- Mod.Phys.Lett.A 31 (2015) 01, 1650003
•
e-Print:
- 1508.03172
•
DOI:
- 10.1142/S0217732316500036

1-25 of 213
1
2
3
4
5
•••
9
25 / page