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NOvA中活性到惰性中微子振荡的双基线搜索

Dual-Baseline Search for Active-to-Sterile Neutrino Oscillations in NOvA

The NOvA Collaboration

AI总结:

NOvA利用双基线数据,在3+1模型下搜索活性到惰性中微子振荡,未发现证据,并给出新限制及最严的ν_τ出现上限。

摘要:

我们报告了在具有三个活性中微子和一个惰性中微子的模型(3+1模型)下对中微子振荡到惰性中微子的搜索。该分析使用暴露于NuMI束流中的NOvA探测器,以中微子模式运行。数据曝光量为13.6e20个质子打靶,是NOvA先前分析的两倍,并且该分析首次将ν_μ带电电流相互作用与中性电流相互作用结合使用。近探测器和远探测器中的中微子样本同时拟合,使得搜索能够在Δm^2_{41}范围上延伸,该范围在1 eV^2以上(以下)跨越2(3)个数量级。NOvA在90%置信水平下未发现3+1模型下活性到惰性中微子振荡的证据。在参数空间的多个区域报告了新的限制,排除了IceCube目前在90%置信水平下允许的一些区域。此外,我们为Δm^{2}_{41} ≤ 3 eV^2的异常ν_τ出现设置了最严格的限制。

英文摘要:

We report a search for neutrino oscillations to sterile neutrinos under a model with three active and one sterile neutrinos (3+1 model). This analysis uses the NOvA detectors exposed to the NuMI beam, running in neutrino mode. The data exposure, 13.6e20 protons on target, doubles that previously analyzed by NOvA, and the analysis is the first to use $ν_μ$ charged-current interactions in conjunction with neutral-current interactions. Neutrino samples in the Near and Far detectors are fitted simultaneously, enabling the search to be carried out over a $Δm^2_{41}$ range extending 2 (3) orders of magnitude above (below) 1 eV$^2$. NOvA finds no evidence for active-to-sterile neutrino oscillations under the 3+1 model at 90% confidence level. New limits are reported in multiple regions of parameter space, excluding some regions currently allowed by IceCube at 90% confidence level. We additionally set the most stringent limits for anomalous $ν_τ$ appearance for $Δm^{2}_{41} \le 3$ eV$^2$.

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