Search for Sterile Neutrinos Mixing with Muon Neutrinos in MINOS.

Autor: Adamson P; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA., Anghel I; Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA.; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 USA., Aurisano A; Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA., Barr G; Subdepartment of Particle Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom., Bishai M; Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA., Blake A; Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom.; Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YB, United Kingdom., Bock GJ; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA., Bogert D; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA., Cao SV; Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA., Carroll TJ; Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA., Castromonte CM; Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal de Goiás, 74690-900 Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil., Chen R; School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom., Childress S; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA., Coelho JA; Physics Department, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA., Corwin L; Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA., Cronin-Hennessy D; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA., de Jong JK; Subdepartment of Particle Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom., De Rijck S; Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA., Devan AV; Department of Physics, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA., Devenish NE; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QH, United Kingdom., Diwan MV; Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA., Escobar CO; Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, CP 6165, 13083-970 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil., Evans JJ; School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom., Falk E; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QH, United Kingdom., Feldman GJ; Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA., Flanagan W; Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA., Frohne MV; Holy Cross College, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA., Gabrielyan M; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA., Gallagher HR; Physics Department, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA., Germani S; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom., Gomes RA; Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal de Goiás, 74690-900 Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil., Goodman MC; Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA., Gouffon P; Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, CP 66318, 05315-970 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil., Graf N; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA., Gran R; Department of Physics, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota 55812, USA., Grzelak K; Department of Physics, University of Warsaw, PL-02-093 Warsaw, Poland., Habig A; Department of Physics, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota 55812, USA., Hahn SR; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA., Hartnell J; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QH, United Kingdom., Hatcher R; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA., Holin A; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom., Huang J; Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA., Hylen J; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA., Irwin GM; Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA., Isvan Z; Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA., James C; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA., Jensen D; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA., Kafka T; Physics Department, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA., Kasahara SM; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA., Koizumi G; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA., Kordosky M; Department of Physics, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA., Kreymer A; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA., Lang K; Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA., Ling J; Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA., Litchfield PJ; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.; Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom., Lucas P; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA., Mann WA; Physics Department, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA., Marshak ML; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA., Mayer N; Physics Department, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA., McGivern C; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA., Medeiros MM; Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal de Goiás, 74690-900 Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil., Mehdiyev R; Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA., Meier JR; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA., Messier MD; Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA., Miller WH; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA., Mishra SR; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA., Moed Sher S; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA., Moore CD; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA., Mualem L; Lauritsen Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA., Musser J; Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA., Naples D; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA., Nelson JK; Department of Physics, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA., Newman HB; Lauritsen Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA., Nichol RJ; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom., Nowak JA; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA., O'Connor J; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom., Orchanian M; Lauritsen Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA., Pahlka RB; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA., Paley J; Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA., Patterson RB; Lauritsen Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA., Pawloski G; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA., Perch A; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom., Pfützner MM; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom., Phan DD; Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA., Phan-Budd S; Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA., Plunkett RK; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA., Poonthottathil N; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA., Qiu X; Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA., Radovic A; Department of Physics, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA., Rebel B; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA., Rosenfeld C; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA., Rubin HA; Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA., Sail P; Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA., Sanchez MC; Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA.; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 USA., Schneps J; Physics Department, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA., Schreckenberger A; Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA., Schreiner P; Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA., Sharma R; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA., Sousa A; Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA., Tagg N; Otterbein University, Westerville, Ohio 43081, USA., Talaga RL; Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA., Thomas J; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom., Thomson MA; Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom., Tian X; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA., Timmons A; School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom., Todd J; Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA., Tognini SC; Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal de Goiás, 74690-900 Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil., Toner R; Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA., Torretta D; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA., Tzanakos G; Department of Physics, University of Athens, GR-15771 Athens, Greece., Urheim J; Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA., Vahle P; Department of Physics, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA., Viren B; Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA., Weber A; Subdepartment of Particle Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom.; Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom., Webb RC; Physics Department, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA., White C; Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA., Whitehead L; Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA., Whitehead LH; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom., Wojcicki SG; Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA., Zwaska R; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Physical review letters [Phys Rev Lett] 2016 Oct 07; Vol. 117 (15), pp. 151803. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Oct 07.
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.151803
Abstrakt: We report results of a search for oscillations involving a light sterile neutrino over distances of 1.04 and 735 km in a ν_{μ}-dominated beam with a peak energy of 3 GeV. The data, from an exposure of 10.56×10^{20} protons on target, are analyzed using a phenomenological model with one sterile neutrino. We constrain the mixing parameters θ_{24} and Δm_{41}^{2} and set limits on parameters of the four-dimensional Pontecorvo-Maki-Nakagawa-Sakata matrix, |U_{μ4}|^{2} and |U_{τ4}|^{2}, under the assumption that mixing between ν_{e} and ν_{s} is negligible (|U_{e4}|^{2}=0). No evidence for ν_{μ}→ν_{s} transitions is found and we set a world-leading limit on θ_{24} for values of Δm_{41}^{2}≲1  eV^{2}.
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