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

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doi:10.1103/physrevlett.134.081804

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

Acero M., Acharya B., Adamson P., Anfimov N., Antoshkin A., Arrieta-Diaz E., ...Daha Fazla

Physical Review Letters, cilt.134, sa.8, 2025 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 134 Sayı: 8
Basım Tarihi: 2025
Doi Numarası: 10.1103/physrevlett.134.081804
Dergi Adı: Physical Review Letters
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Aerospace Database, Chemical Abstracts Core, Compendex, INSPEC, zbMATH, DIALNET, Nature Index
Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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, 13.6×1020 protons on target, doubles that previously analyzed by NOvA, and the analysis is the first to use νμ 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 Δm412 range extending 2 (3) orders of magnitude above (below) 1 eV2. 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 ντ appearance for Δm412≤3 eV2.