Journal article
Search for Unstable Sterile Neutrinos with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory
07 Oct 2022
Abstract
We present a search for an unstable sterile neutrino by looking for a resonant signal in eight years of atmospheric ν_{μ} data collected from 2011 to 2019 at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. Both the (stable) three-neutrino and the 3+1 sterile neutrino models are disfavored relative to the unstable sterile neutrino model, though with p values of 2.8% and 0.81%, respectively, we do not observe evidence for 3+1 neutrinos with neutrino decay. The best-fit parameters for the sterile neutrino with decay model from this study are Δm_{41}^{2}=6.7_{-2.5}^{+3.9} eV^{2}, sin^{2}2θ_{24}=0.33_{-0.17}^{+0.20}, and g^{2}=2.5π±1.5π, where g is the decay-mediating coupling. The preferred regions of the 3+1+decay model from short-baseline oscillation searches are excluded at 90% C.L.
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- Title
- Search for Unstable Sterile Neutrinos with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory
- Creators
- R AbbasiM AckermannJ AdamsJ A AguilarM AhlersM AhrensJ M AlameddineA A AlvesN M AminK AndeenT AndersonG AntonC ArguellesY AshidaS AxaniX BaiA BalagopalS W BarwickB BastianV BasuS BaurR BayJ J BeattyK-H BeckerJ Becker TjusJ BeiseC BellenghiS BendaS BenZviD BerleyE BernardiniD Z BessonG BinderD BindigE BlaufussS BlotM BoddenbergF BontempoJ Y BookJ BorowkaS BoeserO BotnerJ BoettcherE BourbeauF BradascioJ BraunB BrinsonS BronJ Brostean-KaiserR T BurleyR S BusseM A CampanaE G Carnie-BroncaC ChenZ ChenD ChirkinK ChoiB A ClarkK ClarkL ClassenA ColemanG H CollinJ M ConradP CoppinP CorreaD F CowenR CrossC DappenP DaveC De ClercqJ J DeLaunayD Delgado LopezH DembinskiK DeoskarA DesaiP DesiatiK D de VriesG de WasseigeM de WithT DeYoungA DiazJ C Diaz-VelezM DittmerH DujmovicM DunkmanM A DuVernoisT EhrhardtP EllerR EngelH ErpenbeckJ EvansP A EvensonK L FanA R FazelyA FedynitchN FeiglS FiedlschusterA T FienbergC FinleyL FischerD FoxA FranckowiakE FriedmanA FritzP FuerstT K GaisserJ GallagherE GansterA GarciaS GarrappaL GerhardtA GhadimiC GlaserT GlauchT GluesenkampN GoehlkeJ G GonzalezS GoswamiD GrantT GregoireS GriswoldC GuentherP GutjahrC HaackA HallgrenR HallidayL HalveF HalzenM Ha MinhK HansonJ HardinA A HarnischA HaungsD HebeckerK HelbingF HenningsenE C HettingerS HickfordJ HignightC HillG C HillK D HoffmanK HoshinaW HouF HuangM HuberT HuberK HultqvistM HuennefeldR HussainK HymonS InN IovineA IshiharaM JanssonG S JaparidzeM JeongM JinBJP JonesD KangW KangX KangA KappesD KappesserL KardumT KargM KarlA KarleU KatzM KauerM KellermannJ L KelleyA KheirandishK KinT KintscherJ KirylukS R KleinA KochockiR KoiralaH KolanoskiT KontrimasL KoepkeC KopperS KopperD J KoskinenP KoundalM KovacevichM KowalskiT KozynetsE KrupczakE KunN KurahashiN LadC Lagunas GualdaJ L LanfranchiM J LarsonF LauberJ P LazarJ W LeeK LeonardA LeszczynskaY LiM LincettoQ R LiuM LiubarskaE LohfinkCJ Lozano MariscalL LuF LucarelliA LudwigW LuszczakY LyuW Y MaJ MadsenKBM MahnY MakinoS MancinaI C MarisI Martinez-SolerR MaruyamaS McCarthyT McElroyF McNallyJ MeadK MeagherS MechbalA MedinaM MeierS Meighen-BergerJ MicallefD MocklerT MontaruliR W MooreR MorseM MoulaiT MukherjeeR NaabR NagaiU NaumannJ NeckerL NguyenH NiederhausenM U NisaS C NowickiA Obertacke PollmannM OehlerB OeyenA OlivasE O'SullivanH PandyaD PankovaN ParkG K ParkerE N PaudelL PaulC Perez de los HerosL PetersJ PetersonS PhilippenS PieperA PizzutoM PlumY PopovychA PorcelliM Prado RodriguezB PriesG T PrzybylskiC RaabJ Rack-HelleisA RaissiM RameezK RawlinsI C ReaZ RechavA RehmanP ReichherzerR ReimannG RenziE ResconiS ReuschW RhodeM RichmanB RiedelE J RobertsS RobertsonG RoellinghoffM RongenC RottT RuheD RyckboschD Rysewyk CantuI SafaJ SafferP SampathkumarSE Sanchez HerreraA SandrockM SantanderS SarkarK SataleckaM SchaufelH SchielerS SchindlerT SchmidtA SchneiderJ SchneiderF G SchroderL SchumacherG SchweferS SclafaniD SeckelS SeunarineA SharmaS ShefaliN ShimizuM SilvaB SkrzypekB SmithersR SnihurJ SoedingreksoD SoldinC SpannfellnerG M SpiczakC SpieringJ StachurskaM StamatikosT StanevR SteinJ StettnerT StezelbergerT StuerwaldT StuttardG W SullivanI TaboadaS Ter-AntonyanJ ThwaitesS TilavF TischbeinK TollefsonC ToennisS ToscanoD TosiA TrettinM TselengidouC F TungA TurcatiR TurcotteC F TurleyJ P TwagirayezuB TyMA Unland ElorrietaN Valtonen-MattilaJ VandenbrouckeN van EijndhovenD VanneromJ van SantenJ Veitch-MichaelisS VerpoestC WalckW WangT B WatsonC WeaverP WeigelA WeindlM J WeissJ WeldertC WendtJ WerthebachM WeyrauchN WhitehornC H WiebuschN WilleyD R WilliamsM WolfG WredeJ WulffX W XuJ P YanezE YildizciS YoshidaS YuT YuanZ ZhangP Zhelnin
- Publisher
- AMER PHYSICAL SOC
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Accelerated Career Entry Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN); Physics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000898621400004
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85139876147
- Other Identifier
- 991020665715504721
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