A search for an eV-scale sterile neutrino using improved high-energy $u_\mu$ event reconstruction in IceCube

IceCube Collaboration; R Abbasi; M Ackermann; J Adams; S. K Agarwalla; J. A Aguilar; M Ahlers; J. M Alameddine; N. M Amin; K Andeen; C Argüelles; Y Ashida; S Athanasiadou; L Ausborm; S. N Axani; X Bai; A. Balagopal V; M Baricevic; S. W Barwick; S Bash; V Basu; R Bay; J. J Beatty; J. Becker Tjus; J Beise; C Bellenghi; C Benning; S BenZvi; D Berley; E Bernardini; D. Z Besson; E Blaufuss; L Bloom; S Blot; F Bontempo; J. Y. Book Motzkin; C. Boscolo Meneguolo; S Böser; O Botner; J Böttcher; J Braun; B Brinson; J Brostean-Kaiser; L Brusa; R. T Burley; D Butterfield; M. A Campana; I Caracas; K Carloni; J Carpio; S Chattopadhyay; N Chau; Z Chen; D Chirkin; S Choi; B. A Clark; A Coleman; G. H Collin; A Connolly; J. M Conrad; P Coppin; R Corley; P Correa; D. F Cowen; P Dave; C De Clercq; J. J DeLaunay; D Delgado; S Deng; A Desai; P Desiati; K. D de Vries; G de Wasseige; A Diaz; J. C Díaz-Vélez; P Dierichs; M Dittmer; A Domi; L Draper; H Dujmovic; K Dutta; M. A DuVernois; T Ehrhardt; L Eidenschink; A Eimer; P Eller; E Ellinger; S. El Mentawi; D Elsässer; R Engel; H Erpenbeck; J Evans; P. A Evenson; K. L Fan; K Fang; K Farrag; A. R Fazely; A Fedynitch; N Feigl; S Fiedlschuster; C Finley; L Fischer; D Fox; A Franckowiak; S Fukami; P Fürst; J Gallagher; E Ganster; A Garcia; M Garcia; G Garg; E Genton; L Gerhardt; A Ghadimi; C Girard-Carillo; C Glaser; T Glüsenkamp; J. G Gonzalez; S Goswami; A Granados; D Grant; S. J Gray; O Gries; S Griffin; S Griswold; K. M Groth; C Günther; P Gutjahr; C Ha; C Haack; A Hallgren; L Halve; F Halzen; H Hamdaoui; M. Ha Minh; M Handt; K Hanson; J Hardin; A. A Harnisch; P Hatch; A Haungs; J Häußler; K Helbing; J Hellrung; J Hermannsgabner; L Heuermann; N Heyer; S Hickford; A Hidvegi; C Hill; G. C Hill; K. D Hoffman; S Hori; K Hoshina; M Hostert; W Hou; T Huber; K Hultqvist; M Hünnefeld; R Hussain; K Hymon; A Ishihara; W Iwakiri; M Jacquart; O Janik; M Jansson; G. S Japaridze; M Jeong; M Jin; B. J. P Jones; N Kamp; D Kang; W Kang; X Kang; A Kappes; D Kappesser; L Kardum; T Karg; M Karl; A Karle; A Katil; U Katz; M Kauer; J. L Kelley; M Khanal; A. Khatee Zathul; A Kheirandish; J Kiryluk; S. R Klein; A Kochocki; R Koirala; H Kolanoski; T Kontrimas; L Köpke; C Kopper; D. J Koskinen; P Koundal; M Kovacevich; M Kowalski; T Kozynets; J Krishnamoorthi; K Kruiswijk; E Krupczak; A Kumar; E Kun; N Kurahashi; N Lad; C. Lagunas Gualda; M Lamoureux; M. J Larson; S Latseva; F Lauber; J. P Lazar; J. W Lee; K. Leonard DeHolton; A Leszczyńska; J Liao; M Lincetto; Y. T Liu; M Liubarska; E Lohfink; C Love; C. J. Lozano Mariscal; L Lu; F Lucarelli; W Luszczak; Y Lyu; J Madsen; E Magnus; K. B. M Mahn; Y Makino; E Manao; S Mancina; W. Marie Sainte; I. C Mariş; S Marka; Z Marka; M Marsee; I Martinez-Soler; R Maruyama; F Mayhew; F McNally; J. V Mead; K Meagher; S Mechbal; A Medina; M Meier; Y Merckx; L Merten; J Micallef; J Mitchell; T Montaruli; R. W Moore; Y Morii; R Morse; M Moulai; T Mukherjee; R Naab; R Nagai; M Nakos; U Naumann; J Necker; A Negi; L Neste; M Neumann; H Niederhausen; M. U Nisa; K Noda; A Noell; A Novikov; A. Obertacke Pollmann; V O'Dell; B Oeyen; A Olivas; R Orsoe; J Osborn; E O'Sullivan; H Pandya; N Park; G. K Parker; E. N Paudel; L Paul; C. Pérez de los Heros; T Pernice; J Peterson; S Philippen; A Pizzuto; M Plum; A Pontén; Y Popovych; M. Prado Rodriguez; B Pries; R Procter-Murphy; G. T Przybylski; C Raab; J Rack-Helleis; M Ravn; K Rawlins; Z Rechav; A Rehman; P Reichherzer; E Resconi; S Reusch; W Rhode; B Riedel; A Rifaie; E. J Roberts; S Robertson; S Rodan; G Roellinghoff; M Rongen; A Rosted; C Rott; T Ruhe; L Ruohan; D Ryckbosch; I Safa; J Saffer; D Salazar-Gallegos; P Sampathkumar; A Sandrock; M Santander; S Sarkar; J Savelberg; P Savina; P Schaile; M Schaufel; H Schieler; S Schindler; B Schlüter; F Schlüter; N Schmeisser; T Schmidt; J Schneider; F. G Schröder; L Schumacher; S Sclafani; D Seckel; M Seikh; M Seo; S Seunarine; P. Sevle Myhr; R Shah; S Shefali; N Shimizu; M Silva; B Skrzypek; B Smithers; R Snihur; J Soedingrekso; A Søgaard; D Soldin; P Soldin; G Sommani; C Spannfellner; G. M Spiczak; C Spiering; C Sponsler; M Stamatikos; T Stanev; T Stezelberger; T Stürwald; T Stuttard; G. W Sullivan; I Taboada; S Ter-Antonyan; A Terliuk; M Thiesmeyer; W. G Thompson; J Thwaites; S Tilav; K Tollefson; C Tönnis; S Toscano; D Tosi; A Trettin; R Turcotte; J. P Twagirayezu; M. A. Unland Elorrieta; A. K Upadhyay; K Upshaw; A Vaidyanathan; N Valtonen-Mattila; J Vandenbroucke; N van Eijndhoven; D Vannerom; J van Santen; J Vara; J Veitch-Michaelis; M Venugopal; M Vereecken; S Verpoest; D Veske; A Vijai; C Walck; A Wang; C Weaver; P Weigel; A Weindl; J Weldert; A. Y Wen; C Wendt; J Werthebach; M Weyrauch; N Whitehorn; C. H Wiebusch; D. R Williams; L Witthaus; A Wolf; M Wolf; G Wrede; X. W Xu; J. P Yanez; E Yildizci; S Yoshida; R Young; S Yu; T Yuan; Z Zhang; P Zhelnin; P Zilberman; M Zimmerman

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A search for an eV-scale sterile neutrino using improved high-energy $u_\mu$ event reconstruction in IceCube

IceCube Collaboration, R Abbasi, M Ackermann, J Adams, S. K Agarwalla, J. A Aguilar, M Ahlers, J. M Alameddine, N. M Amin, K Andeen, …

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13 May 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2405.08070

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Physics - High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

This Letter presents the result of a 3+1 sterile neutrino search using 10.7 years of IceCube data. We analyze atmospheric muon neutrinos that traverse the Earth with energies ranging from 0.5 to 100 TeV, incorporating significant improvements in modeling neutrino flux and detector response compared to earlier studies. Notably, for the first time, we categorize data into starting and through-going events, distinguishing neutrino interactions with vertices inside or outside the instrumented volume, to improve energy resolution. The best-fit point for a 3+1 model is found to be at $\sin^2(2\theta_{24}) = 0.16$ and $\Delta m^{2}_{41} = 3.5$ eV$^2$, which agrees with previous iterations of this study. The result is consistent with the null hypothesis of no sterile neutrinos with a p-value of 3.1\%.

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Title: A search for an eV-scale sterile neutrino using improved high-energy $u_\mu$ event reconstruction in IceCube
Creators: IceCube Collaboration
R Abbasi
M Ackermann
J Adams
S. K Agarwalla
J. A Aguilar
M Ahlers
J. M Alameddine
N. M Amin
K Andeen
C Argüelles
Y Ashida
S Athanasiadou
L Ausborm
S. N Axani
X Bai
A. Balagopal V
M Baricevic
S. W Barwick
S Bash
V Basu
R Bay
J. J Beatty
J. Becker Tjus
J Beise
C Bellenghi
C Benning
S BenZvi
D Berley
E Bernardini
D. Z Besson
E Blaufuss
L Bloom
S Blot
F Bontempo
J. Y. Book Motzkin
C. Boscolo Meneguolo
S Böser
O Botner
J Böttcher
J Braun
B Brinson
J Brostean-Kaiser
L Brusa
R. T Burley
D Butterfield
M. A Campana
I Caracas
K Carloni
J Carpio
S Chattopadhyay
N Chau
Z Chen
D Chirkin
S Choi
B. A Clark
A Coleman
G. H Collin
A Connolly
J. M Conrad
P Coppin
R Corley
P Correa
D. F Cowen
P Dave
C De Clercq
J. J DeLaunay
D Delgado
S Deng
A Desai
P Desiati
K. D de Vries
G de Wasseige
A Diaz
J. C Díaz-Vélez
P Dierichs
M Dittmer
A Domi
L Draper
H Dujmovic
K Dutta
M. A DuVernois
T Ehrhardt
L Eidenschink
A Eimer
P Eller
E Ellinger
S. El Mentawi
D Elsässer
R Engel
H Erpenbeck
J Evans
P. A Evenson
K. L Fan
K Fang
K Farrag
A. R Fazely
A Fedynitch
N Feigl
S Fiedlschuster
C Finley
L Fischer
D Fox
A Franckowiak
S Fukami
P Fürst
J Gallagher
E Ganster
A Garcia
M Garcia
G Garg
E Genton
L Gerhardt
A Ghadimi
C Girard-Carillo
C Glaser
T Glüsenkamp
J. G Gonzalez
S Goswami
A Granados
D Grant
S. J Gray
O Gries
S Griffin
S Griswold
K. M Groth
C Günther
P Gutjahr
C Ha
C Haack
A Hallgren
L Halve
F Halzen
H Hamdaoui
M. Ha Minh
M Handt
K Hanson
J Hardin
A. A Harnisch
P Hatch
A Haungs
J Häußler
K Helbing
J Hellrung
J Hermannsgabner
L Heuermann
N Heyer
S Hickford
A Hidvegi
C Hill
G. C Hill
K. D Hoffman
S Hori
K Hoshina
M Hostert
W Hou
T Huber
K Hultqvist
M Hünnefeld
R Hussain
K Hymon
A Ishihara
W Iwakiri
M Jacquart
O Janik
M Jansson
G. S Japaridze
M Jeong
M Jin
B. J. P Jones
N Kamp
D Kang
W Kang
X Kang
A Kappes
D Kappesser
L Kardum
T Karg
M Karl
A Karle
A Katil
U Katz
M Kauer
J. L Kelley
M Khanal
A. Khatee Zathul
A Kheirandish
J Kiryluk
S. R Klein
A Kochocki
R Koirala
H Kolanoski
T Kontrimas
L Köpke
C Kopper
D. J Koskinen
P Koundal
M Kovacevich
M Kowalski
T Kozynets
J Krishnamoorthi
K Kruiswijk
E Krupczak
A Kumar
E Kun
N Kurahashi
N Lad
C. Lagunas Gualda
M Lamoureux
M. J Larson
S Latseva
F Lauber
J. P Lazar
J. W Lee
K. Leonard DeHolton
A Leszczyńska
J Liao
M Lincetto
Y. T Liu
M Liubarska
E Lohfink
C Love
C. J. Lozano Mariscal
L Lu
F Lucarelli
W Luszczak
Y Lyu
J Madsen
E Magnus
K. B. M Mahn
Y Makino
E Manao
S Mancina
W. Marie Sainte
I. C Mariş
S Marka
Z Marka
M Marsee
I Martinez-Soler
R Maruyama
F Mayhew
F McNally
J. V Mead
K Meagher
S Mechbal
A Medina
M Meier
Y Merckx
L Merten
J Micallef
J Mitchell
T Montaruli
R. W Moore
Y Morii
R Morse
M Moulai
T Mukherjee
R Naab
R Nagai
M Nakos
U Naumann
J Necker
A Negi
L Neste
M Neumann
H Niederhausen
M. U Nisa
K Noda
A Noell
A Novikov
A. Obertacke Pollmann
V O'Dell
B Oeyen
A Olivas
R Orsoe
J Osborn
E O'Sullivan
H Pandya
N Park
G. K Parker
E. N Paudel
L Paul
C. Pérez de los Heros
T Pernice
J Peterson
S Philippen
A Pizzuto
M Plum
A Pontén
Y Popovych
M. Prado Rodriguez
B Pries
R Procter-Murphy
G. T Przybylski
C Raab
J Rack-Helleis
M Ravn
K Rawlins
Z Rechav
A Rehman
P Reichherzer
E Resconi
S Reusch
W Rhode
B Riedel
A Rifaie
E. J Roberts
S Robertson
S Rodan
G Roellinghoff
M Rongen
A Rosted
C Rott
T Ruhe
L Ruohan
D Ryckbosch
I Safa
J Saffer
D Salazar-Gallegos
P Sampathkumar
A Sandrock
M Santander
S Sarkar
J Savelberg
P Savina
P Schaile
M Schaufel
H Schieler
S Schindler
B Schlüter
F Schlüter
N Schmeisser
T Schmidt
J Schneider
F. G Schröder
L Schumacher
S Sclafani
D Seckel
M Seikh
M Seo
S Seunarine
P. Sevle Myhr
R Shah
S Shefali
N Shimizu
M Silva
B Skrzypek
B Smithers
R Snihur
J Soedingrekso
A Søgaard
D Soldin
P Soldin
G Sommani
C Spannfellner
G. M Spiczak
C Spiering
C Sponsler
M Stamatikos
T Stanev
T Stezelberger
T Stürwald
T Stuttard
G. W Sullivan
I Taboada
S Ter-Antonyan
A Terliuk
M Thiesmeyer
W. G Thompson
J Thwaites
S Tilav
K Tollefson
C Tönnis
S Toscano
D Tosi
A Trettin
R Turcotte
J. P Twagirayezu
M. A. Unland Elorrieta
A. K Upadhyay
K Upshaw
A Vaidyanathan
N Valtonen-Mattila
J Vandenbroucke
N van Eijndhoven
D Vannerom
J van Santen
J Vara
J Veitch-Michaelis
M Venugopal
M Vereecken
S Verpoest
D Veske
A Vijai
C Walck
A Wang
C Weaver
P Weigel
A Weindl
J Weldert
A. Y Wen
C Wendt
J Werthebach
M Weyrauch
N Whitehorn
C. H Wiebusch
D. R Williams
L Witthaus
A Wolf
M Wolf
G Wrede
X. W Xu
J. P Yanez
E Yildizci
S Yoshida
R Young
S Yu
T Yuan
Z Zhang
P Zhelnin
P Zilberman
M Zimmerman
Publication Details: ArXiv.org
Resource Type: Preprint
Language: English
Academic Unit: Physics
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A search for an eV-scale sterile neutrino using improved high-energy $u_\mu$ event reconstruction in IceCube

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