Search for Heavy Neutral Leptons with IceCube DeepCore

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; S. N Axani; R Babu; 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; 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; Z Brisson-Tsavoussis; 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; P Coleman; G. H Collin; A Connolly; J. M Conrad; R Corley; D. F Cowen; C De Clercq; J. J DeLaunay; D Delgado; S Deng; A Desai; P Desiati; K. D de Vries; G de Wasseige; T DeYoung; J. C Díaz-Vélez; P Dierichs; M Dittmer; A Domi; L Draper; H Dujmovic; D Durnford; K Dutta; M. A DuVernois; T Ehrhardt; L Eidenschink; A Eimer; P Eller; E Ellinger; S. El Mentawi; D Elsässer; R Engel; H Erpenbeck; W Esmail; 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; S Griffin; S Griswold; K. M Groth; D Guevel; C Günther; P Gutjahr; C Ha; C Haack; A Hallgren; L Halve; F Halzen; L Hamacher; 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; R Hmaid; 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; S Jain; O Janik; M Jansson; 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; Y Kobayashi; A Kochocki; R Koirala; H Kolanoski; T Kontrimas; L Köpke; C Kopper; D. J Koskinen; P Koundal; M Kowalski; T Kozynets; N Krieger; J Krishnamoorthi; T Krishnan; K Kruiswijk; E Krupczak; A Kumar; E Kun; N Kurahashi; N Lad; C. Lagunas Gualda; M Lamoureux; M. J Larson; F Lauber; J. P Lazar; K. Leonard DeHolton; A Leszczyńska; J Liao; M Lincetto; Y. T Liu; M Liubarska; C Love; L Lu; F Lucarelli; W Luszczak; Y Lyu; J Madsen; E Magnus; K. B. M Mahn; Y Makino; E Manao; S Mancina; A Mand; 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 Mitchell; T Montaruli; R. W Moore; Y Morii; R Morse; M Moulai; T Mukherjee; R Naab; 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; A Olivas; R Orsoe; J Osborn; E O'Sullivan; V Palusova; H Pandya; N Park; G. K Parker; V Parrish; E. N Paudel; L Paul; C. Pérez de los Heros; T Pernice; J Peterson; A Pizzuto; M Plum; A Pontén; Y Popovych; M. Prado Rodriguez; B Pries; R Procter-Murphy; G. T Przybylski; L Pyras; C Raab; J Rack-Helleis; N Rad; M Ravn; K Rawlins; Z Rechav; A Rehman; E Resconi; S Reusch; W Rhode; B Riedel; A Rifaie; E. J Roberts; S Robertson; S Rodan; M Rongen; A Rosted; C Rott; T Ruhe; L Ruohan; 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; L Schlickmann; B Schlüter; F Schlüter; N Schmeisser; T Schmidt; J Schneider; F. G Schröder; L Schumacher; S Schwirn; S Sclafani; D Seckel; L Seen; M Seikh; M Seo; S Seunarine; P. A. 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; J Stachurska; 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; 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; F Varsi; J Veitch-Michaelis; M Venugopal; M Vereecken; S. Vergara Carrasco; 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; M Wolf; G Wrede; X. W Xu; J. P Yanez; E Yildizci; S Yoshida; R Young; F Yu; S Yu; T Yuan; A Zegarelli; S Zhang; Z Zhang; P Zhelnin; P Zilberman; M Zimmerman

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Search for Heavy Neutral Leptons with IceCube DeepCore

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Search for Heavy Neutral Leptons with IceCube DeepCore

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

13 Feb 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2502.09454

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Physics - High Energy Physics - Experiment

The observation of neutrino oscillations has established that neutrinos have non-zero masses. This phenomenon is not explained by the Standard Model of particle physics, but one viable explanation to this dilemma involves the existence of heavy neutral leptons in the form of right-handed neutrinos. This work presents the first search for heavy neutral leptons with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. The standard three flavor neutrino model is extended by adding a fourth GeV-scale mass state allowing mixing with the $\tau$ sector through the parameter $|U_{\tau4}|^2$. The analysis is performed by searching for signatures of heavy neutral leptons that are directly produced via up-scattering of atmospheric $\nu_\tau$'s inside the IceCube detection volume. Three heavy neutral lepton mass values, $m_4$, of 0.3 GeV, 0.6 GeV, and 1.0 GeV are tested using ten years of data, collected between 2011 and 2021. No significant signal of heavy neutral leptons is observed for any of the tested masses. The resulting constraints for the mixing parameter are $|U_{\tau4}|^2 < 0.19$ ($m_4 = 0.3$ GeV), $|U_{\tau4}|^2 < 0.36$ ($m_4 = 0.6$ GeV), and $|U_{\tau4}|^2 < 0.40$ ($m_4 = 1.0$ GeV) at the 90% confidence level. This analysis serves as proof-of-concept for heavy neutral lepton searches in IceCube. The heavy neutral lepton event generator, developed in this work, and the analysis of the expected signatures lay the fundamental groundwork for future searches thereof.

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Title: Search for Heavy Neutral Leptons with IceCube DeepCore
Creators: 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
S. N Axani
R Babu
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
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
Z Brisson-Tsavoussis
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
P Coleman
G. H Collin
A Connolly
J. M Conrad
R Corley
D. F Cowen
C De Clercq
J. J DeLaunay
D Delgado
S Deng
A Desai
P Desiati
K. D de Vries
G de Wasseige
T DeYoung
J. C Díaz-Vélez
P Dierichs
M Dittmer
A Domi
L Draper
H Dujmovic
D Durnford
K Dutta
M. A DuVernois
T Ehrhardt
L Eidenschink
A Eimer
P Eller
E Ellinger
S. El Mentawi
D Elsässer
R Engel
H Erpenbeck
W Esmail
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
S Griffin
S Griswold
K. M Groth
D Guevel
C Günther
P Gutjahr
C Ha
C Haack
A Hallgren
L Halve
F Halzen
L Hamacher
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
R Hmaid
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
S Jain
O Janik
M Jansson
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
Y Kobayashi
A Kochocki
R Koirala
H Kolanoski
T Kontrimas
L Köpke
C Kopper
D. J Koskinen
P Koundal
M Kowalski
T Kozynets
N Krieger
J Krishnamoorthi
T Krishnan
K Kruiswijk
E Krupczak
A Kumar
E Kun
N Kurahashi
N Lad
C. Lagunas Gualda
M Lamoureux
M. J Larson
F Lauber
J. P Lazar
K. Leonard DeHolton
A Leszczyńska
J Liao
M Lincetto
Y. T Liu
M Liubarska
C Love
L Lu
F Lucarelli
W Luszczak
Y Lyu
J Madsen
E Magnus
K. B. M Mahn
Y Makino
E Manao
S Mancina
A Mand
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 Mitchell
T Montaruli
R. W Moore
Y Morii
R Morse
M Moulai
T Mukherjee
R Naab
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
A Olivas
R Orsoe
J Osborn
E O'Sullivan
V Palusova
H Pandya
N Park
G. K Parker
V Parrish
E. N Paudel
L Paul
C. Pérez de los Heros
T Pernice
J Peterson
A Pizzuto
M Plum
A Pontén
Y Popovych
M. Prado Rodriguez
B Pries
R Procter-Murphy
G. T Przybylski
L Pyras
C Raab
J Rack-Helleis
N Rad
M Ravn
K Rawlins
Z Rechav
A Rehman
E Resconi
S Reusch
W Rhode
B Riedel
A Rifaie
E. J Roberts
S Robertson
S Rodan
M Rongen
A Rosted
C Rott
T Ruhe
L Ruohan
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
L Schlickmann
B Schlüter
F Schlüter
N Schmeisser
T Schmidt
J Schneider
F. G Schröder
L Schumacher
S Schwirn
S Sclafani
D Seckel
L Seen
M Seikh
M Seo
S Seunarine
P. A. 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
J Stachurska
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
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
F Varsi
J Veitch-Michaelis
M Venugopal
M Vereecken
S. Vergara Carrasco
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
M Wolf
G Wrede
X. W Xu
J. P Yanez
E Yildizci
S Yoshida
R Young
F Yu
S Yu
T Yuan
A Zegarelli
S Zhang
Z Zhang
P Zhelnin
P Zilberman
M Zimmerman
Resource Type: Preprint
Language: English
Academic Unit: Physics
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Search for Heavy Neutral Leptons with IceCube DeepCore

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