Active to sterile neutrino mixing limits from neutral-current interactions in MINOS

Journal article

Results are reported from a search for active to sterile neutrino oscillations in the MINOS long-baseline experiment, based on the observation of neutral-current neutrino interactions, from an exposure to the NuMI neutrino beam of 7.07×1020 protons on target. A total of 802 neutral-current event candidates is observed in the Far Detector, compared to an expected number of 754±28(stat)±37(syst) for oscillations among three active flavors. The fraction fs of disappearing νμ that may transition to νs is found to be less than 22% at the 90%C.L.

Authors: Adamson, P; Auty, D; Ayres, D; Backhouse, C; Barr, G

• Journal: Physical Review Letters
• Volume: 107
• Issue: 1
• Publication date: 2011-06-30
• DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.011802
• EISSN: 1079-7114
• ISSN: 0031-9007
• Language: English