Determining neutrino oscillation parameters from atmospheric muon neutrino disappearance with three years of IceCube DeepCore data
High Energy Physics - Experiment
2015-04-16 v2 Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract
We present a measurement of neutrino oscillations via atmospheric muon neutrino disappearance with three years of data of the completed IceCube neutrino detector. DeepCore, a region of denser instrumentation, enables the detection and reconstruction of atmospheric muon neutrinos between 10 GeV and 100 GeV, where a strong disappearance signal is expected. The detector volume surrounding DeepCore is used as a veto region to suppress the atmospheric muon background. Neutrino events are selected where the detected Cherenkov photons of the secondary particles minimally scatter, and the neutrino energy and arrival direction are reconstructed. Both variables are used to obtain the neutrino oscillation parameters from the data, with the best fit given by and (normal mass hierarchy assumed). The results are compatible and comparable in precision to those of dedicated oscillation experiments.
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@article{arxiv.1410.7227,
title = {Determining neutrino oscillation parameters from atmospheric muon neutrino disappearance with three years of IceCube DeepCore data},
author = {IceCube Collaboration and M. G. Aartsen and M. Ackermann and J. Adams and J. A. Aguilar and M. Ahlers and M. Ahrens and D. Altmann and T. Anderson and C. Arguelles and T. C. Arlen and J. Auffenberg and X. Bai and S. W. Barwick and V. Baum and R. Bay and J. J. Beatty and J. Becker Tjus and K. -H. Becker and S. BenZvi and P. Berghaus and D. Berley and E. Bernardini and A. Bernhard and D. Z. Besson and G. Binder and D. Bindig and M. Bissok and E. Blaufuss and J. Blumenthal and D. J. Boersma and C. Bohm and F. Bos and D. Bose and S. Böser and O. Botner and L. Brayeur and H. -P. Bretz and A. M. Brown and J. Brunner and N. Buzinsky and J. Casey and M. Casier and E. Cheung and D. Chirkin and A. Christov and B. Christy and K. Clark and L. Classen and F. Clevermann and S. Coenders and D. F. Cowen and A. H. Cruz Silva and J. Daughhetee and J. C. Davis and M. Day and J. P. A. M. de André and C. De Clercq and S. De Ridder and P. Desiati and K. D. de Vries and M. de With and T. DeYoung and J. C. Díaz-Vélez and M. Dunkman and R. Eagan and B. Eberhardt and B. Eichmann and J. Eisch and S. Euler and P. A. Evenson and O. Fadiran and A. R. Fazely and A. Fedynitch and J. Feintzeig and J. Felde and T. Feusels and K. Filimonov and C. Finley and T. Fischer-Wasels and S. Flis and A. Franckowiak and K. Frantzen and T. Fuchs and T. K. Gaisser and R. Gaior and J. Gallagher and L. Gerhardt and D. Gier and L. Gladstone and T. Glüsenkamp and A. Goldschmidt and G. Golup and J. G. Gonzalez and J. A. Goodman and D. Góra and D. Grant and P. Gretskov and J. C. Groh and A. Groß and C. Ha and C. Haack and A. Haj Ismail and P. Hallen and A. Hallgren and F. Halzen and K. Hanson and D. Hebecker and D. Heereman and D. Heinen and K. Helbing and R. Hellauer and D. Hellwig and S. Hickford and G. C. Hill and K. D. Hoffman and R. Hoffmann and A. Homeier and K. Hoshina and F. Huang and W. Huelsnitz and P. O. Hulth and K. Hultqvist and S. Hussain and A. Ishihara and E. Jacobi and J. Jacobsen and G. S. Japaridze and K. Jero and O. Jlelati and M. Jurkovic and B. Kaminsky and A. Kappes and T. Karg and A. Karle and M. Kauer and A. Keivani and J. L. Kelley and A. Kheirandish and J. Kiryluk and J. Kläs and S. R. Klein and J. -H. Köhne and G. Kohnen and H. Kolanoski and A. Koob and L. Köpke and C. Kopper and S. Kopper and D. J. Koskinen and M. Kowalski and A. Kriesten and K. Krings and G. Kroll and M. Kroll and J. Kunnen and N. Kurahashi and T. Kuwabara and M. Labare and J. L. Lanfranchi and D. T. Larsen and M. J. Larson and M. Lesiak-Bzdak and M. Leuermann and J. Lünemann and J. Madsen and G. Maggi and R. Maruyama and K. Mase and H. S. Matis and R. Maunu and F. McNally and K. Meagher and M. Medici and A. Meli and T. Meures and S. Miarecki and E. Middell and E. Middlemas and N. Milke and J. Miller and L. Mohrmann and T. Montaruli and R. Morse and R. Nahnhauer and U. Naumann and H. Niederhausen and S. C. Nowicki and D. R. Nygren and A. Obertacke and S. Odrowski and A. Olivas and A. Omairat and A. O'Murchadha and T. Palczewski and L. Paul and Ö. Penek and J. A. Pepper and C. Pérez de los Heros and C. Pfendner and D. Pieloth and E. Pinat and J. Posselt and P. B. Price and G. T. Przybylski and J. Pütz and M. Quinnan and L. Rädel and M. Rameez and K. Rawlins and P. Redl and I. Rees and R. Reimann and M. Relich and E. Resconi and W. Rhode and M. Richman and B. Riedel and S. Robertson and J. P. Rodrigues and M. Rongen and C. Rott and T. Ruhe and B. Ruzybayev and D. Ryckbosch and S. M. Saba and H. -G. Sander and J. Sandroos and M. Santander and S. Sarkar and K. Schatto and F. Scheriau and T. Schmidt and M. Schmitz and S. Schoenen and S. Schöneberg and A. Schönwald and A. Schukraft and L. Schulte and O. Schulz and D. Seckel and Y. Sestayo and S. Seunarine and R. Shanidze and M. W. E. Smith and D. Soldin and G. M. Spiczak and C. Spiering and M. Stamatikos and T. Stanev and N. A. Stanisha and A. Stasik and T. Stezelberger and R. G. Stokstad and A. Stößl and E. A. Strahler and R. Ström and N. L. Strotjohann and G. W. Sullivan and H. Taavola and I. Taboada and A. Tamburro and A. Tepe and S. Ter-Antonyan and A. Terliuk and G. Tešić and S. Tilav and P. A. Toale and M. N. Tobin and D. Tosi and M. Tselengidou and E. Unger and M. Usner and S. Vallecorsa and N. van Eijndhoven and J. Vandenbroucke and J. van Santen and M. Vehring and M. Voge and M. Vraeghe and C. Walck and M. Wallraff and Ch. Weaver and M. Wellons and C. Wendt and S. Westerhoff and B. J. Whelan and N. Whitehorn and C. Wichary and K. Wiebe and C. H. Wiebusch and D. R. Williams and H. Wissing and M. Wolf and T. R. Wood and K. Woschnagg and D. L. Xu and X. W. Xu and J. P. Yanez and G. Yodh and S. Yoshida and P. Zarzhitsky and J. Ziemann and M. Zoll},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.7227},
year = {2015}
}
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10 pages, 7 figures