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First Constraints on the Complete Neutrino Mixing Matrix with a Sterile Neutrino

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2016-11-30 v3 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

Neutrino oscillation models involving one extra mass eigenstate beyond the standard three (3+13+1) are fit to global short baseline experimental data and the recent IceCube νμ+νˉμ\nu_\mu+\bar\nu_\mu disappearance search result. We find a best fit of Δm412=1.75  eV2\Delta m^2_{41} = 1.75\; \text{eV}^2 with Δχnullmin2\Delta \chi^2_{null-min} (dof) of 50.61 (4). We find that the combined IceCube and short baseline data constrain θ34\theta_{34} to <80(<6)< 80^\circ (< 6^\circ) at 90\% C.L. for Δm4122(6) eV2\Delta m^2_{41} \approx 2 (6)~\text{eV}^2, which is improved over present limits. Incorporating the IceCube information provides the first constraints on all entries of the 3+1 mixing matrix.

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@article{arxiv.1607.00011,
  title  = {First Constraints on the Complete Neutrino Mixing Matrix with a Sterile Neutrino},
  author = {G. H. Collin and C. A. Argüelles and J. M. Conrad and M. H. Shaevitz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1607.00011},
  year   = {2016}
}

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7 pages, 4 figures