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MiniBooNE, MINOS+ and IceCube data imply a baroque neutrino sector

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2019-01-09 v2 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

The 4.8σ\sigma anomaly in MiniBooNE data cannot be reconciled with MINOS+ and IceCube data within the vanilla framework of neutrino oscillations involving an eV-mass sterile neutrino. We show that an apparently consistent picture can be drawn if charged-current and neutral-current nonstandard neutrino interactions are at work in the 3+1 neutrino scheme. It appears that either the neutrino sector is more elaborate than usually envisioned, or one or more datasets needs revision.

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@article{arxiv.1810.01000,
  title  = {MiniBooNE, MINOS+ and IceCube data imply a baroque neutrino sector},
  author = {Jiajun Liao and Danny Marfatia and Kerry Whisnant},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.01000},
  year   = {2019}
}

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6 pages, 6 figures, 1 table. Expanded version to appear in PRD