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Nonmaximal neutrino mixing at NO$\nu$A from nonstandard interactions

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2017-02-22 v3 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

Muon neutrino disappearance measurements at NOν\nuA suggest that maximal θ23\theta_{23} is excluded at the 2.6σ\sigma CL. This is in mild tension with T2K data which prefer maximal mixing. Considering that NOν\nuA has a much longer baseline than T2K, we point out that the apparent departure from maximal mixing in NOν\nuA may be a consequence of nonstandard neutrino propagation in matter.

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@article{arxiv.1609.01786,
  title  = {Nonmaximal neutrino mixing at NO$\nu$A from nonstandard interactions},
  author = {Jiajun Liao and Danny Marfatia and Kerry Whisnant},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.01786},
  year   = {2017}
}

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4 pages, 2 figures. Version to appear in PLB