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Search for the disappearance of muon antineutrinos in the NuMI neutrino beam

We report constraints on antineutrino oscillation parameters that were obtained by using the two MINOS detectors to measure the 7% muon antineutrino component of the NuMI neutrino beam. In the Far Detector, we select 130 events in the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2013-05-29 MINOS Collaboration , P. Adamson , D. J. Auty , D. S. Ayres , C. Backhouse , G. Barr , M. Bishai , A. Blake , G. J. Bock , D. J. Boehnlein , D. Bogert , S. V. Cao , S. Cavanaugh , D. Cherdack , S. Childress , B. C. Choudhary , J. A. B. Coelho , S. J. Coleman , L. Corwin , D. Cronin-Hennessy , I. Z. Danko , J. K. de Jong , N. E. Devenish , M. V. Diwan , M. Dorman , C. O. Escobar , J. J. Evans , E. Falk , G. J. Feldman , M. V. Frohne , H. R. Gallagher , R. A. Gomes , M. C. Goodman , P. Gouffon , N. Graf , R. Gran , N. Grant , K. Grzelak , A. Habig , J. Hartnell , R. Hatcher , A. Himmel , A. Holin , C. Howcroft , X. Huang , J. Hylen , G. M. Irwin , Z. Isvan , D. E. Jaffe , C. James , D. Jensen , T. Kafka , S. M. S. Kasahara , G. Koizumi , S. Kopp , M. Kordosky , A. Kreymer , K. Lang , G. Lefeuvre , J. Ling , P. J. Litchfield , L. Loiacono , P. Lucas , W. A. Mann , M. L. Marshak , M. Mathis , N. Mayer , R. Mehdiyev , J. R. Meier , M. D. Messier , D. G. Michael , W. H. Miller , S. R. Mishra , J. Mitchell , C. D. Moore , L. Mualem , S. Mufson , J. Musser , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , H. B. Newman , R. J. Nichol , J. A. Nowak , J. P. Ochoa-Ricoux , W. P. Oliver , M. Orchanian , R. Pahlka , J. Paley , R. B. Patterson , G. Pawloski , G. F. Pearce , S. Phan-Budd , R. K. Plunkett , X. Qiu , J. Ratchford , B. Rebel , C. Rosenfeld , H. A. Rubin , M. C. Sanchez , J. Schneps , A. Schreckenberger , P. Schreiner , R. Sharma , A. Sousa , M. Strait , N. Tagg , R. L. Talaga , M. A. Tavera , J. Thomas , M. A. Thomson , G. Tinti , R. Toner , D. Torretta , G. Tzanakos , J. Urheim , P. Vahle , B. Viren , J. J. Walding , A. Weber , R. C. Webb , C. White , L. Whitehead , S. G. Wojcicki , T. Yang , R. Zwaska

Search for a Light Sterile Neutrino at Daya Bay

A search for light sterile neutrino mixing was performed with the first 217 days of data from the Daya Bay Reactor Antineutrino Experiment. The experiment's unique configuration of multiple baselines from six 2.9~GW$_{\rm th}$ nuclear…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2014-10-10 F. P. An , A. B. Balantekin , H. R. Band , W. Beriguete , M. Bishai , S. Blyth , I. Butorov , G. F. Cao , J. Cao , Y. L. Chan , J. F. Chang , L. C. Chang , Y. Chang , C. Chasman , H. Chen , Q. Y. Chen , S. M. Chen , X. Chen , X. Chen , Y. X. Chen , Y. Chen , Y. P. Cheng , J. J. Cherwinka , M. C. Chu , J. P. Cummings , J. de Arcos , Z. Y. Deng , Y. Y. Ding , M. V. Diwan , E. Draeger , X. F. Du , D. A. Dwyer , W. R. Edwards , S. R. Ely , J. Y. Fu , L. Q. Ge , R. Gill , M. Gonchar , G. H. Gong , H. Gong , M. Grassi , W. Q. Gu , M. Y. Guan , X. H. Guo , R. W. Hackenburg , G. H. Han , S. Hans , M. He , K. M. Heeger , Y. K. Heng , P. Hinrichs , Y. K. Hor , Y. B. Hsiung , B. Z. Hu , L. M. Hu , L. J. Hu , T. Hu , W. Hu , E. C. Huang , H. Huang , X. T. Huang , P. Huber , G. Hussain , Z. Isvan , D. E. Jaffe , P. Jaffke , K. L. Jen , S. Jetter , X. P. Ji , X. L. Ji , H. J. Jiang , J. B. Jiao , R. A. Johnson , L. Kang , S. H. Kettell , M. Kramer , K. K. Kwan , M. W. Kwok , T. Kwok , W. C. Lai , K. Lau , L. Lebanowski , J. Lee , R. T. Lei , R. Leitner , A. Leung , J. K. C. Leung , C. A. Lewis , D. J. Li , F. Li , G. S. Li , Q. J. Li , W. D. Li , X. N. Li , X. Q. Li , Y. F. Li , Z. B. Li , H. Liang , C. J. Lin , G. L. Lin , P. Y. Lin , S. K. Lin , Y. C. Lin , J. J. Ling , J. M. Link , L. Littenberg , B. R. Littlejohn , D. W. Liu , H. Liu , J. L. Liu , J. C. Liu , S. S. Liu , Y. B. Liu , C. Lu , H. Q. Lu , K. B. Luk , Q. M. Ma , X. Y. Ma , X. B. Ma , Y. Q. Ma , K. T. McDonald , M. C. McFarlane , R. D. McKeown , Y. Meng , I. Mitchell , J. Monari Kebwaro , Y. Nakajima , J. Napolitano , D. Naumov , E. Naumova , I. Nemchenok , H. Y. Ngai , Z. Ning , J. P. Ochoa-Ricoux , A. Olshevski , S. Patton , V. Pec , J. C. Peng , L. E. Piilonen , L. Pinsky , C. S. J. Pun , F. Z. Qi , M. Qi , X. Qian , N. Raper , B. Ren , J. Ren , R. Rosero , B. Roskovec , X. C. Ruan , B. B. Shao , H. Steiner , G. X. Sun , J. L. Sun , Y. H. Tam , X. Tang , H. Themann , K. V. Tsang , R. H. M. Tsang , C. E. Tull , Y. C. Tung , B. Viren , V. Vorobel , C. H. Wang , L. S. Wang , L. Y. Wang , M. Wang , N. Y. Wang , R. G. Wang , W. Wang , W. W. Wang , X. Wang , Y. F. Wang , Z. Wang , Z. Wang , Z. M. Wang , D. M. Webber , H. Y. Wei , Y. D. Wei , L. J. Wen , K. Whisnant , C. G. White , L. Whitehead , T. Wise , H. L. H. Wong , S. C. F. Wong , E. Worcester , Q. Wu , D. M. Xia , J. K. Xia , X. Xia , Z. Z. Xing , J. Y. Xu , J. L. Xu , J. Xu , Y. Xu , T. Xue , J. Yan , C. C. Yang , L. Yang , M. S. Yang , M. T. Yang , M. Ye , M. Yeh , Y. S. Yeh , B. L. Young , G. Y. Yu , J. Y. Yu , Z. Y. Yu , S. L. Zang , B. Zeng , L. Zhan , C. Zhang , F. H. Zhang , J. W. Zhang , Q. M. Zhang , Q. Zhang , S. H. Zhang , Y. C. Zhang , Y. M. Zhang , Y. H. Zhang , Y. X. Zhang , Z. J. Zhang , Z. Y. Zhang , Z. P. Zhang , J. Zhao , Q. W. Zhao , Y. Zhao , Y. B. Zhao , L. Zheng , W. L. Zhong , L. Zhou , Z. Y. Zhou , H. L. Zhuang , J. H. Zou

A Letter of Intent to Build a MiniBooNE Near Detector: BooNE

There is accumulating evidence for a difference between neutrino and antineutrino oscillations at the $\sim 1$ eV$^2$ scale. The MiniBooNE experiment observes an unexplained excess of electron-like events at low energies in neutrino mode,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-10-15 I. Stancu , Z. Djurcic , D. Smith , R. Ford , T. Kobilarcik , W. Marsh , C. D. Moore , J. Grange , B. Osmanov , H. Ray , G. T. Garvey , J. A. Green , W. C. Louis , C. Mauger , G. B. Mills , Z. Pavlovic , R. Van de Water , D. H. White , G. P. Zeller , W. Metcalf , B. P. Roe , A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo

Evidence for an oscillatory signature in atmospheric neutrino oscillation

Muon neutrino disappearance probability as a function of neutrino flight length L over neutrino energy E was studied. A dip in the L/E distribution was observed in the data, as predicted from the sinusoidal flavor transition probability of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2012-08-27 Kamiokande Collaboration , Y. Ashie

Future searches for light sterile neutrinos at nuclear reactors

We study the optimization of a green-field, two-baseline reactor experiment with respect to the sensitivity for electron antineutrino disappearance in search of a light sterile neutrino. We consider both commercial and research reactors and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-02-16 Jeffrey M. Berryman , Luis A. Delgadillo , Patrick Huber

Experimental Parameters for a Cerium 144 Based Intense Electron Antineutrino Generator Experiment at Very Short Baselines

The standard three-neutrino oscillation paradigm, associated with small squared mass splittings $\ll 0.1\ \mathrm{eV^2}$, has been successfully built up over the last 15 years using solar, atmospheric, long baseline accelerator and reactor…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-04-16 J. Gaffiot , T. Lasserre , G. Mention , M. Vivier , M. Cribier , M. Durero , V. Fischer , A. Letourneau , E. Dumonteil , I. S. Saldikov , G. V. Tikhomirov

A new measurement of antineutrino oscillation with the full detector configuration at Daya Bay

We report a new measurement of electron antineutrino disappearance using the fully-constructed Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment. The final two of eight antineutrino detectors were installed in the summer of 2012. Including the 404 days…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-09-16 Daya Bay Collaboration , F. P. An , A. B. Balantekin , H. R. Band , M. Bishai , S. Blyth , I. Butorov , G. F. Cao , J. Cao , W. R. Cen , Y. L. Chan , J. F. Chang , L. C. Chang , Y. Chang , H. S. Chen , Q. Y. Chen , S. M. Chen , Y. X. Chen , Y. Chen , J. H. Cheng , J. Cheng , Y. P. Cheng , J. J. Cherwinka , M. C. Chu , J. P. Cummings , J. de Arcos , Z. Y. Deng , X. F. Ding , Y. Y. Ding , M. V. Diwan , E. Draeger , D. A. Dwyer , W. R. Edwards , S. R. Ely , R. Gill , M. Gonchar , G. H. Gong , H. Gong , M. Grassi , W. Q. Gu , M. Y. Guan , L. Guo , X. H. Guo , R. W. Hackenburg , R. Han , S. Hans , M. He , K. M. Heeger , Y. K. Heng , Y. K. Hor , Y. B. Hsiung , B. Z. Hu , L. M. Hu , L. J. Hu , T. Hu , W. Hu , E. C. Huang , H. X. Huang , X. T. Huang , P. Huber , G. Hussain , D. E. Jaffe , P. Jaffke , K. L. Jen , S. Jetter , X. P. Ji , X. L. Ji , J. B. Jiao , R. A. Johnson , L. Kang , S. H. Kettell , M. Kramer , K. K. Kwan , M. W. Kwok , T. Kwok , T. J. Langford , K. Lau , L. Lebanowski , J. Lee , R. T. Lei , R. Leitner , A. Leung , J. K. C. Leung , C. A. Lewis , D. J. Li , F. Li , G. S. Li , Q. J. Li , S. C. Li , W. D. Li , X. N. Li , X. Q. Li , Y. F. Li , Z. B. Li , H. Liang , C. J. Lin , G. L. Lin , P. Y. Lin , S. K. Lin , J. J. Ling , J. M. Link , L. Littenberg , B. R. Littlejohn , D. W. Liu , H. Liu , J. L. Liu , J. C. Liu , S. S. Liu , C. Lu , H. Q. Lu , J. S. Lu , K. B. Luk , Q. M. Ma , X. Y. Ma , X. B. Ma , Y. Q. Ma , K. T. McDonald , R. D. McKeown , Y. Meng , I. Mitchell , J. Monari Kebwaro , Y. Nakajima , J. Napolitano , D. Naumov , E. Naumova , H. Y. Ngai , Z. Ning , J. P. Ochoa-Ricoux , A. Olshevski , S. Patton , V. Pec , J. C. Peng , L. E. Piilonen , L. Pinsky , C. S. J. Pun , F. Z. Qi , M. Qi , X. Qian , N. Raper , B. Ren , J. Ren , R. Rosero , B. Roskovec , X. C. Ruan , B. B. Shao , H. Steiner , G. X. Sun , J. L. Sun , W. Tang , H. Themann , K. V. Tsang , C. E. Tull , Y. C. Tung , N. Viaux , B. Viren , V. Vorobel , C. H. Wang , M. Wang , N. Y. Wang , R. G. Wang , W. Wang , W. W. Wang , X. Wang , Y. F. Wang , Z. Wang , Z. Wang , Z. M. Wang , H. Y. Wei , L. J. Wen , K. Whisnant , C. G. White , L. Whitehead , T. Wise , H. L. H. Wong , S. C. F. Wong , E. Worcester , Q. Wu , D. M. Xia , J. K. Xia , X. Xia , Z. Z. Xing , J. Y. Xu , J. L. Xu , J. Xu , Y. Xu , T. Xue , J. Yan , C. G. Yang , L. Yang , M. S. Yang , M. T. Yang , M. Ye , M. Yeh , Y. S. Yeh , B. L. Young , G. Y. Yu , Z. Y. Yu , S. L. Zang , L. Zhan , C. Zhang , H. H. Zhang , J. W. Zhang , Q. M. Zhang , Y. M. Zhang , Y. X. Zhang , Y. M. Zhang , Z. J. Zhang , Z. Y. Zhang , Z. P. Zhang , J. Zhao , Q. W. Zhao , Y. F. Zhao , Y. B. Zhao , L. Zheng , W. L. Zhong , L. Zhou , N. Zhou , H. L. Zhuang , J. H. Zou

Decaying Sterile Neutrinos and the Short Baseline Oscillation Anomalies

The MiniBooNE experiment has observed a significant excess of electron neutrinos in a muon neutrino beam at source-detector distances too short to be compatible with standard neutrino oscillations. The most straightforward explanation for…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-07-01 Mona Dentler , Ivan Esteban , Joachim Kopp , Pedro Machado

Constraints on neutrinoless double beta decay from neutrino oscillation experiments

We show that, in the framework of a general model with mixing of three Majorana neutrinos and a neutrino mass hierarchy, the results of the Bugey and Krasnoyarsk reactor neutrino oscillation experiments imply strong limitations for the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 S. M. Bilenky , C. Giunti , M. Monteno

Neutrino mass limit from tritium beta decay

The paper reviews recent experiments on tritium beta spectroscopy searching for the absolute value of the electron neutrino mass $m(\nu_e)$. By use of dedicated electrostatic filters with high acceptance and resolution, the uncertainty on…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2011-05-24 E. W. Otten , C. Weinheimer

New Results from the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment

This presentation describes a precision result of the neutrino mixing parameter, $\sin^2 2\theta_{13}$, and the first direct measurement of the antineutrino mass-squared difference $\sin^2(\Delta_{ee}) \equiv \cos^2 \theta_{12} \sin^2…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Bei-Zhen Hu

Phenomenology of Maximal and Near-Maximal Lepton Mixing

We study the phenomenological consequences of maximal and near-maximal mixing of the electron neutrino with other ($x$=tau and/or muon) neutrinos. We describe the deviations from maximal mixing in terms of a parameter…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 M. C. Gonzalez-Garcia , C. Peña-Garay , Y. Nir , A. Yu. Smirnov

Final results of the search for $\nu_{\mu} \to \nu_{e}$ oscillations with the OPERA detector in the CNGS beam

The OPERA experiment has discovered the tau neutrino appearance in the CNGS muon neutrino beam, in agreement with the 3 neutrino flavour oscillation hypothesis. The OPERA neutrino interaction target, made of Emulsion Cloud Chamber, was…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2018-06-08 OPERA Collaboration , N. Agafonova , A. Aleksandrov , A. Anokhina , S. Aoki , A. Ariga , T. Ariga , A. Bertolin , C. Bozza , R. Brugnera , A. Buonaura , S. Buontempo , M. Chernyavskiy , A. Chukanov , L. Consiglio , N. D'Ambrosio , G. De Lellis , M. De Serio , P. del Amo Sanchez , A. Di Crescenzo , D. Di Ferdinando , N. Di Marco , S. Dmitrievsky , M. Dracos , D. Duchesneau , S. Dusini , T. Dzhatdoev , J. Ebert , A. Ereditato , J. Favier , R. A. Fini , F. Fornari , T. Fukuda , G. Galati , A. Garfagnini , V. Gentile , J. Goldberg , Y. Gornushkin , S. Gorbunov , G. Grella , A. M. Guler , C. Gustavino , C. Hagner , T. Hara , T. Hayakawa , A. Hollnagel , B. Hosseini , K. Ishiguro , A. Iuliano , K. Jakovcic , C. Jollet , C. Kamiscioglu , M. Kamiscioglu , S. H. Kim , N. Kitagawa , B. Klicek , K. Kodama , M. Komatsu , U. Kose , I. Kreslo , F. Laudisio , A. Lauria , A. Ljubicic , A. Longhin , P. Loverre , A. Malgin , M. Malenica , G. Mandrioli , T. Matsuo , V. Matveev , N. Mauri , E. Medinaceli , F. Meisel , A. Meregaglia , S. Mikado , M. Miyanishi , F. Mizutani , P. Monacelli , M. C. Montesi , K. Morishima , M. T. Muciaccia , N. Naganawa , T. Naka , M. Nakamura , T. Nakano , K. Niwa , N. Okateva , S. Ogawa , K. Ozaki , A. Paoloni , L. Paparella , B. D. Park , L. Pasqualini , A. Pastore , L. Patrizii , H. Pessard , D. Podgrudkov , N. Polukhina , M. Pozzato , F. Pupilli , M. Roda , T. Roganova , H. Rokujo , G. Rosa , O. Ryazhskaya , O. Sato , A. Schembri , I. Shakiryanova , T. Shchedrina , H. Shibuya , E. Shibayama , T. Shiraishi , S. Simone , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , A. Sotnikov , M. Spinetti , L. Stanco , N. Starkov , S. M. Stellacci , M. Stipcevic , P. Strolin , S. Takahashi , M. Tenti , F. Terranova , V. Tioukov , S. Vasina , P. Vilain , E. Voevodina , L. Votano , J. L. Vuilleumier , G. Wilquet , C. S. Yoon

Six observations consistent with the electron neutrino being a tachyon with mass: $m_{\nu_e}^2=-0.11 \pm 0.016 eV^2$

Six observations based on data and fits to data from a variety of areas are consistent with the hypothesis that the electron neutrino is a $m_{\nu_e}^2 = -0.11 \pm 0.016 eV^2$ tachyon. The data are from areas including CMB fluctuations,…

General Physics · Physics 2015-12-09 Robert Ehrlich

New Results from the T2K Experiment: Observation of $\nu_e$ Appearance in a $\nu_\mu$ Beam

The T2K Experiment has observed the appearance of electron neutrinos in a muon-neutrino beam. Twenty eight neutrino candidates pass the selection cuts with a predicted background of $4.64 \pm 0.53$ events, which corresponds to a 6.8$\sigma$…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Michael Wilking

Reactor-based Neutrino Oscillation Experiments

The status of neutrino oscillation searches employing nuclear reactors as sources is reviewed. This technique, a direct continuation of the experiments that proved the existence of neutrinos, is today an essential tool in investigating the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Carlo Bemporad , Giorgio Gratta , Petr Vogel

Experimental Search for Chargino and Neutralino Production in Supersymmetry Models with a Light Gravitino

We search for inclusive high $E_T$ diphoton events with large missing transverse energy in $p\bar{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$=1.8 TeV. Such events are expected from pair production of charginos and neutralinos within the framework of the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-08-31 Dzero Collaboration , B. Abbott

Neutrino Phenomenology in a 3+1+1 Framework

Evidence continues to grow in the MiniBooNE (MB) antineutrino mode supporting a low-energy excess compatible with the MB neutrino mode and possibly also confirming the results of the LSND experiment. At least one sterile neutrino is…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-05-30 Eric Kuflik , Samuel D. McDermott , Kathryn M. Zurek

Muon-anti-neutrino <---> electron-anti-neutrino mixing: analysis of recent indications and implications for neutrino oscillation phenomenology

We reanalyze the recent data from the Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector (LSND) experiment, that might indicate anti-nu_mu<--->anti-nu_e mixing. This indication is not completely excluded by the negative results of established…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-07 G. L. Fogli , E. Lisi , G. Scioscia

Implications of Recent KATRIN Results for Lower-Limits on Neutrino Masses

Recently announced results from the KATRIN collaboration imply an upper bound on the effective electron anti-neutrino mass $m_{\nu_{e}}$, $m_{\nu_{e}}< 0.8~{\rm eV}/c^{2}$. Here we explore the implications of combining the KATRIN upper…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-08-09 Ephraim Fischbach , Dennis E. Krause , Quan Le Thien , Carol Scarlett