Combined Analysis of ν_μ Disappearance and ν_μ→ν_e Appearance in MINOS Using Accelerator and Atmospheric Neutrinos

Adamson, P. and Himmel, A. and Michael, D. G. and Mualem, L. and Newman, H. B. and Orchanian, M. and Patterson, R. B. (2014) Combined Analysis of ν_μ Disappearance and ν_μ→ν_e Appearance in MINOS Using Accelerator and Atmospheric Neutrinos. Physical Review Letters, 112 (19). Art. No. 191801. ISSN 0031-9007. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140623-083308722

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Abstract

We report on a new analysis of neutrino oscillations in MINOS using the complete set of accelerator and atmospheric data. The analysis combines the ν_μ disappearance and ν_e appearance data using the three-flavor formalism. We measure |Δm^2_(32)|=[2.28–2.46]×10^(−3) eV^2 (68% C.L.) and sin^2θ_(23)=0.35–0.65 (90% C.L.) in the normal hierarchy, and |Δm^2_(32)|=[2.32–2.53]×10^(−3) eV^2 (68% C.L.) and sin2θ23=0.34–0.67 (90% C.L.) in the inverted hierarchy. The data also constrain δ_(CP), the θ_(23) octant degeneracy and the mass hierarchy; we disfavor 36% (11%) of this three-parameter space at 68% (90%) C.L.

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http://arxiv.org/abs/1403.0867	arXiv	Discussion Paper
https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.191801	Publisher	Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.191801	DOI	Article

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Author	ORCID
Newman, H. B.	0000-0003-0964-1480
Patterson, R. B.	0000-0002-5787-9517

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© 2014 American Physical Society. Received 4 March 2014; published 12 May 2014. This work was supported by the U.S. DOE, the United Kingdom STFC, the U.S. NSF, the State and University of Minnesota, Brazil’s FAPESP, CNPq and CAPES. We are grateful to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the personnel of the Soudan Laboratory and Fermilab for their contributions to the experiment. We thank the Texas Advanced Computing Center at The University of Texas at Austin for the provision of computing resources.

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Funding Agency	Grant Number
Department of Energy (DOE)	UNSPECIFIED
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)	UNSPECIFIED
NSF	UNSPECIFIED
State of Minnesota	UNSPECIFIED
University of Minnesota	UNSPECIFIED
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP)	UNSPECIFIED
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)	UNSPECIFIED
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)	UNSPECIFIED

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PACS: 14.60.Pq

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Combined Analysis of νμ Disappearance and νμ→νe Appearance in MINOS Using Accelerator and Atmospheric Neutrinos P. Adamson et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 191801 (2014) – Published 12 May 2014

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