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Active to Sterile Neutrino Mixing Limits from Neutral-Current Interactions in MINOS
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posted on 2023-06-08, 06:48 authored by P Adamson, D J Auty, D S Ayres, C Backhouse, G Barr, M Bishai, A Blake, G.J Bock, D.J Boehnlein, D Bogert, N E Devenish, Elisabeth FalkElisabeth Falk, Jeff HartnellJeff Hartnell, G Lefeuvre, et alResults are reported from a search for active to sterile neutrino oscillations in the MINOS long-baseline experiment, based on the observation of neutral-current neutrino interactions, from an exposure to the NuMI neutrino beam of 7.07×1020 protons on target. A total of 802 neutral-current event candidates is observed in the Far Detector, compared to an expected number of 754±28(stat)±37(syst) for oscillations among three active flavors. The fraction fs of disappearing ?µ that may transition to ?s is found to be less than 22% at the 90% C.L.
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