Search for an eV-Scale Sterile Neutrino Using Improved High-Energy νμ Event Reconstruction in IceCube

Abbasi R, Ackermann M, Adams J, Agarwalla SK, Aguilar JA, Ahlers M, Alameddine JM, Amin NM, Andeen K, Argüelles C, Ashida Y, Athanasiadou S, Ausborm L, Axani SN, Bai X, Balagopal VA, Baricevic M, Barwick SW, Bash S, Basu V, Bay R, Beatty JJ, Becker Tjus J, Beise J, Bellenghi C, Benning C, Benzvi S, Berley D, Bernardini E, Besson DZ, Blaufuss E, Bloom L, Blot S, Bontempo F, Book Motzkin JY, Boscolo Meneguolo C, Böser S, Botner O, Böttcher J, Braun J, Brinson B, Brostean-Kaiser J, Brusa L, Burley RT, Butterfield D, Campana MA, Caracas I, Carloni K, Carpio J, Chattopadhyay S, Chau N, Chen Z, Chirkin D, Choi S, Clark BA, Coleman A, Collin GH, Connolly A, Conrad JM, Coppin P, Corley R, Correa P, Cowen DF, Dave P, De Clercq C, Delaunay JJ, Delgado D, Deng S, Desai A, Desiati P, De Vries KD, De Wasseige G, Diaz A, Díaz-Vélez JC, Dierichs P, Dittmer M, Domi A, Draper L, Dujmovic H, Dutta K, Duvernois MA, Ehrhardt T, Eidenschink L, Eimer A, Eller P, Ellinger E, El Mentawi S, Elsässer D, Engel R, Erpenbeck H, Evans J, Evenson PA, Fan KL, Fang K, Farrag K, Fazely AR, Fedynitch A, Feigl N, Fiedlschuster S, Finley C, Fischer L, Fox D, Franckowiak A, Fukami S, Fürst P, Gallagher J, Ganster E, Garcia A, Garcia M, Garg G, Genton E, Gerhardt L, Ghadimi A, Girard-Carillo C, Glaser C, Glüsenkamp T, Gonzalez JG, Goswami S, Granados A, Grant D, Gray SJ, Gries O, Griffin S, Griswold S, Groth KM, Günther C, Gutjahr P, Ha C, Haack C, Hallgren A, Halve L, Halzen F, Hamdaoui H, Ha Minh M, Handt M, Hanson K, Hardin J, Harnisch AA, Hatch P, Haungs A, Häußler J, Helbing K, Hellrung J, Hermannsgabner J, Heuermann L, Heyer N, Hickford S, Hidvegi A, Hill C, Hill GC, Hoffman KD, Hori S, Hoshina K, Hostert M, Hou W, Huber T, Hultqvist K, Hünnefeld M, Hussain R, Hymon K, Ishihara A, Iwakiri W, Jacquart M, Janik O, Jansson M, Japaridze GS, Jeong M, Jin M, Jones BJ, Kamp N, Kang D, Kang W, Kang X, Kappes A, Kappesser D, Kardum L, Karg T, Karl M, Karle A, Katil A, Katz U, Kauer M, Kelley JL, Khanal M, Khatee Zathul A, Kheirandish A, Kiryluk J, Klein SR, Kochocki A, Koirala R, Kolanoski H, Kontrimas T, Köpke L, Kopper C, Koskinen DJ, Koundal P, Kovacevich M, Kowalski M, Kozynets T, Krishnamoorthi J, Kruiswijk K, Krupczak E, Kumar A, Kun E, Kurahashi N, Lad N, Lagunas Gualda C, Lamoureux M, Larson MJ, Latseva S, Lauber F, Lazar JP, Lee JW, Leonard Deholton K, Leszczyńska A, Liao J, Lincetto M, Liu YT, Liubarska M, Lohfink E, Love C, Lozano Mariscal CJ, Lu L, Lucarelli F, Luszczak W, Lyu Y, Madsen J, Magnus E, Mahn KB, Makino Y, Manao E, Mancina S, Marie Sainte W, Mariş IC, Marka S, Marka Z, Marsee M, Martinez-Soler I, Maruyama R, Mayhew F, McNally F, Mead JV, Meagher K, Mechbal S, Medina A, Meier M, Merckx Y, Merten L, Micallef J, Mitchell J, Montaruli T, Moore RW, Morii Y, Morse R, Moulai M, Mukherjee T, Naab R, Nagai R, Nakos M, Naumann U, Necker J, Negi A, Neste L, Neumann M, Niederhausen H, Nisa MU, Noda K, Noell A, Novikov A, Obertacke Pollmann A, O'Dell V, Oeyen B, Olivas A, Orsoe R, Osborn J, O'Sullivan E, Pandya H, Park N, Parker GK, Paudel EN, Paul L, Pérez De Los Heros C, Pernice T, Peterson J, Philippen S, Pizzuto A, Plum M, Pontén A, Popovych Y, Prado Rodriguez M, Pries B, Procter-Murphy R, Przybylski GT, Raab C, Rack-Helleis J, Ravn M, Rawlins K, Rechav Z, Rehman A, Reichherzer P, Resconi E, Reusch S, Rhode W, Riedel B, Rifaie A, Roberts EJ, Robertson S, Rodan S, Roellinghoff G, Rongen M, Rosted A, Rott C, Ruhe T, Ruohan L, Ryckbosch D, Safa I, Saffer J, Salazar-Gallegos D, Sampathkumar P, Sandrock A, Santander M, Sarkar S, Sarkar S, Savelberg J, Savina P, Schaile P, Schaufel M, Schieler H, Schindler S, Schlüter B, Schlüter F, Schmeisser N, Schmidt T, Schneider J, Schröder FG, Schumacher L, Sclafani S, Seckel D, Seikh M, Seo M, Seunarine S, Sevle Myhr P, Shah R, Shefali S, Shimizu N, Silva M, Skrzypek B, Smithers B, Snihur R, Soedingrekso J, Søgaard A, Soldin D, Soldin P, Sommani G, Spannfellner C, Spiczak GM, Spiering C, Sponsler C, Stamatikos M, Stanev T, Stezelberger T, Stürwald T, Stuttard T, Sullivan GW, Taboada I, Ter-Antonyan S, Terliuk A, Thiesmeyer M, Thompson WG, Thwaites J, Tilav S, Tollefson K, Tönnis C, Toscano S, Tosi D, Trettin A, Turcotte R, Twagirayezu JP, Unland Elorrieta MA, Upadhyay AK, Upshaw K, Vaidyanathan A, Valtonen-Mattila N, Vandenbroucke J, Van Eijndhoven N, Vannerom D, Van Santen J, Vara J, Veitch-Michaelis J, Venugopal M, Vereecken M, Verpoest S, Veske D, Vijai A, Walck C, Wang A, Weaver C, Weigel P, Weindl A, Weldert J, Wen AY, Wendt C, Werthebach J, Weyrauch M, Whitehorn N, Wiebusch CH, Williams DR, Witthaus L, Wolf A, Wolf M, Wrede G, Xu XW, Yanez JP, Yildizci E, Yoshida S, Young R, Yu S, Yuan T, Zhang Z, Zhelnin P, Zilberman P, Zimmerman M (2024)


Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2024

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Book Volume: 133

Article Number: 201804

Journal Issue: 20

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.201804

Abstract

This Letter presents the result of a 3+1 sterile neutrino search using 10.7 yr of IceCube data. We analyze atmospheric muon neutrinos that traverse the Earth with energies ranging from 0.5 to 100 TeV, incorporating significant improvements in modeling neutrino flux and detector response compared to earlier studies. Notably, for the first time, we categorize data into starting and throughgoing events, distinguishing neutrino interactions with vertices inside or outside the instrumented volume, to improve energy resolution. The best-fit point for a 3+1 model is found to be at sin2(2θ24)=0.16 and Δm412=3.5 eV2, which agrees with previous iterations of this Letter. The result is consistent with the null hypothesis of no sterile neutrinos with a p value of 3.1%.

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Abbasi, R., Ackermann, M., Adams, J., Agarwalla, S.K., Aguilar, J.A., Ahlers, M.,... Zimmerman, M. (2024). Search for an eV-Scale Sterile Neutrino Using Improved High-Energy νμ Event Reconstruction in IceCube. Physical Review Letters, 133(20). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.201804

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Abbasi, R., et al. "Search for an eV-Scale Sterile Neutrino Using Improved High-Energy νμ Event Reconstruction in IceCube." Physical Review Letters 133.20 (2024).

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