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Combined analysis of $\nu_{\mu}$ disappearance and $\nu_{\mu} \rightarrow \nu_{e}$ appearance in MINOS using accelerator and atmospheric neutrinos

Authors :
MINOS Collaboration
Adamson, P.
Anghel, I.
Aurisano, A.
Barr, G.
Bishai, M.
Blake, A.
Bock, G. J.
Bogert, D.
Cao, S. V.
Castromonte, C. M.
Cherdack, D.
Childress, S.
Coelho, J. A. B.
Corwin, L.
Cronin-Hennessy, D.
de Jong, J. K.
Devan, A. V.
Devenish, N. E.
Diwan, M. V.
Escobar, C. O.
Evans, J. J.
Falk, E.
Feldman, G. J.
Frohne, M. V.
Gallagher, H. R.
Gomes, R. A.
Goodman, M. C.
Gouffon, P.
Graf, N.
Gran, R.
Grzelak, K.
Habig, A.
Hahn, S. R.
Hartnell, J.
Hatcher, R.
Himmel, A.
Holin, A.
Huang, J.
Hylen, J.
Irwin, G. M.
Isvan, Z.
James, C.
Jensen, D.
Kafka, T.
Kasahara, S. M. S.
Koizumi, G.
Kordosky, M.
Kreymer, A.
Lang, K.
Ling, J.
Litchfield, P. J.
Lucas, P.
Mann, W. A.
Marshak, M. L.
Mayer, N.
McGivern, C.
Medeiros, M. M.
Mehdiyev, R.
Meier, J. R.
Messier, M. D.
Michael, D. G.
Miller, W. H.
Mishra, S. R.
Sher, S. Moed
Moore, C. D.
Mualem, L.
Musser, J.
Naples, D.
Nelson, J. K.
Newman, H. B.
Nichol, R. J.
Nowak, J. A.
O'Connor, J.
Orchanian, M.
Pahlka, R. B.
Paley, J.
Patterson, R. B.
Pawloski, G.
Perch, A.
Phan-Budd, S.
Plunkett, R. K.
Poonthottathil, N.
Qiu, X.
Radovic, A.
Rebel, B.
Rosenfeld, C.
Rubin, H. A.
Sanchez, M. C.
Schneps, J.
Schreckenberger, A.
Schreiner, P.
Sharma, R.
Sousa, A.
Tagg, N.
Talaga, R. L.
Thomas, J.
Thomson, M. A.
Tian, X.
Timmons, A.
Tognini, S. C.
Toner, R.
Torretta, D.
Tzanakos, G.
Urheim, J.
Vahle, P.
Viren, B.
Weber, A.
Webb, R. C.
White, C.
Whitehead, L.
Whitehead, L. H.
Wojcicki, S. G.
Zwaska, R.
Source :
Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 191801 (2014)
Publication Year :
2014

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 $\nu_{\mu}$ disappearance and $\nu_{e}$ appearance data using the three-flavor formalism. We measure $|\Delta m^{2}_{32}|=[2.28-2.46]\times10^{-3}\mbox{\,eV}^{2}$ (68% C.L.) and $\sin^{2}\theta_{23}=0.35-0.65$ (90% C.L.) in the normal hierarchy, and $|\Delta m^{2}_{32}|=[2.32-2.53]\times10^{-3}\mbox{\,eV}^{2}$ (68% C.L.) and $\sin^{2}\theta_{23}=0.34-0.67$ (90% C.L.) in the inverted hierarchy. The data also constrain $\delta_{CP}$, the $\theta_{23}$ octant degeneracy and the mass hierarchy; we disfavor 36% (11%) of this three-parameter space at 68% (90%) C.L.<br />Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures

Details

Database :
arXiv
Journal :
Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 191801 (2014)
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.1403.0867
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.191801