Adamson, P, Auty, D J, Ayres, D S, Backhouse, C, Barr, G, Bishai, M, Blake, A, Bock, G.J, Boehnlein, D.J, Bogert, D, Devenish, N E, Falk, E, Hartnell, J, Lefeuvre, G and et al, (2011) Active to Sterile Neutrino Mixing Limits from Neutral-Current Interactions in MINOS. Physical Review Letters, 107 (1). 011802. ISSN 0031-9007

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Abstract

Results 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 νμ that may transition to νs is found to be less than 22% at the 90% C.L.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Depositing User:	David Auty
Date Deposited:	06 Feb 2012 20:34
Last Modified:	07 Mar 2017 05:49
URI:	http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/26686

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