Baird, M, Blackburn, T, Davies, J P, Hartnell, J, Mendéz, D P, Tamsett, M, Vinton, L, Zamorano, B and The Nova Collaboration, (2017) Constraints on oscillation parameters from νe appearance and νμ disappearance in NOvA. Physical Review Letters, 118 (23). p. 231801. ISSN 0031-9007

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Abstract

Results are reported from an improved measurement of νμ→νe transitions by the NOvA experiment. Using an exposure equivalent to 6.05×1020 protons on target, 33 νe candidates are observed with a background of 8.2±0.8 (syst.). Combined with the latest NOvA νμ disappearance data and external constraints from reactor experiments on sin22θ13, the hypothesis of inverted mass hierarchy with θ23 in the lower octant is disfavored at greater than 93% C.L. for all values of δCP.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Research Centres and Groups:	Experimental Particle Physics Research Group
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics
Depositing User:	Billy Wichaidit
Date Deposited:	22 Jun 2017 09:20
Last Modified:	01 Jul 2017 08:39
URI:	http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/68787

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