Title: The Results of MINOS and the Future with MINOS+

Abstract

The MINOS experiment took data from 2005 up until 2012. The MINOS experiment took data from 2005 up until 2012, continuing beyond that as the MINOS+ experiment. The experiment is a two-detector, on-axis, long-baseline experiment, sending neutrinos from Fermilab to the Soudan Underground Laboratory in northern Minnesota. By searching for the deficit of muon neutrinos at the Far Detector, MINOS/MINOS+ is sensitive to the atmospheric neutrino oscillation parameters $\mathrm{\Delta }{m}_{32}^2$ and ${\theta }_{23}$ . By using the full MINOS data set looking at both ${\nu }_{\mu }$ disappearance and ${\nu }_e$ appearance in both neutrino and antineutrino configurations at the NuMI beam along with atmospheric neutrino data recorded at the FD, MINOS has made the most precise measurement of $\mathrm{\Delta }{m}_{32}^2$ . Using a full three-flavour framework and searching for ${\nu }_e$ appearance, MINOS/MINOS+ gains sensitivity to ${\theta }_{13}$ , the mass hierarchy, and the octant of ${\theta }_{23}$ . Exotic phenomenon is also explored with the MINOS detectors looking for nonstandard interactions and sterile neutrinos. The current MINOS+ era goals are to build on the previous MINOS results improving the precision on the three-flavour oscillation parameter measurements and strengthening the constraints placed on the sterile neutrino parameter space.

Authors:

Timmons, A. ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK

Publication Date:

Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2016

Sponsoring Org.:

USDOE

OSTI Identifier:

1236508

Resource Type:

Published Article

Journal Name:

Advances in High Energy Physics

Additional Journal Information:

Journal Name: Advances in High Energy Physics Journal Volume: 2016; Journal ID: ISSN 1687-7357

Publisher:

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Country of Publication:

Egypt

Language:

English