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Title: Search for heavy neutrinos with the T2K near detector ND280

Abstract

This paper reports on the search for heavy neutrinos with masses in the range 140 < MN < 493 MeV / c2 using the off-axis near detector ND280 of the T2K experiment. These particles can be produced from kaon decays in the standard neutrino beam and then subsequently decay in ND280. The decay modes under consideration are N → ℓ$$^{±}_{α}$$π and N → ℓ$$^{+}_{α}$$ ℓ$$^{-}_{β}$$$$(-)\atop{ν}$$ (α,β = e,μ) . A search for such events has been made using the Time Projection Chambers of ND280, where the background has been reduced to less than two events in the current dataset in all channels. No excess has been observed in the signal region. A combined Bayesian statistical approach has been applied to extract upper limits on the mixing elements of heavy neutrinos to electron-, muon- and tau- flavored currents ( $$U^2_e$$, $$U^2_μ$$, $$U^2_τ$$) as a function of the heavy neutrino mass, e.g., $$U^2_e$$ < 10 -9 at 90% C.L. for a mass of 390MeV/c2 . These constraints are competitive with previous experiments.

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Research Org.:
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States); Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Contributing Org.:
T2K Collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1560898
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1617855; OSTI ID: 1762109; OSTI ID: 1839031
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0010005; SAPPJ-2014-00031; RISE-GA644294-JENNIFER 2020; SC0008475
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Physical Review. D.
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Physical Review. D. Journal Volume: 100 Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; Hypothetical particle physics models; Particle phenomena

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Abe, K., Akutsu, R., Ali, A., Andreopoulos, C., Anthony, L., Antonova, M., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Ashida, Y., Awataguchi, Y., Azuma, Y., Ban, S., Barbi, M., Barker, G. J., Barr, G., Barry, C., Batkiewicz-Kwasniak, M., Bench, F., Berardi, V., Berkman, S., Berner, R. M., Berns, L., Bhadra, S., Bienstock, S., Blondel, A., Bolognesi, S., Bourguille, B., Boyd, S. B., Brailsford, D., Bravar, A., Bronner, C., Buizza Avanzini, M., Calcutt, J., Campbell, T., Cao, S., Cartwright, S. L., Catanesi, M. G., Cervera, A., Chappell, A., Checchia, C., Cherdack, D., Chikuma, N., Christodoulou, G., Coleman, J., Collazuol, G., Coplowe, D., Cudd, A., Dabrowska, A., De Rosa, G., Dealtry, T., Denner, P. F., Dennis, S. R., Densham, C., Di Lodovico, F., Dokania, N., Dolan, S., Drapier, O., Duffy, K. E., Dumarchez, J., Dunne, P., Emery-Schrenk, S., Ereditato, A., Fernandez, P., Feusels, T., Finch, A. J., Fiorentini, G. A., Fiorillo, G., Francois, C., Friend, M., Fujii, Y., Fujita, R., Fukuda, D., Fukuda, Y., Gameil, K., Giganti, C., Gizzarelli, F., Golan, T., Gonin, M., Hadley, D. R., Haegel, L., Haigh, J. T., Hamacher-Baumann, P., Hartz, M., Hasegawa, T., Hastings, N. C., Hayashino, T., Hayato, Y., Hiramoto, A., Hogan, M., Holeczek, J., Hong Van, N. T., Hosomi, F., Iacob, F., Ichikawa, A. K., Ikeda, M., Inoue, T., Intonti, R. A., Ishida, T., Ishii, T., Ishitsuka, M., Iwamoto, K., Izmaylov, A., Jamieson, B., Jesus, C., Jiang, M., Johnson, S., Jonsson, P., Jung, C. K., Kabirnezhad, M., Kaboth, A. C., Kajita, T., Kakuno, H., Kameda, J., Karlen, D., Katori, T., Kato, Y., Kearns, E., Khabibullin, M., Khotjantsev, A., Kim, H., Kim, J., King, S., Kisiel, J., Knight, A., Knox, A., Kobayashi, T., Koch, L., Koga, T., Koller, P. P., Konaka, A., Kormos, L. L., Koshio, Y., Kowalik, K., Kubo, H., Kudenko, Y., Kurjata, R., Kutter, T., Kuze, M., Labarga, L., Lagoda, J., Lamoureux, M., Lasorak, P., Laveder, M., Lawe, M., Licciardi, M., Lindner, T., Liptak, Z. J., Litchfield, R. P., Li, X., Longhin, A., Lopez, J. P., Lou, T., Ludovici, L., Lu, X., Lux, T., Magaletti, L., Mahn, K., Malek, M., Manly, S., Maret, L., Marino, A. D., Martin, J. F., Martins, P., Maruyama, T., Matsubara, T., Matveev, V., Mavrokoridis, K., Ma, W. Y., Mazzucato, E., McCarthy, M., McCauley, N., McFarland, K. S., McGrew, C., Mefodiev, A., Metelko, C., Mezzetto, M., Minamino, A., Mineev, O., Mine, S., Miura, M., Molina Bueno, L., Moriyama, S., Morrison, J., Mueller, Th. A., Murphy, S., Nagai, Y., Nakadaira, T., Nakahata, M., Nakajima, Y., Nakamura, A., Nakamura, K. G., Nakamura, K., Nakamura, K. D., Nakanishi, Y., Nakayama, S., Nakaya, T., Nakayoshi, K., Nantais, C., Niewczas, K., Nishikawa, K., Nishimura, Y., Nonnenmacher, T. S., Novella, P., Nowak, J., O’Keeffe, H. M., O’Sullivan, L., Okumura, K., Okusawa, T., Oryszczak, W., Oser, S. M., Owen, R. A., Oyama, Y., Palladino, V., Palomino, J. L., Paolone, V., Parker, W. C., Paudyal, P., Pavin, M., Payne, D., Pickering, L., Pidcott, C., Pinzon Guerra, E. S., Pistillo, C., Popov, B., Porwit, K., Posiadala-Zezula, M., Pritchard, A., Quilain, B., Radermacher, T., Radicioni, E., Radics, B., Ratoff, P. N., Reinherz-Aronis, E., Riccio, C., Rondio, E., Rossi, B., Roth, S., Rubbia, A., Ruggeri, A. C., Rychter, A., Sakashita, K., Sánchez, F., Sasaki, S., Scantamburlo, E., Schloesser, C. M., Scholberg, K., Schwehr, J., Scott, M., Seiya, Y., Sekiguchi, T., Sekiya, H., Sgalaberna, D., Shah, R., Shaikhiev, A., Shaker, F., Shaw, D., Shaykina, A., Shiozawa, M., Smirnov, A., Smy, M., Sobczyk, J. T., Sobel, H., Sonoda, Y., Steinmann, J., Stewart, T., Stowell, P., Suda, Y., Suvorov, S., Suzuki, A., Suzuki, S. Y., Suzuki, Y., Sztuc, A. A., Tacik, R., Tada, M., Takeda, A., Takeuchi, Y., Tamura, R., Tanaka, H. K., Tanaka, H. A., Thakore, T., Thompson, L. F., Toki, W., Touramanis, C., Tsui, K. M., Tsukamoto, T., Tzanov, M., Uchida, Y., Uno, W., Vagins, M., Vallari, Z., Vargas, D., Vasseur, G., Vilela, C., Vladisavljevic, T., Volkov, V. V., Wachala, T., Walker, J., Wang, Y., Wark, D., Wascko, M. O., Weber, A., Wendell, R., Wilking, M. J., Wilkinson, C., Wilson, J. R., Wilson, R. J., Wret, C., Yamada, Y., Yamamoto, K., Yamasu, S., Yanagisawa, C., Yang, G., Yano, T., Yasutome, K., Yen, S., Yershov, N., Yokoyama, M., Yoshida, T., Yu, M., Zalewska, A., Zalipska, J., Zaremba, K., Zarnecki, G., Ziembicki, M., Zimmerman, E. D., Zito, M., Zsoldos, S., Zykova, A., and T2K Collaboration. Search for heavy neutrinos with the T2K near detector ND280. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.100.052006.
Abe, K., Akutsu, R., Ali, A., Andreopoulos, C., Anthony, L., Antonova, M., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Ashida, Y., Awataguchi, Y., Azuma, Y., Ban, S., Barbi, M., Barker, G. J., Barr, G., Barry, C., Batkiewicz-Kwasniak, M., Bench, F., Berardi, V., Berkman, S., Berner, R. M., Berns, L., Bhadra, S., Bienstock, S., Blondel, A., Bolognesi, S., Bourguille, B., Boyd, S. B., Brailsford, D., Bravar, A., Bronner, C., Buizza Avanzini, M., Calcutt, J., Campbell, T., Cao, S., Cartwright, S. L., Catanesi, M. G., Cervera, A., Chappell, A., Checchia, C., Cherdack, D., Chikuma, N., Christodoulou, G., Coleman, J., Collazuol, G., Coplowe, D., Cudd, A., Dabrowska, A., De Rosa, G., Dealtry, T., Denner, P. F., Dennis, S. R., Densham, C., Di Lodovico, F., Dokania, N., Dolan, S., Drapier, O., Duffy, K. E., Dumarchez, J., Dunne, P., Emery-Schrenk, S., Ereditato, A., Fernandez, P., Feusels, T., Finch, A. J., Fiorentini, G. A., Fiorillo, G., Francois, C., Friend, M., Fujii, Y., Fujita, R., Fukuda, D., Fukuda, Y., Gameil, K., Giganti, C., Gizzarelli, F., Golan, T., Gonin, M., Hadley, D. R., Haegel, L., Haigh, J. T., Hamacher-Baumann, P., Hartz, M., Hasegawa, T., Hastings, N. C., Hayashino, T., Hayato, Y., Hiramoto, A., Hogan, M., Holeczek, J., Hong Van, N. T., Hosomi, F., Iacob, F., Ichikawa, A. K., Ikeda, M., Inoue, T., Intonti, R. A., Ishida, T., Ishii, T., Ishitsuka, M., Iwamoto, K., Izmaylov, A., Jamieson, B., Jesus, C., Jiang, M., Johnson, S., Jonsson, P., Jung, C. K., Kabirnezhad, M., Kaboth, A. C., Kajita, T., Kakuno, H., Kameda, J., Karlen, D., Katori, T., Kato, Y., Kearns, E., Khabibullin, M., Khotjantsev, A., Kim, H., Kim, J., King, S., Kisiel, J., Knight, A., Knox, A., Kobayashi, T., Koch, L., Koga, T., Koller, P. P., Konaka, A., Kormos, L. L., Koshio, Y., Kowalik, K., Kubo, H., Kudenko, Y., Kurjata, R., Kutter, T., Kuze, M., Labarga, L., Lagoda, J., Lamoureux, M., Lasorak, P., Laveder, M., Lawe, M., Licciardi, M., Lindner, T., Liptak, Z. J., Litchfield, R. P., Li, X., Longhin, A., Lopez, J. P., Lou, T., Ludovici, L., Lu, X., Lux, T., Magaletti, L., Mahn, K., Malek, M., Manly, S., Maret, L., Marino, A. D., Martin, J. F., Martins, P., Maruyama, T., Matsubara, T., Matveev, V., Mavrokoridis, K., Ma, W. Y., Mazzucato, E., McCarthy, M., McCauley, N., McFarland, K. S., McGrew, C., Mefodiev, A., Metelko, C., Mezzetto, M., Minamino, A., Mineev, O., Mine, S., Miura, M., Molina Bueno, L., Moriyama, S., Morrison, J., Mueller, Th. A., Murphy, S., Nagai, Y., Nakadaira, T., Nakahata, M., Nakajima, Y., Nakamura, A., Nakamura, K. G., Nakamura, K., Nakamura, K. D., Nakanishi, Y., Nakayama, S., Nakaya, T., Nakayoshi, K., Nantais, C., Niewczas, K., Nishikawa, K., Nishimura, Y., Nonnenmacher, T. S., Novella, P., Nowak, J., O’Keeffe, H. M., O’Sullivan, L., Okumura, K., Okusawa, T., Oryszczak, W., Oser, S. M., Owen, R. A., Oyama, Y., Palladino, V., Palomino, J. L., Paolone, V., Parker, W. C., Paudyal, P., Pavin, M., Payne, D., Pickering, L., Pidcott, C., Pinzon Guerra, E. S., Pistillo, C., Popov, B., Porwit, K., Posiadala-Zezula, M., Pritchard, A., Quilain, B., Radermacher, T., Radicioni, E., Radics, B., Ratoff, P. N., Reinherz-Aronis, E., Riccio, C., Rondio, E., Rossi, B., Roth, S., Rubbia, A., Ruggeri, A. C., Rychter, A., Sakashita, K., Sánchez, F., Sasaki, S., Scantamburlo, E., Schloesser, C. M., Scholberg, K., Schwehr, J., Scott, M., Seiya, Y., Sekiguchi, T., Sekiya, H., Sgalaberna, D., Shah, R., Shaikhiev, A., Shaker, F., Shaw, D., Shaykina, A., Shiozawa, M., Smirnov, A., Smy, M., Sobczyk, J. T., Sobel, H., Sonoda, Y., Steinmann, J., Stewart, T., Stowell, P., Suda, Y., Suvorov, S., Suzuki, A., Suzuki, S. Y., Suzuki, Y., Sztuc, A. A., Tacik, R., Tada, M., Takeda, A., Takeuchi, Y., Tamura, R., Tanaka, H. K., Tanaka, H. A., Thakore, T., Thompson, L. F., Toki, W., Touramanis, C., Tsui, K. M., Tsukamoto, T., Tzanov, M., Uchida, Y., Uno, W., Vagins, M., Vallari, Z., Vargas, D., Vasseur, G., Vilela, C., Vladisavljevic, T., Volkov, V. V., Wachala, T., Walker, J., Wang, Y., Wark, D., Wascko, M. O., Weber, A., Wendell, R., Wilking, M. J., Wilkinson, C., Wilson, J. R., Wilson, R. J., Wret, C., Yamada, Y., Yamamoto, K., Yamasu, S., Yanagisawa, C., Yang, G., Yano, T., Yasutome, K., Yen, S., Yershov, N., Yokoyama, M., Yoshida, T., Yu, M., Zalewska, A., Zalipska, J., Zaremba, K., Zarnecki, G., Ziembicki, M., Zimmerman, E. D., Zito, M., Zsoldos, S., Zykova, A., & T2K Collaboration. Search for heavy neutrinos with the T2K near detector ND280. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.100.052006
Abe, K., Akutsu, R., Ali, A., Andreopoulos, C., Anthony, L., Antonova, M., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Ashida, Y., Awataguchi, Y., Azuma, Y., Ban, S., Barbi, M., Barker, G. J., Barr, G., Barry, C., Batkiewicz-Kwasniak, M., Bench, F., Berardi, V., Berkman, S., Berner, R. M., Berns, L., Bhadra, S., Bienstock, S., Blondel, A., Bolognesi, S., Bourguille, B., Boyd, S. B., Brailsford, D., Bravar, A., Bronner, C., Buizza Avanzini, M., Calcutt, J., Campbell, T., Cao, S., Cartwright, S. L., Catanesi, M. G., Cervera, A., Chappell, A., Checchia, C., Cherdack, D., Chikuma, N., Christodoulou, G., Coleman, J., Collazuol, G., Coplowe, D., Cudd, A., Dabrowska, A., De Rosa, G., Dealtry, T., Denner, P. F., Dennis, S. R., Densham, C., Di Lodovico, F., Dokania, N., Dolan, S., Drapier, O., Duffy, K. E., Dumarchez, J., Dunne, P., Emery-Schrenk, S., Ereditato, A., Fernandez, P., Feusels, T., Finch, A. J., Fiorentini, G. A., Fiorillo, G., Francois, C., Friend, M., Fujii, Y., Fujita, R., Fukuda, D., Fukuda, Y., Gameil, K., Giganti, C., Gizzarelli, F., Golan, T., Gonin, M., Hadley, D. R., Haegel, L., Haigh, J. T., Hamacher-Baumann, P., Hartz, M., Hasegawa, T., Hastings, N. C., Hayashino, T., Hayato, Y., Hiramoto, A., Hogan, M., Holeczek, J., Hong Van, N. T., Hosomi, F., Iacob, F., Ichikawa, A. K., Ikeda, M., Inoue, T., Intonti, R. A., Ishida, T., Ishii, T., Ishitsuka, M., Iwamoto, K., Izmaylov, A., Jamieson, B., Jesus, C., Jiang, M., Johnson, S., Jonsson, P., Jung, C. K., Kabirnezhad, M., Kaboth, A. C., Kajita, T., Kakuno, H., Kameda, J., Karlen, D., Katori, T., Kato, Y., Kearns, E., Khabibullin, M., Khotjantsev, A., Kim, H., Kim, J., King, S., Kisiel, J., Knight, A., Knox, A., Kobayashi, T., Koch, L., Koga, T., Koller, P. P., Konaka, A., Kormos, L. L., Koshio, Y., Kowalik, K., Kubo, H., Kudenko, Y., Kurjata, R., Kutter, T., Kuze, M., Labarga, L., Lagoda, J., Lamoureux, M., Lasorak, P., Laveder, M., Lawe, M., Licciardi, M., Lindner, T., Liptak, Z. J., Litchfield, R. P., Li, X., Longhin, A., Lopez, J. P., Lou, T., Ludovici, L., Lu, X., Lux, T., Magaletti, L., Mahn, K., Malek, M., Manly, S., Maret, L., Marino, A. D., Martin, J. F., Martins, P., Maruyama, T., Matsubara, T., Matveev, V., Mavrokoridis, K., Ma, W. Y., Mazzucato, E., McCarthy, M., McCauley, N., McFarland, K. S., McGrew, C., Mefodiev, A., Metelko, C., Mezzetto, M., Minamino, A., Mineev, O., Mine, S., Miura, M., Molina Bueno, L., Moriyama, S., Morrison, J., Mueller, Th. A., Murphy, S., Nagai, Y., Nakadaira, T., Nakahata, M., Nakajima, Y., Nakamura, A., Nakamura, K. G., Nakamura, K., Nakamura, K. D., Nakanishi, Y., Nakayama, S., Nakaya, T., Nakayoshi, K., Nantais, C., Niewczas, K., Nishikawa, K., Nishimura, Y., Nonnenmacher, T. S., Novella, P., Nowak, J., O’Keeffe, H. M., O’Sullivan, L., Okumura, K., Okusawa, T., Oryszczak, W., Oser, S. M., Owen, R. A., Oyama, Y., Palladino, V., Palomino, J. L., Paolone, V., Parker, W. C., Paudyal, P., Pavin, M., Payne, D., Pickering, L., Pidcott, C., Pinzon Guerra, E. S., Pistillo, C., Popov, B., Porwit, K., Posiadala-Zezula, M., Pritchard, A., Quilain, B., Radermacher, T., Radicioni, E., Radics, B., Ratoff, P. N., Reinherz-Aronis, E., Riccio, C., Rondio, E., Rossi, B., Roth, S., Rubbia, A., Ruggeri, A. C., Rychter, A., Sakashita, K., Sánchez, F., Sasaki, S., Scantamburlo, E., Schloesser, C. M., Scholberg, K., Schwehr, J., Scott, M., Seiya, Y., Sekiguchi, T., Sekiya, H., Sgalaberna, D., Shah, R., Shaikhiev, A., Shaker, F., Shaw, D., Shaykina, A., Shiozawa, M., Smirnov, A., Smy, M., Sobczyk, J. T., Sobel, H., Sonoda, Y., Steinmann, J., Stewart, T., Stowell, P., Suda, Y., Suvorov, S., Suzuki, A., Suzuki, S. Y., Suzuki, Y., Sztuc, A. A., Tacik, R., Tada, M., Takeda, A., Takeuchi, Y., Tamura, R., Tanaka, H. K., Tanaka, H. A., Thakore, T., Thompson, L. F., Toki, W., Touramanis, C., Tsui, K. M., Tsukamoto, T., Tzanov, M., Uchida, Y., Uno, W., Vagins, M., Vallari, Z., Vargas, D., Vasseur, G., Vilela, C., Vladisavljevic, T., Volkov, V. V., Wachala, T., Walker, J., Wang, Y., Wark, D., Wascko, M. O., Weber, A., Wendell, R., Wilking, M. J., Wilkinson, C., Wilson, J. R., Wilson, R. J., Wret, C., Yamada, Y., Yamamoto, K., Yamasu, S., Yanagisawa, C., Yang, G., Yano, T., Yasutome, K., Yen, S., Yershov, N., Yokoyama, M., Yoshida, T., Yu, M., Zalewska, A., Zalipska, J., Zaremba, K., Zarnecki, G., Ziembicki, M., Zimmerman, E. D., Zito, M., Zsoldos, S., Zykova, A., and T2K Collaboration. Tue . "Search for heavy neutrinos with the T2K near detector ND280". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.100.052006.
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abstractNote = {This paper reports on the search for heavy neutrinos with masses in the range 140 < MN < 493 MeV / c2 using the off-axis near detector ND280 of the T2K experiment. These particles can be produced from kaon decays in the standard neutrino beam and then subsequently decay in ND280. The decay modes under consideration are N → ℓ$^{±}_{α}$π∓ and N → ℓ$^{+}_{α}$ ℓ$^{-}_{β}$$(-)\atop{ν}$ (α,β = e,μ) . A search for such events has been made using the Time Projection Chambers of ND280, where the background has been reduced to less than two events in the current dataset in all channels. No excess has been observed in the signal region. A combined Bayesian statistical approach has been applied to extract upper limits on the mixing elements of heavy neutrinos to electron-, muon- and tau- flavored currents ( $U^2_e$, $U^2_μ$, $U^2_τ$) as a function of the heavy neutrino mass, e.g., $U^2_e$ < 10 -9 at 90% C.L. for a mass of 390MeV/c2 . These constraints are competitive with previous experiments.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.100.052006},
journal = {Physical Review. D.},
number = 5,
volume = 100,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Sep 10 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Tue Sep 10 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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