Testing New Physics Explanations of the MiniBooNE Anomaly at Neutrino Scattering Experiments
Abstract
Heavy neutrinos with additional interactions have recently been proposed as an explanation to the MiniBooNE excess. These scenarios often rely on marginally boosted particles to explain the excess angular spectrum, thus predicting large rates at higher-energy neutrino-electron scattering experiments. We place new constraints on this class of models based on neutrino-electron scattering sideband measurements performed at $$\mathrm{MINER}\mathcal{ν}\mathrm{A}$$ and CHARM-II. A simultaneous explanation of the angular and energy distributions of the MiniBooNE excess in terms of heavy neutrinos with light mediators is severely constrained by our analysis. In general, high-energy neutrino-electron scattering experiments provide strong constraints on explanations of the MiniBooNE observation involving light mediators.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1580458
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1523426
- Report Number(s):
- arXiv:1812.08768; IPPP/18/113/FERMILAB-PUB-18-686-A-ND-PPD-T; IPPP/18/113; FERMILAB-PUB-18-686-A-ND-PPD-T
Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007; PRLTAO; 261801
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
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- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Volume: 123 Journal Issue: 26; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
Citation Formats
Argüelles, Carlos A., Hostert, Matheus, and Tsai, Yu-Dai. Testing New Physics Explanations of the MiniBooNE Anomaly at Neutrino Scattering Experiments. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.261801.
Argüelles, Carlos A., Hostert, Matheus, & Tsai, Yu-Dai. Testing New Physics Explanations of the MiniBooNE Anomaly at Neutrino Scattering Experiments. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.261801
Argüelles, Carlos A., Hostert, Matheus, and Tsai, Yu-Dai. Thu .
"Testing New Physics Explanations of the MiniBooNE Anomaly at Neutrino Scattering Experiments". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.261801.
@article{osti_1580458,
title = {Testing New Physics Explanations of the MiniBooNE Anomaly at Neutrino Scattering Experiments},
author = {Argüelles, Carlos A. and Hostert, Matheus and Tsai, Yu-Dai},
abstractNote = {Heavy neutrinos with additional interactions have recently been proposed as an explanation to the MiniBooNE excess. These scenarios often rely on marginally boosted particles to explain the excess angular spectrum, thus predicting large rates at higher-energy neutrino-electron scattering experiments. We place new constraints on this class of models based on neutrino-electron scattering sideband measurements performed at $\mathrm{MINER}\mathcal{ν}\mathrm{A}$ and CHARM-II. A simultaneous explanation of the angular and energy distributions of the MiniBooNE excess in terms of heavy neutrinos with light mediators is severely constrained by our analysis. In general, high-energy neutrino-electron scattering experiments provide strong constraints on explanations of the MiniBooNE observation involving light mediators.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.261801},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 26,
volume = 123,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {12}
}
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.261801
Web of Science
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