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Title: Bound on 3 + 1 Active-Sterile Neutrino Mixing from the First Four-Week Science Run of KATRIN

Abstract

We report on the light sterile neutrino search from the first four-week science run of the KATRIN experiment in 2019. Beta-decay electrons from a high-purity gaseous molecular tritium source are analyzed by a high-resolution MAC-E filter down to 40 eV below the endpoint at 18.57 keV. We consider the framework with three active neutrinos and one sterile neutrino of mass m4. The analysis is sensitive to a fourth mass state m$$^{2}_{4}$$ ≲ 1000 eV2 and to active-to-sterile neutrino mixing down to |Ue4|2 ≳ 2 x 10-2. No significant spectral distortion is observed and exclusion bounds on the sterile mass and mixing are reported. These new limits supersede the Mainz results and improve the Troitsk bound for m$$^{2}_{4}$$ < 30eV2. The reactor and gallium anomalies are constrained for 100 < Δm$$^{2}_{41}$$ <1000 eV2

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Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (United States); Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
Helmholtz Association; German Research Foundation (DFG); Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
Contributing Org.:
KATRIN Collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1769455
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1807488; OSTI ID: 1834077; OSTI ID: 1907699
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-97ER41020; FG02-94ER40818; SC0004036; FG02-97ER41033; FG02-97ER41041; AC02-05CH11231; SC0011091; SC0019304; VH-NG-1055; 5A17PDA; 05A17PM3; 05A17PX3; 05A17VK2; 05A17WO3; CANAM-LM2011019; LTT19005; 075-15-2020-778
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Physical Review Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Volume: 126 Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; sterile neutrinos; 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS

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Aker, M., Altenmüller, K., Beglarian, A., Behrens, J., Berlev, A., Besserer, U., Bieringer, B., Blaum, K., Block, F., Bornschein, B., Bornschein, L., Böttcher, M., Brunst, T., Caldwell, T. S., La Cascio, L., Chilingaryan, S., Choi, W., Díaz Barrero, D., Debowski, K., Deffert, M., Descher, M., Doe, P. J., Dragoun, O., Drexlin, G., Dyba, S., Edzards, F., Eitel, K., Ellinger, E., Engel, R., Enomoto, S., Fedkevych, M., Felden, A., Formaggio, J. A., Fränkle, F. M., Franklin, G. B., Friedel, F., Fulst, A., Gauda, K., Gil, W., Glück, F., Grössle, R., Gumbsheimer, R., Höhn, T., Hannen, V., Haußmann, N., Helbing, K., Hickford, S., Hiller, R., Hillesheimer, D., Hinz, D., Houdy, T., Huber, A., Jansen, A., Köllenberger, L., Karl, C., Kellerer, J., Kippenbrock, L., Klein, M., Kopmann, A., Korzeczek, M., Kovalík, A., Krasch, B., Krause, H., Lasserre, T., Le, T. L., Lebeda, O., Le Guennic, N., Lehnert, B., Lokhov, A., Lopez Poyato, J. M., Müller, K., Machatschek, M., Malcherek, E., Mark, M., Marsteller, A., Martin, E. L., Melzer, C., Mertens, S., Niemes, S., Oelpmann, P., Osipowicz, A., Parno, D. S., Poon, A. W. P., Priester, F., Röllig, M., Röttele, C., Rest, O., Robertson, R. G. H., Rodenbeck, C., Ryšavý, M., Sack, R., Saenz, A., Schaller, A., Schäfer, P., Schimpf, L., Schlösser, M., Schlösser, K., Schlüter, L., Schrank, M., Schulz, B., Šefčík, M., Seitz-Moskaliuk, H., Sibille, V., Siegmann, D., Slezák, M., Spanier, F., Steidl, M., Sturm, M., Sun, M., Telle, H. H., Thümmler, T., Thorne, L. A., Titov, N., Tkachev, I., Trost, N., Vénos, D., Valerius, K., Vizcaya Hernández, A. P., Wüstling, S., Weber, M., Weinheimer, C., Weiss, C., Welte, S., Wendel, J., Wilkerson, J. F., Wolf, J., Xu, W., Yen, Y. -R., Zadoroghny, S., Zeller, G., and KATRIN Collaboration. Bound on 3 + 1 Active-Sterile Neutrino Mixing from the First Four-Week Science Run of KATRIN. United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.091803.
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Aker, M., Altenmüller, K., Beglarian, A., Behrens, J., Berlev, A., Besserer, U., Bieringer, B., Blaum, K., Block, F., Bornschein, B., Bornschein, L., Böttcher, M., Brunst, T., Caldwell, T. S., La Cascio, L., Chilingaryan, S., Choi, W., Díaz Barrero, D., Debowski, K., Deffert, M., Descher, M., Doe, P. J., Dragoun, O., Drexlin, G., Dyba, S., Edzards, F., Eitel, K., Ellinger, E., Engel, R., Enomoto, S., Fedkevych, M., Felden, A., Formaggio, J. A., Fränkle, F. M., Franklin, G. B., Friedel, F., Fulst, A., Gauda, K., Gil, W., Glück, F., Grössle, R., Gumbsheimer, R., Höhn, T., Hannen, V., Haußmann, N., Helbing, K., Hickford, S., Hiller, R., Hillesheimer, D., Hinz, D., Houdy, T., Huber, A., Jansen, A., Köllenberger, L., Karl, C., Kellerer, J., Kippenbrock, L., Klein, M., Kopmann, A., Korzeczek, M., Kovalík, A., Krasch, B., Krause, H., Lasserre, T., Le, T. L., Lebeda, O., Le Guennic, N., Lehnert, B., Lokhov, A., Lopez Poyato, J. M., Müller, K., Machatschek, M., Malcherek, E., Mark, M., Marsteller, A., Martin, E. L., Melzer, C., Mertens, S., Niemes, S., Oelpmann, P., Osipowicz, A., Parno, D. S., Poon, A. W. P., Priester, F., Röllig, M., Röttele, C., Rest, O., Robertson, R. G. H., Rodenbeck, C., Ryšavý, M., Sack, R., Saenz, A., Schaller, A., Schäfer, P., Schimpf, L., Schlösser, M., Schlösser, K., Schlüter, L., Schrank, M., Schulz, B., Šefčík, M., Seitz-Moskaliuk, H., Sibille, V., Siegmann, D., Slezák, M., Spanier, F., Steidl, M., Sturm, M., Sun, M., Telle, H. H., Thümmler, T., Thorne, L. A., Titov, N., Tkachev, I., Trost, N., Vénos, D., Valerius, K., Vizcaya Hernández, A. P., Wüstling, S., Weber, M., Weinheimer, C., Weiss, C., Welte, S., Wendel, J., Wilkerson, J. F., Wolf, J., Xu, W., Yen, Y. -R., Zadoroghny, S., Zeller, G., & KATRIN Collaboration. Bound on 3 + 1 Active-Sterile Neutrino Mixing from the First Four-Week Science Run of KATRIN. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.091803
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Aker, M., Altenmüller, K., Beglarian, A., Behrens, J., Berlev, A., Besserer, U., Bieringer, B., Blaum, K., Block, F., Bornschein, B., Bornschein, L., Böttcher, M., Brunst, T., Caldwell, T. S., La Cascio, L., Chilingaryan, S., Choi, W., Díaz Barrero, D., Debowski, K., Deffert, M., Descher, M., Doe, P. J., Dragoun, O., Drexlin, G., Dyba, S., Edzards, F., Eitel, K., Ellinger, E., Engel, R., Enomoto, S., Fedkevych, M., Felden, A., Formaggio, J. A., Fränkle, F. M., Franklin, G. B., Friedel, F., Fulst, A., Gauda, K., Gil, W., Glück, F., Grössle, R., Gumbsheimer, R., Höhn, T., Hannen, V., Haußmann, N., Helbing, K., Hickford, S., Hiller, R., Hillesheimer, D., Hinz, D., Houdy, T., Huber, A., Jansen, A., Köllenberger, L., Karl, C., Kellerer, J., Kippenbrock, L., Klein, M., Kopmann, A., Korzeczek, M., Kovalík, A., Krasch, B., Krause, H., Lasserre, T., Le, T. L., Lebeda, O., Le Guennic, N., Lehnert, B., Lokhov, A., Lopez Poyato, J. M., Müller, K., Machatschek, M., Malcherek, E., Mark, M., Marsteller, A., Martin, E. L., Melzer, C., Mertens, S., Niemes, S., Oelpmann, P., Osipowicz, A., Parno, D. S., Poon, A. W. P., Priester, F., Röllig, M., Röttele, C., Rest, O., Robertson, R. G. H., Rodenbeck, C., Ryšavý, M., Sack, R., Saenz, A., Schaller, A., Schäfer, P., Schimpf, L., Schlösser, M., Schlösser, K., Schlüter, L., Schrank, M., Schulz, B., Šefčík, M., Seitz-Moskaliuk, H., Sibille, V., Siegmann, D., Slezák, M., Spanier, F., Steidl, M., Sturm, M., Sun, M., Telle, H. H., Thümmler, T., Thorne, L. A., Titov, N., Tkachev, I., Trost, N., Vénos, D., Valerius, K., Vizcaya Hernández, A. P., Wüstling, S., Weber, M., Weinheimer, C., Weiss, C., Welte, S., Wendel, J., Wilkerson, J. F., Wolf, J., Xu, W., Yen, Y. -R., Zadoroghny, S., Zeller, G., and KATRIN Collaboration. Fri . "Bound on 3 + 1 Active-Sterile Neutrino Mixing from the First Four-Week Science Run of KATRIN". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.091803.
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@article{osti_1769455,
title = {Bound on 3 + 1 Active-Sterile Neutrino Mixing from the First Four-Week Science Run of KATRIN},
author = {Aker, M. and Altenmüller, K. and Beglarian, A. and Behrens, J. and Berlev, A. and Besserer, U. and Bieringer, B. and Blaum, K. and Block, F. and Bornschein, B. and Bornschein, L. and Böttcher, M. and Brunst, T. and Caldwell, T. S. and La Cascio, L. and Chilingaryan, S. and Choi, W. and Díaz Barrero, D. and Debowski, K. and Deffert, M. and Descher, M. and Doe, P. J. and Dragoun, O. and Drexlin, G. and Dyba, S. and Edzards, F. and Eitel, K. and Ellinger, E. and Engel, R. and Enomoto, S. and Fedkevych, M. and Felden, A. and Formaggio, J. A. and Fränkle, F. M. and Franklin, G. B. and Friedel, F. and Fulst, A. and Gauda, K. and Gil, W. and Glück, F. and Grössle, R. and Gumbsheimer, R. and Höhn, T. and Hannen, V. and Haußmann, N. and Helbing, K. and Hickford, S. and Hiller, R. and Hillesheimer, D. and Hinz, D. and Houdy, T. and Huber, A. and Jansen, A. and Köllenberger, L. and Karl, C. and Kellerer, J. and Kippenbrock, L. and Klein, M. and Kopmann, A. and Korzeczek, M. and Kovalík, A. and Krasch, B. and Krause, H. and Lasserre, T. and Le, T. L. and Lebeda, O. and Le Guennic, N. and Lehnert, B. and Lokhov, A. and Lopez Poyato, J. M. and Müller, K. and Machatschek, M. and Malcherek, E. and Mark, M. and Marsteller, A. and Martin, E. L. and Melzer, C. and Mertens, S. and Niemes, S. and Oelpmann, P. and Osipowicz, A. and Parno, D. S. and Poon, A. W. P. and Priester, F. and Röllig, M. and Röttele, C. and Rest, O. and Robertson, R. G. H. and Rodenbeck, C. and Ryšavý, M. and Sack, R. and Saenz, A. and Schaller, A. and Schäfer, P. and Schimpf, L. and Schlösser, M. and Schlösser, K. and Schlüter, L. and Schrank, M. and Schulz, B. and Šefčík, M. and Seitz-Moskaliuk, H. and Sibille, V. and Siegmann, D. and Slezák, M. and Spanier, F. and Steidl, M. and Sturm, M. and Sun, M. and Telle, H. H. and Thümmler, T. and Thorne, L. A. and Titov, N. and Tkachev, I. and Trost, N. and Vénos, D. and Valerius, K. and Vizcaya Hernández, A. P. and Wüstling, S. and Weber, M. and Weinheimer, C. and Weiss, C. and Welte, S. and Wendel, J. and Wilkerson, J. F. and Wolf, J. and Xu, W. and Yen, Y. -R. and Zadoroghny, S. and Zeller, G. and KATRIN Collaboration},
abstractNote = {We report on the light sterile neutrino search from the first four-week science run of the KATRIN experiment in 2019. Beta-decay electrons from a high-purity gaseous molecular tritium source are analyzed by a high-resolution MAC-E filter down to 40 eV below the endpoint at 18.57 keV. We consider the framework with three active neutrinos and one sterile neutrino of mass m4. The analysis is sensitive to a fourth mass state m$^{2}_{4}$ ≲ 1000 eV2 and to active-to-sterile neutrino mixing down to |Ue4|2 ≳ 2 x 10-2. No significant spectral distortion is observed and exclusion bounds on the sterile mass and mixing are reported. These new limits supersede the Mainz results and improve the Troitsk bound for m$^{2}_{4}$ < 30eV2. The reactor and gallium anomalies are constrained for 100 < Δm$^{2}_{41}$ <1000 eV2},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.091803},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 9,
volume = 126,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Mar 05 00:00:00 EST 2021},
month = {Fri Mar 05 00:00:00 EST 2021}
}
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