The Results of MINOS and the Future with MINOS+

Journal Article · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Advances in High Energy Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/7064960· OSTI ID:1236508

Timmons, A. ^[1]

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

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.

• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 1236508
• Journal Information: Advances in High Energy Physics, Journal Name: Advances in High Energy Physics Vol. 2016; ISSN 1687-7357
• Publisher: Hindawi Publishing Corporation
• Country of Publication: Egypt
• Language: English