Search for flavor-changing non-standard neutrino interactions by MINOS

Journal Article · Thu Oct 31 00:00:00 EDT 2013 · Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.88.072011· OSTI ID:1334783

Adamson, P.; Barr, G.; Bishai, M.; Blake, A.; Bock, G. J.; Bogert, D.; Cao, S. V.; Cherdack, D.; Childress, S.; Coelho, J. A. B.; Corwin, L.; Cronin-Hennessy, D.; de Jong, J. K.; Devan, A. V.; Devenish, N. E.; Diwan, M. V.; Escobar, C. O.; Evans, J. J.; Falk, E.; Feldman, G. J. ; Frohne, M. V.; Gallagher, H. R.; Gomes, R. A.; Goodman, M. C.; Gouffon, P.; Graf, N.; Gran, R.; Grzelak, K.; Habig, A.; Hartnell, J.; Hatcher, R.; Himmel, A.; Holin, A.; Hylen, J.; Irwin, G. M.; Isvan, Z.; James, C.; Jensen, D.; Kafka, T.; Kasahara, S. M. S.; Koizumi, G.; Kordosky, M.; Kreymer, A.; Lang, K.; Ling, J.; Litchfield, P. J.; Lucas, P.; Mann, W. A.; Marshak, M. L.; Mathis, M.; Mayer, N.; Medeiros, M. M.; Mehdiyev, R.; Meier, J. R.; Messier, M. D.; Miller, W. H.; Mishra, S. R.; Moed Sher, S.; Moore, C. D.; Mualem, L.; Mufson, S.; Musser, J.; Naples, D.; Nelson, J. K.; Newman, H. B.; Nichol, R. J.; Nowak, J. A.; Oliver, W. P.; Orchanian, M.; Pahlka, R. B.; Paley, J.; Patterson, R. B.; Pawloski, G.; Phan-Budd, S.; Plunkett, R. K.; Qiu, X.; Radovic, A.; Rebel, B.; Rosenfeld, C.; Rubin, H. A.; Sanchez, M. C.; Schneps, J.; Schreckenberger, A.; Schreiner, P.; Sharma, R.; Sousa, A.; Tagg, N.; Talaga, R. L.; Thomas, J.; Thomson, M. A.; Toner, R.; Torretta, D.; Tzanakos, G.; Urheim, J.; Vahle, P.; Viren, B.; Weber, A.; Webb, R. C.; White, C.; Whitehead, L.; Wojcicki, S. G.; Zwaska, R.

Here, we report new constraints on flavor-changing non-standard neutrino interactions from the MINOS long-baseline experiment using $$\nu_{e}$$ appearance candidate events from a predominantly $$\nu_{\mu}$$ beam. Furthermore, we used a statistical selection algorithm to separate $$\nu_{e}$$ candidates from background events, enabling an analysis of the combined MINOS neutrino and antineutrino data. We also observe no deviations from standard neutrino mixing, and thus place constraints on the non-standard interaction matter effect, $$|\varepsilon_{e\tau}|$$, and phase, $$(\delta_{CP}+\delta_{e\tau})$$, using a thirty-bin likelihood fit.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
• Contributing Organization: MINOS Collaboration
• Grant/Contract Number: AC02-07CH11359
• OSTI ID: 1334783
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-PUB-16-171-ND; arXiv:1605.06169; PRVDAQ; 1463282
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, Vol. 88, Issue 7; ISSN 1550-7998
• Publisher: American Physical Society (APS)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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