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TY - JOUR
T1 - Active to sterile neutrino mixing limits from neutral-current interactions in MINOS
AU - Adamson, P.
AU - Nowak, Jaroslaw
AU - MINOS Collaboration
N1 - © 2011 American Physical Society
PY - 2011/6/30
Y1 - 2011/6/30
N2 - Results are reported from a search for active to sterile neutrino oscillations in the MINOS long-baseline experiment, based on the observation of neutral-current neutrino interactions, from an exposure to the NuMI neutrino beam of 7.07×1020 protons on target. A total of 802 neutral-current event candidates is observed in the Far Detector, compared to an expected number of 754±28(stat)±37(syst) for oscillations among three active flavors. The fraction fs of disappearing νμ that may transition to νs is found to be less than 22% at the 90% C.L.
AB - Results are reported from a search for active to sterile neutrino oscillations in the MINOS long-baseline experiment, based on the observation of neutral-current neutrino interactions, from an exposure to the NuMI neutrino beam of 7.07×1020 protons on target. A total of 802 neutral-current event candidates is observed in the Far Detector, compared to an expected number of 754±28(stat)±37(syst) for oscillations among three active flavors. The fraction fs of disappearing νμ that may transition to νs is found to be less than 22% at the 90% C.L.
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.011802
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.011802
M3 - Journal article
VL - 107
JO - Physical review letters
JF - Physical review letters
SN - 1079-7114
IS - 1
M1 - 011802
ER -