EV-Scale Sterile Neutrino Search Using Eight Years of Atmospheric Muon Neutrino Data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory.

M G Aartsen ,J Adams,C De Clercq,N Kurahashi,R Maunu,T Montaruli,D Vannerom,A Weindl,M Zöcklein,A Goldschmidt,T Glüsenkamp,A Wallace,J Lünemann,N Whitehorn,J Sandroos,S Sclafani,S Choi,H Kolanoski,L Tomankova,E Friedman,L Halve,D Mockler,F Huang,M Günder,M Wolf,T Stuttard,Z Griffith,T Kittler,R Hoffmann,P Schlunder,R Engel,C Chen,G Maggi,Z Zhang,A Fritz,W Van Driessche,K Hoshina,F Tenholt,V Baum,C Spiering,R Koirala,S Toscano,E Cheung,T Palczewski,R Reimann,H Bagherpour,S Sarkar,J Vandenbroucke,K Rawlins,K Mase,P Muth,A Turcati,J Becker Tjus,K Tollefson,D Hebecker,D Grant,M Dunkman,N Van Eijndhoven,J Madsen,T Grégoire,G Momenté,J Kiryluk,M Wallraff,D Pieloth,K Leonard,A Ishihara,T Stezelberger,A Haungs,W Rhode,M Stamatikos,D Seckel,R Bay,C Kopper,C Wendt,K Krings,D Ryckbosch,N Park,T Stanev,M Ahlers,O Botner,K Satalecka,L Classen,S Hickford,M Song,J Kim,J Stettner,M De With,P Mallik,I Taboada,L Rauch,M Kowalski,B Relethford,R Joppe,T Karg,D Heereman,G Binder,F Jonske,F Halzen,A Obertacke Pollmann,S Garrappa,N Kulacz,C Rott,S De Ridder,K Hanson,L Köpke,K Clark,W Kang,T Schmidt,C Walck,E Unger,J Bourbeau,P Desiati,R Hellauer,M Kauer,T Meures,K Wiebe,A Schneider,R Morse,J Merz,T Carver,A Pizzuto,E Pinat,K Helbing,A Kappes,C Finley,Y Li,D Bindig,D Van Eijk,C Argüelles,P Heix,R Cross,B Hokanson-Fasig,L Gerhardt,N Iovine,A Porcelli,S Shefali,A Franckowiak,M Richman,M Renschler,K Hultqvist,F Mcnally,B Smithers,D Kang,M Tselengidou,T Kintscher,C Pérez De Los Heros,I Ansseau,H Niederhausen,A Stößl,J Braun,A Steuer,A Terliuk,D Chirkin,G Krückl,P Peiffer,A Olivas,E Resconi,X Bai,K Meagher,D Tosi,P Eller,G Yodh,K Woschnagg,A Hallgren,R Snihur,K.-H Becker,M Medici,E Bernardini,M Silva,M Usner,A Burgman,S Benzvi,S Tilav,K Andeen,F Lucarelli,H Schieler,S Fahey,A O’Murchadha,J Stachurska,A Karle,S Baur,D Berley,M Ahrens,S In,M Ackermann,M Rameez,E Blaufuss,J Auffenberg,L Wills,S Kopper,S Böser,U Katz,M Plum,G Neer,K Filimonov,J Gallagher,A Kyriacou,Y Lyu,R Halliday,J Hignight,J Felde,M Vraeghe,D Soldin,S Seunarine,R Maruyama,S Bron,T Ruhe,M Santander,R G Stokstad ,Mehr Nisa ,S Ter–Antonyan ,J L Kelley ,Merlin Schaufel ,J G González ,G T Przybylski ,X W Xu ,Amirreza Raissi ,Matti Jansson ,W Y ,Cyril Martin Alispach ,Summer Blot ,T K Gaisser ,Roxanne Turcotte ,Ryo Nagai ,Alexander Sandrock ,C F Turley ,D R Nygren ,Najia Moureen Binte Amin ,Ali Kheirandish ,Frederik Hermann Lauber ,S E Sanchez Herrera ,Martin Rongen ,Johannes Werthebach ,Felix Henningsen ,Thomas Ehrhardt ,Jessie Micallef ,B J Whelan ,Mirco Hünnefeld ,Maximilian Karl Scharf ,Judith Schneider ,Sally Robertson ,Pablo Correa ,Jannes Brostean-Kaiser ,Lu Lu ,Timo Stürwald ,Simon Hauser ,D F Cowen ,Benjamin Bastian ,Vedant Basu ,Ch Weaver ,Minjin Jeong ,Jan Soedingrekso ,J J Beatty ,B J P Jones ,Chunfai Tung ,Xuefeng Yin ,Michael Duvernois ,A R Fazely ,Gisela Anton ,Andrés Medina ,Andrew Ludwig ,Devyn Rysewyk Cantu ,Tyce Deyoung ,R W Moore ,Erin O’sullivan ,Emily Dvorak ,Christian Haack ,J Büscher ,Thomas Huber ,Anatoli Fedynitch ,Tianlu Yuan ,Frank G Schröder ,Immacolata Carmen Rea ,Jakob Böttcher ,Mehmet Gündüz ,A Dı́az ,J M Conrad ,Maria Prado Rodriguez ,Christoph Raab ,Elisa Lohfink ,Christopher Wiebusch ,Brian Clark ,Paras Koundal ,Saskia Philippen ,Juan Carlos Díaz–Vélez ,P B Price ,Uwe Naumann ,M A Unland Elorrieta ,Raffaela Busse ,Stef Verpoest ,Shigeru Yoshida ,Aswathi Balagopal ,Moritz Kellermann ,Gerrit Wrede ,David Kappesser ,John Hardin ,Etienne Bourbeau ,Christoph Tönnis ,T R Wood ,Ek Narayan Paudel ,J V Santen ,Jan Weldert ,Gabriel Collin ,K D Hoffman ,Lisa Johanna Schumacher ,D V Pankova ,Johan Wulff ,Ibrahim Safa ,H.-P Dembinski ,Marjon Moulai ,Yuya Makino ,Matthew J Weiss ,G W Sullivan ,C Böhm ,J P Lazar ,Giovanni Renzi ,S W Barwick ,Benedikt Riedel ,T B Watson ,Sarah Mancina ,Alexander Trettin ,Erik Ganster ,Ioana Codrina Maris ,Bunheng Ty ,P A Evenson ,Abhishek Desai ,Paul Coppin ,Spencer Axani ,D B Fox ,Pranav Dave ,Q R Liu ,Aaron Fienberg ,Tyler Anderson ,S C Nowicki ,Federica Bradascio ,Stephan Meighen-Berger ,William Luszczak ,G M Spiczak ,Maximilian Meier ,D R Williams ,Anastasia Maria Barbano ,Hrvoje Dujmović ,Tobias Hoinka ,Krijn De Vries ,Spencer Griswold ,James Delaunay ,Matthías Huber ,G S Japaridze ,Sarah Pieper ,Theo Glauch ,Martina Karl ,M J Larson ,J A Aguilar ,Marie Oehler ,G C Hill ,Yuriy Popovych ,Grant Parker ,D J Koskinen ,Hershal Pandya ,Kendall Mahn ,Agnieszka Leszczyńska ,N L Strotjohann ,Kunal Deoskar ,Raamis Hussain ,Le Viet Nguyen ,J P Yañez ,Robert Stein ,Rasha Abbasi ,J L Lanfranchi ,D Besson ,Abdul Rehman ,Cristian Jesús Lozano Mariscal ,Gwenhaël De Wasseige ,Alan Coleman ,Sukeerthi Dharani ,S R Klein

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.125.141801

Abstract

The results of a 3+1 sterile neutrino search using eight years of data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory are presented. A total of 305 735 muon neutrino events are analyzed in reconstructed energy-zenith space to test for signatures of a matter-enhanced oscillation that would occur given a sterile neutrino state with a mass-squared differences between 0.01 and 100 eV^{2}. The best-fit point is found to be at sin^{2}(2θ_{24})=0.10 and Δm_{41}^{2}=4.5 eV^{2}, which is consistent with the no sterile neutrino hypothesis with a p value of 8.0%.

Highlights

The results of a 3 þ 1 sterile neutrino search using eight years of data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory are presented
A total of 305 735 muon neutrino events are analyzed in reconstructed energyzenith space to test for signatures of a matter-enhanced oscillation that would occur given a sterile neutrino state with a mass-squared differences between 0.01 and 100 eV2
The best-fit point is found to be at sin2ð2θ24Þ 1⁄4 0.10 and Δm241 1⁄4 4.5 eV2, which is consistent with the no sterile neutrino hypothesis with a p value of 8.0%

Summary

Data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory

M. G. Aartsen,17 R. Abbasi,16 M. Ackermann,56 J. Adams,17 J. A. Aguilar,12 M. Ahlers,21 M. Ahrens,47 C. Alispach,27 N. M. Amin,40 K. Andeen,38 T. Anderson,53 I. Ansseau,12 G. Anton,25 C. Argüelles ,14 J. Auffenberg,1 S. Axani,14 H. Bagherpour,17 X. Bai,44 A. Balagopal,30 A. Barbano,27 S. W. Barwick,29 B. Bastian,56 V. Basu,36 V. Baum,37 S. Baur,12 R. Bay,8 J. J. Beatty,19,20 K.-H. Becker,55 J. Becker Tjus,11 S. BenZvi,46 D. Berley,18 E. Bernardini,56,* D. Z. Besson,31,† G. Binder,8,9 D. Bindig,55 E. Blaufuss,18 S. Blot,56 C. Bohm,47 S. Böser,37 O. Botner,54 J. Böttcher,1 E. Bourbeau,21 J. Bourbeau,36 F. Bradascio,56 J. Braun,36 S. Bron,27 J. Brostean-Kaiser,56 A. Burgman,54 J. Buscher,1 R. S. Busse,39 T. Carver,27 C. Chen,6 E. Cheung,18 D. Chirkin,36 S. Choi,49 B. A. Clark,23 K. Clark,32 L. Classen,39 A. Coleman,40 G. H. Collin,14 J. M. Conrad,14 P. Coppin,13 P. Correa,13 D. F. Cowen,52,53 R. Cross,46 P. Dave,6 C. De Clercq,13 J. J. DeLaunay,53 H. Dembinski,40 K. Deoskar,47 S. De Ridder,28 A. Desai,36 P. Desiati,36 K. D. de Vries,13 G. de Wasseige,13 M. de With,10 T. DeYoung,23 S. Dharani,1 A. Diaz,14 J. C. Díaz-Velez,36 H. Dujmovic,30 M. Dunkman,53 M. A. DuVernois,36 E. Dvorak,44 T. Ehrhardt,37 P. Eller,53 R. Engel,30 P. A. Evenson,40 S. Fahey,36 A. R. Fazely,7 A. Fedynitch,57 J. Felde,18 A. T. Fienberg,52 K. Filimonov,8 C. Finley,47 D. Fox,52 A. Franckowiak,56 E. Friedman,18 A. Fritz,37 T. K. Gaisser,40 J. Gallagher,35 E. Ganster,1 S. Garrappa,56 L. Gerhardt,9 T. Glauch,26 T. Glüsenkamp,25 A. Goldschmidt,9 J. G. Gonzalez,40 D. Grant,23 T. Gregoire,53 Z. Griffith,36 S. Griswold,46 M. Günder,1 M. Gündüz,11 C. Haack,1 A. Hallgren,54 R. Halliday,23 L. Halve,1 F. Halzen,36 K. Hanson,36 J. Hardin,36 A. Haungs,30 S. Hauser,1 D. Hebecker,10 D. Heereman,12 P. Heix,1 K. Helbing,55 R. Hellauer,18 F. Henningsen,26 S. Hickford,55 J. Hignight,24 G. C. Hill,2 K. D. Hoffman,18 R. Hoffmann,55 T. Hoinka,22 B. Hokanson-Fasig,36 K. Hoshina,36,‡ F. Huang,53 M. Huber,26 T. Huber,30,56 K. Hultqvist,47 M. Hünnefeld,22 R. Hussain,36 S. In,49 N. Iovine,12 A. Ishihara,15 M. Jansson,47 G. S. Japaridze,5 M. Jeong,49 B. J. P. Jones,4 F. Jonske,1 R. Joppe,1 D. Kang,30 W. Kang,49 A. Kappes,39 D. Kappesser,37 T. Karg,56 M. Karl,26 A. Karle,36 U. Katz,25 M. Kauer,36 M. Kellermann,1 J. L. Kelley,36 A. Kheirandish,53 J. Kim,49 T. Kintscher,56 J. Kiryluk,48 T. Kittler,25 S. R. Klein,8,9 R. Koirala,40 H. Kolanoski,10 L. Köpke,37 C. Kopper,23 S. Kopper,51 D. J. Koskinen,21 P. Koundal,30 M. Kowalski,10,56 K. Krings,26 G. Krückl,37 N. Kulacz,24 N. Kurahashi,43 A. Kyriacou,2 J. L. Lanfranchi,53 M. J. Larson,18 F. Lauber,55 J. P. Lazar,36 K. Leonard,36 A. Leszczyńska,30 Y. Li,53 Q. R. Liu,36 E. Lohfink,37 C. J. Lozano Mariscal,39 L. Lu,15 F. Lucarelli,27 A. Ludwig,33 J. Lünemann,13 W. Luszczak,36 Y. Lyu,8,9 W. Y. Ma,56 J. Madsen,45 G. Maggi,13 K. B. M. Mahn,23 Y. Makino,36 P. Mallik,1 S. Mancina,36 I. C. Mariş,12 R. Maruyama,41 K. Mase,15 R. Maunu,18 F. McNally,34 K. Meagher,36 M. Medici,21 A. Medina,20 M. Meier,22 S. Meighen-Berger,26 J. Merz,1 T. Meures,12 J. Micallef,23 D. Mockler,12 G. Momente,37 T. Montaruli,27 R. W. Moore,24 R. Morse,36 M. Moulai,14 P. Muth,1 R. Nagai,15 U. Naumann,55 G. Neer,23 L. V. Nguyen,23 H. Niederhausen,26 M. U. Nisa,23 S. C. Nowicki,23 D. R. Nygren,9 A. Obertacke Pollmann,55 M. Oehler,30 A. Olivas,18 A. O’Murchadha,12 E. O’Sullivan,47 T. Palczewski,8,9 H. Pandya,40 D. V. Pankova,53 N. Park,36 G. K. Parker,4 E. N. Paudel,40 P. Peiffer,37 C. Perez de los Heros,54 S. Philippen,1 D. Pieloth,22 S. Pieper,55 E. Pinat,12 A. Pizzuto,36 M. Plum,38 Y. Popovych,1 A. Porcelli,28 M. Prado Rodriguez,36 P. B. Price,8 G. T. Przybylski,9 C. Raab,12 A. Raissi,17 M. Rameez,21 L. Rauch,56 K. Rawlins,3 I. C. Rea,26 A. Rehman,40 R. Reimann,1 B. Relethford,43 M. Renschler,30 G. Renzi,12 E. Resconi,26 W. Rhode,22 M. Richman,43 B. Riedel,36 S. Robertson,9 M. Rongen,1 C. Rott,49 T. Ruhe,22 D. Ryckbosch,28 D. Rysewyk Cantu,23 I. Safa,36 S. E. Sanchez Herrera,23 A. Sandrock,22 J. Sandroos,37 M. Santander,51 S. Sarkar,42 S. Sarkar,24 K. Satalecka,56 M. Scharf,1 M. Schaufel,1 H. Schieler,30 P. Schlunder,22 T. Schmidt,18 A. Schneider,36 J. Schneider,25 F. G. Schröder,30,40 L. Schumacher,1 S. Sclafani,43 D. Seckel,40 S. Seunarine,45 S. Shefali,1 M. Silva,36 B. Smithers,4 R. Snihur,36 J. Soedingrekso,22 D. Soldin,40 M. Song,18 G. M. Spiczak,45 C. Spiering,56,† J. Stachurska,56 M. Stamatikos,20 T. Stanev,40 R. Stein,56 J. Stettner,1 A. Steuer,37 T. Stezelberger,9 R. G. Stokstad,9 A. Stößl,15 N. L. Strotjohann,56 T. Stürwald,1 T. Stuttard,21 G. W. Sullivan,18 I. Taboada,6 F. Tenholt,11 S. Ter-Antonyan,7 A. Terliuk,56 S. Tilav,40 K. Tollefson,23 L. Tomankova,11 C. Tönnis,50 S. Toscano,12 D. Tosi,36 A. Trettin,56 M. Tselengidou,25 C. F. Tung,6 A. Turcati,26 R. Turcotte,30 C. F. Turley,53 B. Ty,36 E. Unger,54 M. A. Unland Elorrieta,39 M. Usner,56 J. Vandenbroucke,36 W. Van Driessche,28 D. van Eijk,36 N. van Eijndhoven,13 D. Vannerom,14 J. van Santen,56 S. Verpoest,28 M. Vraeghe,28 C. Walck,47 A. Wallace,2 M. Wallraff,1 T. B. Watson,4 C. Weaver,24 A. Weindl,30 M. J. Weiss,53 J. Weldert,37 C. Wendt,36 J. Werthebach,22 B. J. Whelan,2 N. Whitehorn,33 K. Wiebe,37 C. H. Wiebusch,1 D. R. Williams,51 L. Wills,43 M. Wolf,26

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Findings

The increased sample size of this analysis with respect to