Published June 29, 2018 | Version v1

An updated search for muon neutrino to electron neutrino transitions mediated by sterile neutrinos in MINOS+

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  • 1. University of Minnesota

Description

The MINOS+ experiment is an on-axis neutrino oscillation search situated in the Fermilab NuMI beam. We utilize νμνe \nu_{\mu}\rightarrow\nu_{e} appearance candidates to probe for exotic neutrino oscillation phenomena. Here we consider a 3+1 sterile neutrino model, where νμνe \nu_{\mu}\rightarrow\nu_{e} oscillation could be further mediated by the presence of a sterile neutrino. Updated limits for sin22θμe \sin^{2}2\theta_{\mu e} at values of Δm241<1 \Delta m^2_{41} < 1 eV2 ^{2} using a larger dataset are presented, and the results of this analysis are compared to those of LSND and MiniBooNE.

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