Search for muon neutrino and antineutrino disappearance in MiniBooNE

A A Aguilar-Arevalo; C E Anderson; A O Bazarko; S J Brice; B C Brown; L Bugel; J Cao; L Coney; J M Conrad; D C Cox; A Curioni; Z Djurcic; D A Finley; B T Fleming; R Ford; F G Garcia; G T Garvey; J Grange; C Green; J A Green; T L Hart; E Hawker; R Imlay; R A Johnson; G Karagiorgi; P Kasper; T Katori; T Kobilarcik; I Kourbanis; S Koutsoliotas; E M Laird; S K Linden; J M Link; Y Liu; Y Liu; W C Louis; K B M Mahn; W Marsh; C Mauger; V T McGary; G McGregor; W Metcalf; P D Meyers; F Mills; G B Mills; J Monroe; C D Moore; J Mousseau; R H Nelson; P Nienaber; J A Nowak; B Osmanov; S Ouedraogo; R B Patterson; Z Pavlovic; D Perevalov; C C Polly; E Prebys; J L Raaf; H Ray; B P Roe; A D Russell; V Sandberg; R Schirato; D Schmitz; M H Shaevitz; F C Shoemaker; D Smith; M Soderberg; M Sorel; P Spentzouris; J Spitz; I Stancu; R J Stefanski; M Sung; H A Tanaka; R Tayloe; M Tzanov; R G Van de Water; M O Wascko; D H White; M J Wilking; H J Yang; G P Zeller; E D Zimmerman; MiniBooNE Collaboration

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.061802

Search for muon neutrino and antineutrino disappearance in MiniBooNE

Phys Rev Lett. 2009 Aug 7;103(6):061802. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.061802. Epub 2009 Aug 4.

Authors

A A Aguilar-Arevalo¹, C E Anderson, A O Bazarko, S J Brice, B C Brown, L Bugel, J Cao, L Coney, J M Conrad, D C Cox, A Curioni, Z Djurcic, D A Finley, B T Fleming, R Ford, F G Garcia, G T Garvey, J Grange, C Green, J A Green, T L Hart, E Hawker, R Imlay, R A Johnson, G Karagiorgi, P Kasper, T Katori, T Kobilarcik, I Kourbanis, S Koutsoliotas, E M Laird, S K Linden, J M Link, Y Liu, Y Liu, W C Louis, K B M Mahn, W Marsh, C Mauger, V T McGary, G McGregor, W Metcalf, P D Meyers, F Mills, G B Mills, J Monroe, C D Moore, J Mousseau, R H Nelson, P Nienaber, J A Nowak, B Osmanov, S Ouedraogo, R B Patterson, Z Pavlovic, D Perevalov, C C Polly, E Prebys, J L Raaf, H Ray, B P Roe, A D Russell, V Sandberg, R Schirato, D Schmitz, M H Shaevitz, F C Shoemaker, D Smith, M Soderberg, M Sorel, P Spentzouris, J Spitz, I Stancu, R J Stefanski, M Sung, H A Tanaka, R Tayloe, M Tzanov, R G Van de Water, M O Wascko, D H White, M J Wilking, H J Yang, G P Zeller, E D Zimmerman; MiniBooNE Collaboration

Affiliation

¹ Universidad National Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.

PMID: 19792551
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.061802

Abstract

The MiniBooNE Collaboration reports a search for nu_{micro} and nu[over]_{micro} disappearance in the Deltam;{2} region of 0.5-40 eV;{2}. These measurements are important for constraining models with extra types of neutrinos, extra dimensions, and CPT violation. Fits to the shape of the nu_{micro} and nu[over]_{micro} energy spectra reveal no evidence for disappearance at the 90% confidence level (C.L.) in either mode. The test of nu[over]_{micro} disappearance probes a region below Deltam;{2} = 40 eV;{2} never explored before.