Methods and stability tests associated with the sterile neutrino search using improved high-energy νμ event reconstruction in IceCube

R. Abbasi; M. Ackermann; J. Adams; S. K. Agarwalla; J. A. Aguilar; M. Ahlers; J. M. Alameddine; N. M. Amin; K. Andeen; C. Arguelles; Y. Ashida; S. Athanasiadou; L. Ausborm; S. N. Axani; X. Bai; A Balagopal V; M. Baricevic; S. W. Barwick; S. Bash; V. Basu; R. Bay; J. J. Beatty; J. Becker Tjus; J. Beise; C. Bellenghi; C. Benning; S. BenZvi; D Berley; E. Bernardini; D Z Besson; E. Blaufuss; L. Bloom; S Blot; F. Bontempo; J. Y. Book Motzkin; C. Boscolo Meneguolo; S. Boeser; O. Botner; J. Boettcher; J. Braun; B. Brinson; J. Brostean-Kaiser; L. Brusa; R. T. Burley; D. Butterfield; M. A. Campana; I. Caracas; K. Carloni; J. Carpio; S. Chattopadhyay; N. Chau; Z. Chen; D. Chirkin; S. Choi; B. A. Clark; A. Coleman; G. H. Collin; A. Connolly; J. M. Conrad; P. Coppin; R. Corley; P. Correa; D. F. Cowen; P. Dave; C. De Clercq; J. J. DeLaunay; D. Delgado; S. Deng; A. Desai; P. Desiati; K. D. de Vries; G. de Wasseige; A. Diaz; J. C. Diaz-Velez; P. Dierichs; M. Dittmer; A. Domi; L. Draper; H. Dujmovic; K. Dutta; M. A. DuVernois; T. Ehrhardt; L. Eidenschink; A. Eimer; P. Eller; E. Ellinger; S. El Mentawi; D. Elsasser; R. Engel; H. Erpenbeck; J. Evans; P. A. Evenson; K. L. Fan; K. Fang; K. Farrag; A. R. Fazely; A. Fedynitch; N. Feigl; S. Fiedlschuster; C. Finley; IceCube Collaboration; Matheus Hostert

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Methods and stability tests associated with the sterile neutrino search using improved high-energy νμ event reconstruction in IceCube

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Methods and stability tests associated with the sterile neutrino search using improved high-energy νμ event reconstruction in IceCube

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams, S. K. Agarwalla, J. A. Aguilar, M. Ahlers, J. M. Alameddine, N. M. Amin, K. Andeen, C. Arguelles, …

Physical review. D, Vol.110(9), 092009

11/14/2024

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.110.092009

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Abstract

We provide supporting details for the search for a 3 +1 sterile neutrino using data collected over 10.7 years at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. The analysis uses atmospheric muon-flavored neutrinos from 0.5 to 100 TeV that traverse Earth to reach the IceCube detector and finds a best-fit point at sin(2)(2 theta(24)) = 0.16 and Delta m(41)(2) = 3.5 eV(2) with a goodness-of-fit p value of 12% and consistency with the null hypothesis of no oscillations to sterile neutrinos with a p value of 3.1%. Several improvements were made over past analyses, which are reviewed in this article, including upgrades to the reconstruction and the study of sources of systematic uncertainty. We provide details of the fit quality and discuss stability tests that split the data for separate samples, comparing results. We find that the fits are consistent between split datasets.

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Title: Subtitle: Methods and stability tests associated with the sterile neutrino search using improved high-energy νμ event reconstruction in IceCube
Creators: R. Abbasi - Loyola University Chicago
M. Ackermann - Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
J. Adams - University of Canterbury
S. K. Agarwalla - University of Wisconsin–Madison
J. A. Aguilar - Université Libre de Bruxelles
M. Ahlers - University of Copenhagen
J. M. Alameddine - TU Dortmund University
N. M. Amin - University of Delaware
K. Andeen - Marquette University
C. Arguelles - Harvard University Press
Y. Ashida - University of Utah
S. Athanasiadou - Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
L. Ausborm - RWTH Aachen University
S. N. Axani - University of Delaware
X. Bai - South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
A Balagopal V - University of Wisconsin–Madison
M. Baricevic - University of Wisconsin–Madison
S. W. Barwick - University of California System
S. Bash - Technical University of Munich
V. Basu - University of Wisconsin–Madison
R. Bay - University of California System
J. J. Beatty - The Ohio State University
J. Becker Tjus - Ruhr University Bochum
J. Beise - Uppsala University
C. Bellenghi - Technical University of Munich
C. Benning - RWTH Aachen University
S. BenZvi - University of Rochester
D Berley - University of Maryland, College Park
E. Bernardini - University of Padua
D Z Besson - University of Kansas
E. Blaufuss - University of Maryland, College Park
L. Bloom - University of Alabama
S Blot - Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
F. Bontempo - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
J. Y. Book Motzkin - Harvard University Press
C. Boscolo Meneguolo - University of Padua
S. Boeser - Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
O. Botner - Uppsala University
J. Boettcher - RWTH Aachen University
J. Braun - University of Wisconsin–Madison
B. Brinson - Georgia Institute of Technology
J. Brostean-Kaiser - Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
L. Brusa - RWTH Aachen University
R. T. Burley - University of Adelaide
D. Butterfield - University of Wisconsin–Madison
M. A. Campana - Drexel University
I. Caracas - Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
K. Carloni - Harvard University Press
J. Carpio - University of Nevada, Las Vegas
S. Chattopadhyay - University of Wisconsin–Madison
N. Chau - Université Libre de Bruxelles
Z. Chen - Stony Brook University
D. Chirkin - University of Wisconsin–Madison
S. Choi - Sungkyunkwan University
B. A. Clark - University of Maryland, College Park
A. Coleman - Uppsala University
G. H. Collin - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A. Connolly - The Ohio State University
J. M. Conrad - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
P. Coppin - Vrije Universiteit Brussel
R. Corley - University of Utah
P. Correa - Vrije Universiteit Brussel
D. F. Cowen - Pennsylvania State University
P. Dave - Georgia Institute of Technology
C. De Clercq - Vrije Universiteit Brussel
J. J. DeLaunay - University of Alabama
D. Delgado - Harvard University
S. Deng - RWTH Aachen University
A. Desai - University of Wisconsin–Madison
P. Desiati - University of Wisconsin–Madison
K. D. de Vries - Vrije Universiteit Brussel
G. de Wasseige - UCLouvain
A. Diaz - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
J. C. Diaz-Velez - University of Wisconsin–Madison
P. Dierichs - RWTH Aachen University
M. Dittmer - University of Münster
A. Domi - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
L. Draper - University of Utah
H. Dujmovic - University of Wisconsin–Madison
K. Dutta - Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
M. A. DuVernois - University of Wisconsin–Madison
T. Ehrhardt - Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
L. Eidenschink - Technical University of Munich
A. Eimer - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
P. Eller - Technical University of Munich
E. Ellinger - University of Wuppertal
S. El Mentawi - RWTH Aachen University
D. Elsasser - TU Dortmund University
R. Engel - Institute of Particle Physics
H. Erpenbeck - University of Wisconsin–Madison
J. Evans - University of Maryland, College Park
P. A. Evenson - University of Delaware
K. L. Fan - University of Maryland, College Park
K. Fang - University of Wisconsin–Madison
K. Farrag - Chiba University
A. R. Fazely - Southern University
A. Fedynitch - Academia Sinica
N. Feigl - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
S. Fiedlschuster - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
C. Finley - Stockholm University
IceCube Collaboration
Matheus Hostert (Contributor) - Physics and Astronomy
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Physical review. D, Vol.110(9), 092009
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.110.092009
ISSN: 2470-0010
eISSN: 2470-0029
Publisher: Amer Physical Soc
Number of pages: 19
Grant note: U.S. National Science Foundation-Physics Division; National Science Foundation (NSF) Center for High Throughput Computing (CHTC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS); Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (MEXT); Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Villum Fonden Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation High Performance Computing cluster of the RWTH Aachen Compute Ontario Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC); CGIAR U.S. National Science Foundation-Office of Polar Programs; National Science Foundation (NSF) Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE)
Language: English
Date published: 11/14/2024
Academic Unit: Physics and Astronomy
Record Identifier: 9984945916002771

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