Constraints on large extra dimensions from the MINOS experiment
Abstract
We report new constraints on the size of large extra dimensions from data collected by the MINOS experiment between 2005 and 2012. Our analysis employs a model in which sterile neutrinos arise as Kaluza-Klein states in large extra dimensions and thus modify the neutrino oscillation probabilities due to mixing between active and sterile neutrino states. Using Fermilab's Neutrinos at the Main Injector beam exposure of 10.56×10^(20) protons on target, we combine muon neutrino charged current and neutral current data sets from the Near and Far Detectors and observe no evidence for deviations from standard three-flavor neutrino oscillations. The ratios of reconstructed energy spectra in the two detectors constrain the size of large extra dimensions to be smaller than 0.45 μmat 90% C.L. in the limit of a vanishing lightest active neutrino mass. Stronger limits are obtained for nonvanishing masses.
Additional Information
© 2016 American Physical Society. Received 2 September 2016; published 16 December 2016. This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy; the United Kingdom Science and Technology Facilities Council; the U.S. National Science Foundation; the State and University of Minnesota; and Brazil's Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), and Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES). We are grateful to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the personnel of the Soudan Laboratory and Fermilab. We thank the Texas Advanced Computing Center at The University of Texas at Austin for the provision of computing resources. We wish to thank P. A. N. Machado for providing insightful comments on the LED model.Attached Files
Published - PhysRevD.94.111101.pdf
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- Department of Energy (DOE)
- Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
- NSF
- State of Minnesota
- University of Minnesota
- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
- Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
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