Search for nonstandard neutrino interactions with IceCube DeepCore

M. G. Aartsen; M. Ackermann; J. Adams; J. A. Aguilar; M. Ahlers; M. Ahrens; I. Al Samarai; D. Altmann; K. Andeen; T. Anderson; I. Ansseau; G. Anton; C. Argüelles; J. Auffenberg; S. Axani; H. Bagherpour; X. Bai; J. P. Barron; S. W. Barwick; V. Baum; R. Bay; J. J. Beatty; J. Becker Tjus; K.-h. Becker; S. Benzvi; D. Berley; E. Bernardini; D. Z. Besson; G. Binder; D. Bindig; E. Blaufuss; S. Blot; C. Bohm; M. Börner; F. Bos; D. Bose; S. Böser; O. Botner; E. Bourbeau; J. Bourbeau; F. Bradascio; J. Braun; D. J. Koskinen; M. J. Larson; J. Madsen; M. Medici; M. Rameez; S. Sarkar; S. Sarkar; T. Stuttard

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.97.072009

Search for nonstandard neutrino interactions with IceCube DeepCore

M. G. Aartsen, M. Ackermann, J. Adams, J. A. Aguilar, M. Ahlers, M. Ahrens, I. Al Samarai, D. Altmann, K. Andeen, T. Anderson, I. Ansseau, G. Anton, C. Argüelles, J. Auffenberg, S. Axani, H. Bagherpour, X. Bai, J. P. Barron, S. W. Barwick, V. BaumR. Bay, J. J. Beatty, J. Becker Tjus, K.-h. Becker, S. Benzvi, D. Berley, E. Bernardini, D. Z. Besson, G. Binder, D. Bindig, E. Blaufuss, S. Blot, C. Bohm, M. Börner, F. Bos, D. Bose, S. Böser, O. Botner, E. Bourbeau, J. Bourbeau, F. Bradascio, J. Braun, D. J. Koskinen, M. J. Larson, J. Madsen, M. Medici, M. Rameez, S. Sarkar, S. Sarkar, T. Stuttard

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As atmospheric neutrinos propagate through the Earth, vacuumlike oscillations are modified by Standard Model neutral- and charged-current interactions with electrons. Theories beyond the Standard Model introduce heavy, TeV-scale bosons that can produce nonstandard neutrino interactions. These additional interactions may modify the Standard Model matter effect producing a measurable deviation from the prediction for atmospheric neutrino oscillations. The result described in this paper constrains nonstandard interaction parameters, building upon a previous analysis of atmospheric muon-neutrino disappearance with three years of IceCube DeepCore data. The best fit for the muon to tau flavor changing term is ϵμτ=-0.0005, with a 90% C.L. allowed range of -0.0067<ϵμτ<0.0081. This result is more restrictive than recent limits from other experiments for ϵμτ. Furthermore, our result is complementary to a recent constraint on ϵμτ using another publicly available IceCube high-energy event selection. Together, they constitute the world's best limits on nonstandard interactions in the μ-τ sector.

Original language	English
Article number	072009
Journal	Physical Review D
Volume	97
Issue number	7
ISSN	2470-0010
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.97.072009
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2018

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Aartsen, M. G., Ackermann, M., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Ahrens, M., Al Samarai, I., Altmann, D., Andeen, K., Anderson, T., Ansseau, I., Anton, G., Argüelles, C., Auffenberg, J., Axani, S., Bagherpour, H., Bai, X., Barron, J. P., Barwick, S. W., ... Stuttard, T. (2018). Search for nonstandard neutrino interactions with IceCube DeepCore. Physical Review D, 97(7), Article 072009. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.97.072009

Aartsen, MG, Ackermann, M, Adams, J, Aguilar, JA, Ahlers, M, Ahrens, M, Al Samarai, I, Altmann, D, Andeen, K, Anderson, T, Ansseau, I, Anton, G, Argüelles, C, Auffenberg, J, Axani, S, Bagherpour, H, Bai, X, Barron, JP, Barwick, SW, Baum, V, Bay, R, Beatty, JJ, Becker Tjus, J, Becker, K, Benzvi, S, Berley, D, Bernardini, E, Besson, DZ, Binder, G, Bindig, D, Blaufuss, E, Blot, S, Bohm, C, Börner, M, Bos, F, Bose, D, Böser, S, Botner, O, Bourbeau, E, Bourbeau, J, Bradascio, F, Braun, J, Koskinen, DJ, Larson, MJ, Madsen, J, Medici, M, Rameez, M, Sarkar, S, Sarkar, S & Stuttard, T 2018, 'Search for nonstandard neutrino interactions with IceCube DeepCore', Physical Review D, vol. 97, no. 7, 072009. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.97.072009

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