학술논문

An Improved Measurement of Neutrino Oscillation Parameters by the NOvA Experiment
Document Type
Working Paper
Author
Acero, M. A.Adamson, P.Aliaga, L.Anfimov, N.Antoshkin, A.Arrieta-Diaz, E.Asquith, L.Aurisano, A.Back, A.Backhouse, C.Baird, M.Balashov, N.Baldi, P.Bambah, B. A.Bashar, S.Bays, K.Bernstein, R.Bhatnagar, V.Bhattarai, D.Bhuyan, B.Bian, J.Blair, J.Booth, A. C.Bowles, R.Bromberg, C.Buchanan, N.Butkevich, A.Calvez, S.Carroll, T. J.Catano-Mur, E.Choudhary, B. C.Christensen, A.Coan, T. E.Colo, M.Cremonesi, L.Davies, G. S.Derwent, P. F.Ding, P.Djurcic, Z.Dolce, M.Doyle, D.Tonguino, D. DueñasDukes, E. C.Duyang, H.Ehrlich, R.Elkins, M.Ewart, E.Feldman, G. J.Filip, P.Franc, J.Frank, M. J.Gallagher, H. R.Gandrajula, R.Gao, F.Giri, A.Gomes, R. A.Goodman, M. C.Grichine, V.Groh, M.Group, R.Guo, B.Habig, A.Hakl, F.Hall, A.Hartnell, J.Hatcher, R.Hausner, H.He, M.Heller, K.Hewes, V.Himmel, A.Holin, A.Huang, J.Jargowsky, B.Jarosz, J.Jediny, F.Johnson, C.Judah, M.Kakorin, I.Kaplan, D. M.Kalitkina, A.Keloth, R.Klimov, O.Koerner, L. W.Kolupaeva, L.Kotelnikov, S.Kralik, R.Kullenberg, Ch.Kubu, M.Kumar, A.Kuruppu, C. D.Kus, V.Lackey, T.Lang, K.Lasorak, P.Lesmeister, J.Lin, S.Lister, A.Liu, J.Lokajicek, M.Magill, S.Plata, M. ManriqueMann, W. A.Marshak, M. L.Martinez-Casales, M.Matveev, V.Mayes, B.Méndez, D. P.Messier, M. D.Meyer, H.Miao, T.Miller, W. H.Mishra, S. R.Mislivec, A.Mohanta, R.Moren, A.Morozova, A.Mu, W.Mualem, L.Muether, M.Mufson, S.Mulder, K.Naples, D.Nayak, N.Nelson, J. K.Nichol, R.Niner, E.Norman, A.Norrick, A.Nosek, T.Oh, H.Olshevskiy, A.Olson, T.Ott, J.Paley, J.Patterson, R. B.Pawloski, G.Petrova, O.Petti, R.Phan, D. D.Plunkett, R. K.Porter, J. C. C.Rafique, A.Psihas, F.Raj, V.Rajaoalisoa, M.Ramson, B.Rebel, B.Rojas, P.Roy, P.Ryabov, V.Samoylov, O.Sanchez, M. C.Falero, S. SánchezShanahan, P.Sheshukov, A.Singh, P.Singh, V.Smith, E.Smolik, J.Snopok, P.Solomey, N.Sousa, A.Soustruznik, K.Strait, M.Suter, L.Sutton, A.Swain, S.Sweeney, C.Sztuc, A.Talaga, R. L.Oregui, B. TapiaTas, P.Thakore, T.Thayyullathil, R. B.Thomas, J.Tiras, E.Tripathi, J.Trokan-Tenorio, J.Tsaris, A.Torun, Y.Urheim, J.Vahle, P.Vallari, Z.Vasel, J.Vokac, P.Vrba, T.Wallbank, M.Warburton, T. K.Wetstein, M.Whittington, D.Wickremasinghe, D. A.Wojcicki, S. G.Wolcott, J.Wu, W.Xiao, Y.Dombara, A. YallappaYankelevich, A.Yonehara, K.Yu, S.Yu, Y.Zadorozhnyy, S.Zalesak, J.Zhang, Y.Zwaska, R.
Source
Phys. Rev. D 106, 032004 (2022)
Subject
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Language
Abstract
We present new $\nu_\mu\rightarrow\nu_e$, $\nu_\mu\rightarrow\nu_\mu$, $\overline{\nu}_\mu\rightarrow\overline{\nu}_e$, and $\overline{\nu}_\mu\rightarrow\overline{\nu}_\mu$ oscillation measurements by the NOvA experiment, with a 50% increase in neutrino-mode beam exposure over the previously reported results. The additional data, combined with previously published neutrino and antineutrino data, are all analyzed using improved techniques and simulations. A joint fit to the $\nu_e$, $\nu_\mu$, $\overline{\nu}_e$, and $\overline{\nu}_\mu$ candidate samples within the 3-flavor neutrino oscillation framework continues to yield a best-fit point in the normal mass ordering and the upper octant of the $\theta_{23}$ mixing angle, with $\Delta m^{2}_{32} = (2.41\pm0.07)\times 10^{-3}$ eV$^2$ and $\sin^2\theta_{23} = 0.57^{+0.03}_{-0.04}$. The data disfavor combinations of oscillation parameters that give rise to a large asymmetry in the rates of $\nu_e$ and $\overline{\nu}_e$ appearance. This includes values of the CP-violating phase in the vicinity of $\delta_\text{CP} = \pi/2$ which are excluded by $>3\sigma$ for the inverted mass ordering, and values around $\delta_\text{CP} = 3\pi/2$ in the normal ordering which are disfavored at 2$\sigma$ confidence.
Comment: 11 pages, 6 figures. Supplementary material attached (7 figures)