Effect of a light sterile neutrino at NOνA and DUNE

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dc.contributor.authorGupta, S.
dc.contributor.authorMatthews, Z.
dc.contributor.authorSharma, P.
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, A.
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionPublished 29 August 2018
dc.description.abstractNow that the NOνA experiment has been running for a few years and has released some preliminary data, some constraints for the oscillation parameters can be inferred. The best fits for NOνA include three degenerate results; the reason they are indistinct is that they produce almost degenerate probability curves. It has been postulated that these degeneracies can be resolved by running antineutrinos at NOνA and/or combining its data with T2K. However, this degeneracy resolution power can be compromised if sterile neutrinos are present due to additional degrees of freedom that can significantly alter the oscillation probability for any of these best fits. We aim to investigate this degradation in predictive power and the effect of the DUNE experiment on it. In light of the 2018 NOνA data, we also consider the same fits but with θ₂₃ = 45° to see if the sensitivity results are different.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityShivani Gupta, Zachary M. Matthews, Pankaj Sharma, and Anthony G. Williams
dc.identifier.citationPhysical Review D (particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology), 2018; 98(3):035042-1-035042-9
dc.identifier.doi10.1103/PhysRevD.98.035042
dc.identifier.issn2470-0010
dc.identifier.issn2470-0029
dc.identifier.orcidSharma, P. [0000-0003-1873-1349]
dc.identifier.orcidWilliams, A. [0000-0002-1472-1592]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/116014
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Society
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/CE1101004
dc.rightsPublished by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI. Funded by SCOAP3.
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.98.035042
dc.titleEffect of a light sterile neutrino at NOνA and DUNE
dc.title.alternativeEffect of a light sterile neutrino at NOnuA and DUNE
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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