Determining neutrino oscillation parameters from atmospheric muon neutrino disappearance with three years of IceCube DeepCore data

Phys. Rev. American Physical Society D91:7 (2015) 072004-072004

Abstract:

We present a measurement of neutrino oscillations via atmospheric muon neutrino disappearance with three years of data of the completed IceCube neutrino detector. DeepCore, a region of denser instrumentation, enables the detection and reconstruction of atmospheric muon neutrinos between 10 GeV and 100 GeV, where a strong disappearance signal is expected. The detector volume surrounding DeepCore is used as a veto region to suppress the atmospheric muon background. Neutrino events are selected where the detected Cherenkov photons of the secondary particles minimally scatter, and the neutrino energy and arrival direction are reconstructed. Both variables are used to obtain the neutrino oscillation parameters from the data, with the best fit given by $\Delta m^2_{32}=2.72^{+0.19}_{-0.20}\times 10^{-3}\,\mathrm{eV}^2$ and $\sin^2\theta_{23} = 0.53^{+0.09}_{-0.12}$ (normal mass hierarchy assumed). The results are compatible and comparable in precision to those of dedicated oscillation experiments.

Measurements of neutrino oscillation in appearance and disappearance channels by the T2K experiment with 6.6×1020 protons on target

Physical Review D American Physical Society (APS) 91:7 (2015) 072010

Authors:

K Abe, J Adam, H Aihara, T Akiri, C Andreopoulos, S Aoki, A Ariga, S Assylbekov, D Autiero, M Barbi, GJ Barker, G Barr, P Bartet-Friburg, M Bass, M Batkiewicz, F Bay, V Berardi, BE Berger, S Berkman, S Bhadra, FDM Blaszczyk, A Blondel, S Bolognesi, S Bordoni, SB Boyd, D Brailsford, A Bravar, C Bronner, N Buchanan, RG Calland, J Caravaca Rodríguez, SL Cartwright, R Castillo, MG Catanesi, A Cervera, D Cherdack, N Chikuma, G Christodoulou, A Clifton, J Coleman, SJ Coleman, G Collazuol, K Connolly, L Cremonesi, A Dabrowska, I Danko, R Das, S Davis, P de Perio, G De Rosa, T Dealtry, SR Dennis, C Densham, D Dewhurst, F Di Lodovico, S Di Luise, S Dolan, O Drapier, T Duboyski, K Duffy, J Dumarchez, S Dytman, M Dziewiecki, S Emery-Schrenk, A Ereditato, L Escudero, C Ferchichi, T Feusels, AJ Finch, GA Fiorentini, M Friend, Y Fujii, Y Fukuda, AP Furmanski, V Galymov, A Garcia, S Giffin, C Giganti, K Gilje, D Goeldi, T Golan, M Gonin, N Grant, D Gudin, DR Hadley, L Haegel, A Haesler, MD Haigh, P Hamilton, D Hansen, T Hara, M Hartz, T Hasegawa, NC Hastings, T Hayashino, Y Hayato, C Hearty, RL Helmer, M Hierholzer, J Hignight, A Hillairet, A Himmel, T Hiraki, S Hirota, J Holeczek, S Horikawa, F Hosomi, K Huang, AK Ichikawa, K Ieki, M Ieva, M Ikeda, J Imber, J Insler, TJ Irvine, T Ishida, T Ishii, E Iwai, K Iwamoto, K Iyogi, A Izmaylov, A Jacob, B Jamieson, M Jiang, S Johnson, JH Jo, P Jonsson, CK Jung, M Kabirnezhad, AC Kaboth, T Kajita, H Kakuno, J Kameda, Y Kanazawa, D Karlen, I Karpikov, T Katori, E Kearns, M Khabibullin, A Khotjantsev, D Kielczewska, T Kikawa, A Kilinski, J Kim, S King, J Kisiel, P Kitching, T Kobayashi, L Koch, T Koga, A Kolaceke, A Konaka, A Kopylov, LL Kormos, A Korzenev, Y Koshio, W Kropp, H Kubo, Y Kudenko, R Kurjata, T Kutter, J Lagoda, I Lamont, E Larkin, M Laveder, M Lawe, M Lazos, T Lindner, C Lister, RP Litchfield, A Longhin, JP Lopez, L Ludovici, L Magaletti, K Mahn, M Malek, S Manly, AD Marino, J Marteau, JF Martin, P Martins, S Martynenko, T Maruyama, V Matveev, K Mavrokoridis, E Mazzucato, M McCarthy, N McCauley, KS McFarland, C McGrew, A Mefodiev, C Metelko, M Mezzetto, P Mijakowski, CA Miller, A Minamino, O Mineev, A Missert, M Miura, S Moriyama, Th A Mueller, A Murakami, M Murdoch, S Murphy, J Myslik, T Nakadaira, M Nakahata, KG Nakamura, K Nakamura, S Nakayama, T Nakaya, K Nakayoshi, C Nantais, C Nielsen, M Nirkko, K Nishikawa, Y Nishimura, J Nowak, HM O’Keeffe, R Ohta, K Okumura, T Okusawa, W Oryszczak, SM Oser, T Ovsyannikova, RA Owen, Y Oyama, V Palladino, JL Palomino, V Paolone, D Payne, O Perevozchikov, JD Perkin, Y Petrov, L Pickard, ES Pinzon Guerra, C Pistillo, P Plonski, E Poplawska, B Popov, M Posiadala-Zezula, J-M Poutissou, R Poutissou, P Przewlocki, B Quilain, E Radicioni, PN Ratoff, M Ravonel, MAM Rayner, A Redij, M Reeves, E Reinherz-Aronis, C Riccio, PA Rodrigues, P Rojas, E Rondio, S Roth, A Rubbia, D Ruterbories, A Rychter, R Sacco, K Sakashita, F Sánchez, F Sato, E Scantamburlo, K Scholberg, S Schoppmann, JD Schwehr, M Scott, Y Seiya, T Sekiguchi, H Sekiya, D Sgalaberna, R Shah, F Shaker, D Shaw, M Shiozawa, S Short, Y Shustrov, P Sinclair, B Smith, M Smy, JT Sobczyk, H Sobel, M Sorel, L Southwell, P Stamoulis, J Steinmann, B Still, Y Suda, A Suzuki, K Suzuki, SY Suzuki, Y Suzuki, R Tacik, M Tada, S Takahashi, A Takeda, Y Takeuchi, HK Tanaka, HA Tanaka, MM Tanaka, D Terhorst, R Terri, LF Thompson, A Thorley, S Tobayama, W Toki, T Tomura, C Touramanis, T Tsukamoto, M Tzanov, Y Uchida, A Vacheret, M Vagins, G Vasseur, T Wachala, K Wakamatsu, CW Walter, D Wark, W Warzycha, MO Wascko, A Weber, R Wendell, RJ Wilkes, MJ Wilking, C Wilkinson, Z Williamson, JR Wilson, RJ Wilson, T Wongjirad, Y Yamada, K Yamamoto, C Yanagisawa, T Yano, S Yen, N Yershov, M Yokoyama, J Yoo, K Yoshida, T Yuan, M Yu, A Zalewska, J Zalipska, L Zambelli, K Zaremba, M Ziembicki, ED Zimmerman, M Zito, J Żmuda

Neutrino oscillation physics potential of the T2K experiment

Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics Oxford University Press (OUP) 2015:4 (2015) 043c01

Authors:

K Abe, J Adam, H Aihara, T Akiri, C Andreopoulos, S Aoki, A Ariga, S Assylbekov, D Autiero, M Barbi, GJ Barker, G Barr, P Bartet-Friburg, M Bass, M Batkiewicz, F Bay, V Berardi, BE Berger, S Berkman, S Bhadra, FDM Blaszczyk, A Blondel, C Bojechko, S Bordoni, SB Boyd, D Brailsford, A Bravar, C Bronner, N Buchanan, RG Calland, J Caravaca Rodríguez, SL Cartwright, R Castillo, MG Catanesi, A Cervera, D Cherdack, G Christodoulou, A Clifton, J Coleman, SJ Coleman, G Collazuol, K Connolly, L Cremonesi, A Dabrowska, I Danko, R Das, S Davis, P de Perio, G de Rosa, T Dealtry, SR Dennis, C Densham, D Dewhurst, F Di Lodovico, S Di Luise, O Drapier, T Duboyski, K Duffy, J Dumarchez, S Dytman, M Dziewiecki, S Emery-Schrenk, A Ereditato, L Escudero, T Feusels, AJ Finch, GA Fiorentini, M Friend, Y Fujii, Y Fukuda, AP Furmanski, V Galymov, A Garcia, S Giffin, C Giganti, K Gilje, D Goeldi, T Golan, M Gonin, N Grant, D Gudin, DR Hadley, L Haegel, A Haesler, MD Haigh, P Hamilton, D Hansen, T Hara, M Hartz, T Hasegawa, NC Hastings, T Hayashino, Y Hayato, C Hearty, RL Helmer, M Hierholzer, J Hignight, A Hillairet, A Himmel, T Hiraki, S Hirota, J Holeczek, S Horikawa, K Huang, AK Ichikawa, K Ieki, M Ieva, M Ikeda, J Imber, J Insler, TJ Irvine, T Ishida, T Ishii, E Iwai, K Iwamoto, K Iyogi, A Izmaylov, A Jacob, B Jamieson, RA Johnson, S Johnson, JH Jo, P Jonsson, CK Jung, M Kabirnezhad, AC Kaboth, T Kajita, H Kakuno, J Kameda, Y Kanazawa, D Karlen, I Karpikov, T Katori, E Kearns, M Khabibullin, A Khotjantsev, D Kielczewska, T Kikawa, A Kilinski, J Kim, S King, J Kisiel, P Kitching, T Kobayashi, L Koch, T Koga, A Kolaceke, A Konaka, LL Kormos, A Korzenev, Y Koshio, W Kropp, H Kubo, Y Kudenko, R Kurjata, T Kutter, J Lagoda, K Laihem, I Lamont, E Larkin, M Laveder, M Lawe, M Lazos, T Lindner, C Lister, RP Litchfield, A Longhin, JP Lopez, L Ludovici, L Magaletti, K Mahn, M Malek, S Manly, AD Marino, J Marteau, JF Martin, P Martins, S Martynenko, T Maruyama, V Matveev, K Mavrokoridis, E Mazzucato, M McCarthy, N McCauley, KS McFarland, C McGrew, A Mefodiev, C Metelko, M Mezzetto, P Mijakowski, CA Miller, A Minamino, O Mineev, A Missert, M Miura, S Moriyama, Th A Mueller, A Murakami, M Murdoch, S Murphy, J Myslik, T Nakadaira, M Nakahata, KG Nakamura, K Nakamura, S Nakayama, T Nakaya, K Nakayoshi, C Nantais, C Nielsen, M Nirkko, K Nishikawa, Y Nishimura, J Nowak, HM O’Keeffe, R Ohta, K Okumura, T Okusawa, W Oryszczak, SM Oser, T Ovsyannikova, RA Owen, Y Oyama, V Palladino, JL Palomino, V Paolone, D Payne, O Perevozchikov, JD Perkin, Y Petrov, L Pickard, ES Pinzon Guerra, C Pistillo, P Plonski, E Poplawska, B Popov, M Posiadala-Zezula, J-M Poutissou, R Poutissou, P Przewlocki, B Quilain, E Radicioni, PN Ratoff, M Ravonel, MAM Rayner, A Redij, M Reeves, E Reinherz-Aronis, C Riccio, PA Rodrigues, P Rojas, E Rondio, S Roth, A Rubbia, D Ruterbories, R Sacco, K Sakashita, F Sánchez, F Sato, E Scantamburlo, K Scholberg, S Schoppmann, J Schwehr, M Scott, Y Seiya, T Sekiguchi, H Sekiya, D Sgalaberna, R Shah, F Shaker, M Shiozawa, S Short, Y Shustrov, P Sinclair, B Smith, M Smy, JT Sobczyk, H Sobel, M Sorel, L Southwell, P Stamoulis, J Steinmann, B Still, Y Suda, A Suzuki, K Suzuki, SY Suzuki, Y Suzuki, R Tacik, M Tada, S Takahashi, A Takeda, Y Takeuchi, HK Tanaka, HA Tanaka, MM Tanaka, D Terhorst, R Terri, LF Thompson, A Thorley, S Tobayama, W Toki, T Tomura, Y Totsuka, C Touramanis, T Tsukamoto, M Tzanov, Y Uchida, A Vacheret, M Vagins, G Vasseur, T Wachala, AV Waldron, K Wakamatsu, CW Walter, D Wark, W Warzycha, MO Wascko, A Weber, R Wendell, RJ Wilkes, MJ Wilking, C Wilkinson, Z Williamson, JR Wilson, RJ Wilson, T Wongjirad, Y Yamada, K Yamamoto, C Yanagisawa, T Yano, S Yen, N Yershov, M Yokoyama, K Yoshida, T Yuan, M Yu, A Zalewska, J Zalipska, L Zambelli, K Zaremba, M Ziembicki, ED Zimmerman, M Zito, J Żmuda

Observational consistency and future predictions for a 3.5 keV ALP to photon line

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics IOP Publishing 2015:04 (2015) 013-013

Authors:

Pedro D Alvarez, Joseph P Conlon, Francesca V Day, MC David Marsh, Markus Rummel

Small-radius jets to all orders in QCD

Journal of High Energy Physics Springer Nature 2015:4 (2015) 39

Authors:

Mrinal Dasgupta, Frédéric Dreyer, Gavin P Salam, Gregory Soyez