Year: 2025
Type: preprint
Abstract: This Letter extends a recent IceCube sterile neutrino search to include unstable sterile neutrinos within the context of a model termed 3+1+Decay, which expands upon the 3+1 model by introducing sterile neutrino decay to invisible particles with coupling constant $g^2$. The model is attractive since it reduces tension between oscillation experiments within the global fits and with constraints that come from cosmological observables. The analysis uses 10.7 years of up-going muon neutrino data with energy 500 GeV to 100 TeV and with improved reconstruction and modeling of systematics. The best-fit point is found to be $g^2 = 0$, $\sin^2(2θ_{24}) = 0.16$, and $Δm^{2}_{41} = 3.5$ eV$^2$, in agreement with the recent 3+1 sterile neutrino search. Values of $g^2 \geq π$ are excluded at 95\% confidence level. This result substantially limits decay parameter space indicated by recent global fits, disfavoring the decay scenario.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Authors: Abbasi, R., Ackermann, M., Adams, J., Agarwalla, S. K., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Alameddine, J. M., Ali, S., Amin, N. M., Andeen, K., Argüelles, C., Ashida, Y., Athanasiadou, S., Axani, S. N., Babu, R., Bai, X., Baines-Holmes, J., V., A. Balagopal, Barwick, S. W., Bash, S., Basu, V., Bay, R., Beatty, J. J., Tjus, J. Becker, Behrens, P., Beise, J., Bellenghi, C., Benkel, B., BenZvi, S., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Besson, D. Z., Blaufuss, E., Bloom, L., Blot, S., Bodo, I., Bontempo, F., Motzkin, J. Y. Book, Meneguolo, C. Boscolo, Böser, S., Botner, O., Böttcher, J., Braun, J., Brinson, B., Brisson-Tsavoussis, Z., Burley, R. T., Butterfield, D., Campana, M. A., Carloni, K., Carpio, J., Chattopadhyay, S., Chau, N., Chen, Z., Chirkin, D., Choi, S., Clark, B. A., Coleman, A., Coleman, P., Collin, G. H., Borja, D. A. Coloma, Connolly, A., Conrad, J. M., Corley, R., Cowen, D. F., De Clercq, C., DeLaunay, J. J., Delgado, D., Delmeulle, T., Deng, S., Desiati, P., de Vries, K. D., de Wasseige, G., Díaz-Vélez, J. C., DiKerby, S., Dittmer, M., Domi, A., Draper, L., Dueser, L., Durnford, D., Dutta, K., DuVernois, M. A., Ehrhardt, T., Eidenschink, L., Eimer, A., Eller, P., Ellinger, E., Elsässer, D., Engel, R., Erpenbeck, H., Esmail, W., Eulig, S., Evans, J., Evenson, P. A., Fan, K. L., Fang, K., Farrag, K., Fazely, A. R., Fedynitch, A., Feigl, N., Finley, C., Fischer, L., Fox, D., Franckowiak, A., Fukami, S., Fürst, P., Gallagher, J., Ganster, E., Garcia, A., Garcia, M., Garg, G., Genton, E., Gerhardt, L., Ghadimi, A., Glaser, C., Glüsenkamp, T., Gonzalez, J. G., Goswami, S., Granados, A., Grant, D., Gray, S. J., Griffin, S., Griswold, S., Groth, K. M., Guevel, D., Günther, C., Gutjahr, P., Ha, C., Haack, C., Hallgren, A., Halve, L., Halzen, F., Hamacher, L., Minh, M. Ha, Handt, M., Hanson, K., Hardin, J., Harnisch, A. A., Hatch, P., Haungs, A., Häußler, J., Helbing, K., Hellrung, J., Henke, B., Hennig, L., Henningsen, F., Heuermann, L., Hewett, R., Heyer, N., Hickford, S., Hidvegi, A., Hill, C., Hill, G. C., Hmaid, R., Hoffman, K. D., Hooper, D., Hori, S., Hoshina, K., Hostert, M., Hou, W., Hrywniak, M., Huber, T., Hultqvist, K., Hymon, K., Ishihara, A., Iwakiri, W., Jacquart, M., Jain, S., Janik, O., Jansson, M., Jeong, M., Jin, M., Kamp, N., Kang, D., Kang, W., Kang, X., Kappes, A., Kardum, L., Karg, T., Karl, M., Karle, A., Katil, A., Kauer, M., Kelley, J. L., Khanal, M., Zathul, A. Khatee, Kheirandish, A., Kimku, H., Kiryluk, J., Klein, C., Klein, S. R., Kobayashi, Y., Kochocki, A., Koirala, R., Kolanoski, H., Kontrimas, T., Köpke, L., Kopper, C., Koskinen, D. J., Koundal, P., Kowalski, M., Kozynets, T., Krieger, N., Krishnamoorthi, J., Krishnan, T., Kruiswijk, K., Krupczak, E., Kumar, A., Kun, E., Kurahashi, N., Lad, N., Gualda, C. Lagunas, Arnaud, L. Lallement, Lamoureux, M., Larson, M. 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Language: English
Topic: Neutrino Physics Research
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7084448202
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