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Combined Analysis of νμ Disappearance and νμνe Appearance in MINOS Using Accelerator and Atmospheric Neutrinos

P. Adamson et al.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 191801 – Published 12 May 2014

Abstract

We report on a new analysis of neutrino oscillations in MINOS using the complete set of accelerator and atmospheric data. The analysis combines the νμ disappearance and νe appearance data using the three-flavor formalism. We measure |Δm322|=[2.282.46]×103eV2 (68% C.L.) and sin2θ23=0.350.65 (90% C.L.) in the normal hierarchy, and |Δm322|=[2.322.53]×103eV2 (68% C.L.) and sin2θ23=0.340.67 (90% C.L.) in the inverted hierarchy. The data also constrain δCP, the θ23 octant degeneracy and the mass hierarchy; we disfavor 36% (11%) of this three-parameter space at 68% (90%) C.L.

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  • Received 4 March 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.191801

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Vol. 112, Iss. 19 — 16 May 2014

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    The left panels show the 68% and 90% confidence limits on Δm322 and sin2θ23 for the normal hierarchy (top) and inverted hierarchy (bottom). At each point in this parameter space, the likelihood function is maximized with respect to sin2θ13, δCP and all of the systematic parameters. The 2Δlog(L) surface is calculated relative to the overall best fit, which is indicated by the star. The right panels show the 1D likelihood profiles as a function of Δm322 and sin2θ23 for each hierarchy. The horizontal dotted lines indicate the 68% and 90% C.L.

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    The 1D likelihood profile as a function of δCP for each combination of mass hierarchy and θ23 octant. For each value of δCP, the likelihood function is maximized with respect to sin2θ13, sin2θ23, Δm322, and all of the systematic parameters. The horizontal dashed lines indicate the 68% and 90% confidence limits.

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