Constraints on large extra dimensions from the MINOS experiment

P Adamson, I Anghel, A Aurisano, G Barr, M Bishai… - Physical Review D, 2016 - APS
P Adamson, I Anghel, A Aurisano, G Barr, M Bishai, A Blake, GJ Bock, D Bogert, SV Cao
Physical Review D, 2016APS
We report new constraints on the size of large extra dimensions from data collected by the
MINOS experiment between 2005 and 2012. Our analysis employs a model in which sterile
neutrinos arise as Kaluza-Klein states in large extra dimensions and thus modify the
neutrino oscillation probabilities due to mixing between active and sterile neutrino states.
Using Fermilab's Neutrinos at the Main Injector beam exposure of 10.56× 1 0 20 protons on
target, we combine muon neutrino charged current and neutral current data sets from the …
We report new constraints on the size of large extra dimensions from data collected by the MINOS experiment between 2005 and 2012. Our analysis employs a model in which sterile neutrinos arise as Kaluza-Klein states in large extra dimensions and thus modify the neutrino oscillation probabilities due to mixing between active and sterile neutrino states. Using Fermilab’s Neutrinos at the Main Injector beam exposure of protons on target, we combine muon neutrino charged current and neutral current data sets from the Near and Far Detectors and observe no evidence for deviations from standard three-flavor neutrino oscillations. The ratios of reconstructed energy spectra in the two detectors constrain the size of large extra dimensions to be smaller than at 90% C.L. in the limit of a vanishing lightest active neutrino mass. Stronger limits are obtained for nonvanishing masses.
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