Search for a light sterile neutrino at Daya Bay

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.141802

. 2014 Oct 3;113(14):141802.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.141802. Epub 2014 Oct 1.

Search for a light sterile neutrino at Daya Bay

F P An¹, A B Balantekin², H R Band², W Beriguete³, M Bishai³, S Blyth⁴, I Butorov⁵, G F Cao⁶, J Cao⁶, Y L Chan⁷, J F Chang⁶, L C Chang⁸, Y Chang⁹, C Chasman³, H Chen⁶, Q Y Chen¹⁰, S M Chen¹¹, X Chen⁷, X Chen⁶, Y X Chen¹², Y Chen¹³, Y P Cheng⁶, J J Cherwinka², M C Chu⁷, J P Cummings¹⁴, J de Arcos¹⁵, Z Y Deng⁶, Y Y Ding⁶, M V Diwan³, E Draeger¹⁵, X F Du⁶, D A Dwyer¹⁶, W R Edwards¹⁶, S R Ely¹⁷, J Y Fu⁶, L Q Ge¹⁸, R Gill³, M Gonchar⁵, G H Gong¹¹, H Gong¹¹, M Grassi⁶, W Q Gu¹⁹, M Y Guan⁶, X H Guo²⁰, R W Hackenburg³, G H Han²¹, S Hans³, M He⁶, K M Heeger²², Y K Heng⁶, P Hinrichs², Y K Hor²³, Y B Hsiung⁴, B Z Hu⁸, L M Hu³, L J Hu²⁰, T Hu⁶, W Hu⁶, E C Huang¹⁷, H Huang²⁴, X T Huang¹⁰, P Huber²³, G Hussain¹¹, Z Isvan³, D E Jaffe³, P Jaffke²³, K L Jen⁸, S Jetter⁶, X P Ji²⁵, X L Ji⁶, H J Jiang¹⁸, J B Jiao¹⁰, R A Johnson²⁶, L Kang²⁷, S H Kettell³, M Kramer²⁸, K K Kwan⁷, M W Kwok⁷, T Kwok²⁹, W C Lai¹⁸, K Lau³⁰, L Lebanowski¹¹, J Lee¹⁶, R T Lei²⁷, R Leitner³¹, A Leung²⁹, J K C Leung²⁹, C A Lewis², D J Li³², F Li³³, G S Li¹⁹, Q J Li⁶, W D Li⁶, X N Li⁶, X Q Li²⁵, Y F Li⁶, Z B Li³⁴, H Liang³², C J Lin¹⁶, G L Lin⁸, P Y Lin⁸, S K Lin³⁰, Y C Lin¹⁸, J J Ling³⁵, J M Link²³, L Littenberg³, B R Littlejohn²⁶, D W Liu³⁰, H Liu³⁰, J L Liu¹⁹, J C Liu⁶, S S Liu²⁹, Y B Liu⁶, C Lu³⁶, H Q Lu⁶, K B Luk²⁸, Q M Ma⁶, X Y Ma⁶, X B Ma¹², Y Q Ma⁶, K T McDonald³⁶, M C McFarlane², R D McKeown³⁷, Y Meng²³, I Mitchell³⁰, J Monari Kebwaro³⁸, Y Nakajima¹⁶, J Napolitano³⁹, D Naumov⁵, E Naumova⁵, I Nemchenok⁵, H Y Ngai²⁹, Z Ning⁶, J P Ochoa-Ricoux⁴⁰, A Olshevski⁵, S Patton¹⁶, V Pec³¹, J C Peng¹⁷, L E Piilonen²³, L Pinsky³⁰, C S J Pun²⁹, F Z Qi⁶, M Qi⁴¹, X Qian³, N Raper⁴², B Ren²⁷, J Ren²⁴, R Rosero³, B Roskovec³¹, X C Ruan²⁴, B B Shao¹¹, H Steiner²⁸, G X Sun⁶, J L Sun⁴³, Y H Tam⁷, X Tang⁶, H Themann³, K V Tsang¹⁶, R H M Tsang⁴⁴, C E Tull¹⁶, Y C Tung⁴, B Viren³, V Vorobel³¹, C H Wang⁹, L S Wang⁶, L Y Wang⁶, M Wang¹⁰, N Y Wang²⁰, R G Wang⁶, W Wang⁴⁵, W W Wang⁴¹, X Wang⁴⁶, Y F Wang⁶, Z Wang¹¹, Z Wang⁶, Z M Wang⁶, D M Webber², H Y Wei¹¹, Y D Wei²⁷, L J Wen⁶, K Whisnant⁴⁷, C G White¹⁵, L Whitehead³⁰, T Wise², H L H Wong²⁸, S C F Wong⁷, E Worcester³, Q Wu¹⁰, D M Xia⁶, J K Xia⁶, X Xia¹⁰, Z Z Xing⁶, J Y Xu⁷, J L Xu⁶, J Xu²⁰, Y Xu²⁵, T Xue¹¹, J Yan³⁸, C C Yang⁶, L Yang²⁷, M S Yang⁶, M T Yang¹⁰, M Ye⁶, M Yeh³, Y S Yeh⁸, B L Young⁴⁷, G Y Yu⁴¹, J Y Yu¹¹, Z Y Yu⁶, S L Zang⁴¹, B Zeng¹⁸, L Zhan⁶, C Zhang³, F H Zhang⁶, J W Zhang⁶, Q M Zhang³⁸, Q Zhang¹⁸, S H Zhang⁶, Y C Zhang³², Y M Zhang¹¹, Y H Zhang⁶, Y X Zhang⁴³, Z J Zhang²⁷, Z Y Zhang⁶, Z P Zhang³², J Zhao⁶, Q W Zhao⁶, Y Zhao⁴⁸, Y B Zhao⁶, L Zheng³², W L Zhong⁶, L Zhou⁶, Z Y Zhou²⁴, H L Zhuang⁶, J H Zou⁶; Daya Bay Collaboration

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Modern Physics, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai.
² University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
³ Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA.
⁴ Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei.
⁵ Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region.
⁶ Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing.
⁷ Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
⁸ Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu.
⁹ National United University, Miao-Li.
¹⁰ Shandong University, Jinan.
¹¹ Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing.
¹² North China Electric Power University, Beijing.
¹³ Shenzhen University, Shenzhen.
¹⁴ Siena College, Loudonville, New York, USA.
¹⁵ Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
¹⁶ Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA.
¹⁷ Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA.
¹⁸ Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu.
¹⁹ Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai.
²⁰ Beijing Normal University, Beijing.
²¹ College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA.
²² University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA and Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
²³ Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
²⁴ China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing.
²⁵ School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin.
²⁶ Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
²⁷ Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan.
²⁸ Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA and Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA.
²⁹ Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
³⁰ Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
³¹ Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague.
³² University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei.
³³ Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing and Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu.
³⁴ Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou.
³⁵ Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA and Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA.
³⁶ Joseph Henry Laboratories, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
³⁷ College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA and California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA.
³⁸ Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an.
³⁹ Department of Physics, College of Science and Technology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁴⁰ Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA and Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
⁴¹ Nanjing University, Nanjing.
⁴² Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA.
⁴³ China General Nuclear Power Group, Shenzhen.
⁴⁴ California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA.
⁴⁵ College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA and Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou.
⁴⁶ College of Electronic Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha.
⁴⁷ Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA.
⁴⁸ North China Electric Power University, Beijing and College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA.

PMID: 25325631
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.141802

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Search for a light sterile neutrino at Daya Bay

F P An et al. Phys Rev Lett. 2014.

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. 2014 Oct 3;113(14):141802.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.141802. Epub 2014 Oct 1.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Modern Physics, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai.
² University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
³ Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA.
⁴ Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei.
⁵ Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region.
⁶ Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing.
⁷ Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
⁸ Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu.
⁹ National United University, Miao-Li.
¹⁰ Shandong University, Jinan.
¹¹ Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing.
¹² North China Electric Power University, Beijing.
¹³ Shenzhen University, Shenzhen.
¹⁴ Siena College, Loudonville, New York, USA.
¹⁵ Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
¹⁶ Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA.
¹⁷ Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA.
¹⁸ Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu.
¹⁹ Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai.
²⁰ Beijing Normal University, Beijing.
²¹ College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA.
²² University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA and Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
²³ Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
²⁴ China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing.
²⁵ School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin.
²⁶ Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
²⁷ Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan.
²⁸ Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA and Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA.
²⁹ Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
³⁰ Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
³¹ Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague.
³² University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei.
³³ Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing and Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu.
³⁴ Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou.
³⁵ Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA and Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA.
³⁶ Joseph Henry Laboratories, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
³⁷ College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA and California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA.
³⁸ Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an.
³⁹ Department of Physics, College of Science and Technology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁴⁰ Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA and Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
⁴¹ Nanjing University, Nanjing.
⁴² Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA.
⁴³ China General Nuclear Power Group, Shenzhen.
⁴⁴ California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA.
⁴⁵ College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA and Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou.
⁴⁶ College of Electronic Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha.
⁴⁷ Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA.
⁴⁸ North China Electric Power University, Beijing and College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA.

PMID: 25325631
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.141802

Abstract

A search for light sterile neutrino mixing was performed with the first 217 days of data from the Daya Bay Reactor Antineutrino Experiment. The experiment's unique configuration of multiple baselines from six 2.9 GW(th) nuclear reactors to six antineutrino detectors deployed in two near (effective baselines 512 m and 561 m) and one far (1579 m) underground experimental halls makes it possible to test for oscillations to a fourth (sterile) neutrino in the 10(-3) eV(2)<|Δm(41)(2) |< 0.3 eV(2) range. The relative spectral distortion due to the disappearance of electron antineutrinos was found to be consistent with that of the three-flavor oscillation model. The derived limits on sin(2) 2θ(14) cover the 10(-3) eV(2) ≲ |Δm(41)(2)| ≲ 0.1 eV(2) region, which was largely unexplored.

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