Dual-Baseline Search for Active-to-Sterile Neutrino Oscillations in NOvA

M A Acero¹, B Acharya², P Adamson³, N Anfimov⁴, A Antoshkin⁴, E Arrieta-Diaz⁵, L Asquith⁶, A Aurisano⁷, A Back^{8

9}, N Balashov⁴, P Baldi¹⁰, B A Bambah¹¹, E F Bannister⁶, A Barros¹, A Bat^{12

13}, K Bays¹⁴, R Bernstein³, T J C Bezerra⁶, V Bhatnagar¹⁵, D Bhattarai², B Bhuyan¹⁶, J Bian^{10

14}, A C Booth^{17

6}, R Bowles⁸, B Brahma¹⁸, C Bromberg¹⁹, N Buchanan²⁰, A Butkevich²¹, S Calvez²⁰, T J Carroll²², E Catano-Mur²³, J P Cesar²⁴, A Chatla¹¹, R Chirco²⁵, B C Choudhary²⁶, A Christensen²⁰, M F Cicala²⁷, T E Coan²⁸, A Cooleybeck²², C Cortes-Parra⁵, D Coveyou²⁹, L Cremonesi¹⁷, G S Davies², P F Derwent³, P Ding³, Z Djurcic³⁰, K Dobbs³¹, M Dolce³², D Doyle²⁰, D Dueñas Tonguino⁷, E C Dukes²⁹, A Dye², R Ehrlich²⁹, E Ewart⁸, P Filip³³, M J Frank³⁴, H R Gallagher³⁵, F Gao³⁶, A Giri¹⁸, R A Gomes³⁷, M C Goodman³⁰, M Groh²⁰, R Group²⁹, A Habig³⁸, F Hakl³⁹, J Hartnell⁶, R Hatcher³, H Hausner²², M He³¹, K Heller¹⁴, V Hewes⁷, A Himmel³, T Horoho²⁹, A Ivanova⁴, B Jargowsky¹⁰, J Jarosz²⁰, M Judah^{20

36}, I Kakorin⁴, A Kalitkina⁴, D M Kaplan²⁵, B Kirezli-Ozdemir¹³, J Kleykamp², O Klimov⁴, L W Koerner³¹, L Kolupaeva⁴, R Kralik⁶, A Kumar¹⁵, V Kus⁴⁰, T Lackey^{3

8}, K Lang²⁴, J Lesmeister³¹, A Lister²², J Liu¹⁰, J A Lock⁶, M Lokajicek³³, M MacMahon²⁷, S Magill³⁰, W A Mann³⁵, M T Manoharan⁴¹, M Manrique Plata⁸, M L Marshak¹⁴, M Martinez-Casales^{3

9}, V Matveev²¹, B Mehta¹⁵, M D Messier⁸, H Meyer³², T Miao³, V Mikola²⁷, W H Miller¹⁴, S Mishra⁴², S R Mishra⁴³, A Mislivec¹⁴, R Mohanta¹¹, A Moren³⁸, A Morozova⁴, W Mu³, L Mualem⁴⁴, M Muether³², D Myers²⁴, D Naples³⁶, A Nath¹⁶, S Nelleri⁴¹, J K Nelson²³, R Nichol²⁷, E Niner³, A Norman³, A Norrick³, H Oh⁷, A Olshevskiy⁴, T Olson³¹, M Ozkaynak²⁷, A Pal⁴⁵, J Paley³, L Panda⁴⁵, R B Patterson⁴⁴, G Pawloski¹⁴, R Petti⁴³, R K Plunkett³, L R Prais², M Rabelhofer^{8

9}, A Rafique³⁰, V Raj⁴⁴, M Rajaoalisoa⁷, B Ramson³, B Rebel²², P Roy³², O Samoylov⁴, M C Sanchez^{46

9}, S Sánchez Falero⁹, P Shanahan³, P Sharma¹⁵, A Sheshukov⁴, A Shmakov¹⁰, Shivam¹⁶, W Shorrock⁶, S Shukla⁴², D K Singha¹¹, I Singh²⁶, P Singh^{26

17}, V Singh⁴², E Smith⁸, J Smolik⁴⁰, P Snopok²⁵, N Solomey³², A Sousa⁷, K Soustruznik⁴⁷, M Strait^{3

14}, L Suter³, A Sutton^{46

9}, K Sutton⁴⁴, S Swain⁴⁵, C Sweeney²⁷, A Sztuc²⁷, B Tapia Oregui²⁴, N Talukdar⁴³, P Tas⁴⁷, T Thakore⁷, J Thomas²⁷, E Tiras^{13

9}, M Titus⁴¹, Y Torun²⁵, D Tran³¹, J Tripathi¹⁵, J Trokan-Tenorio²³, J Urheim⁸, P Vahle²³, Z Vallari⁴⁴, J D Villamil⁵, K J Vockerodt¹⁷, M Wallbank^{7

3}, C Weber¹⁴, M Wetstein⁹, D Whittington^{8

48}, D A Wickremasinghe³, T Wieber¹⁴, J Wolcott³⁵, M Wrobel²⁰, S Wu¹⁴, W Wu¹⁰, W Wu³⁶, Y Xiao¹⁰, B Yaeggy⁷, A Yahaya³², A Yankelevich¹⁰, K Yonehara³, S Zadorozhnyy²¹, J Zalesak³³, R Zwaska³; NOvA Collaboration

Affiliations

¹ Universidad del Atlantico, Carrera 30 No. 8-49, Puerto Colombia, Atlantico, Colombia.
² University of Mississippi, University, Oxford, Mississippi 38677, USA.
³ Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.
⁴ Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow region 141980, Russia.
⁵ Universidad del Magdalena, Carrera 32 No 22-08 Santa Marta, Colombia.
⁶ Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QH, United Kingdom.
⁷ Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA.
⁸ Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA.
⁹ Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA.
¹¹ School of Physics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500 046, India.
¹² Bandirma Onyedi Eylül University, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Engineering Sciences Department, 10200, Bandirma, Bal𝚤kesir, Turkey.
¹³ Department of Physics, Erciyes University, Kayseri 38030, Turkey.
¹⁴ School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
¹⁵ Department of Physics, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160 014, India.
¹⁶ Department of Physics, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, 781 039, India.
¹⁷ Particle Physics Research Centre, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom.
¹⁸ Department of Physics, IIT Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 502 205, India.
¹⁹ Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA.
²⁰ Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1875, USA.
²¹ Institute for Nuclear Research of Russia, Academy of Sciences 7a, 60th October Anniversary prospect, Moscow 117312, Russia.
²² University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
²³ Department of Physics, William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA.
²⁴ Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA.
²⁵ Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA.
²⁶ Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India.
²⁷ Physics and Astronomy Department, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
²⁸ Department of Physics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275, USA.
²⁹ Department of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA.
³⁰ Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA.
³¹ Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA.
³² Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Physics, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas 67260, USA.
³³ Institute of Physics, The Czech Academy of Sciences, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic.
³⁴ Department of Physics, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama 36688, USA.
³⁵ Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA.
³⁶ Department of Physics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA.
³⁷ Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, 74690-900, Brazil.
³⁸ Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota 55812, USA.
³⁹ Institute of Computer Science, The Czech Academy of Sciences, 182 07 Prague, Czech Republic.
⁴⁰ Czech Technical University in Prague, Brehova 7, 115 19 Prague 1, Czech Republic.
⁴¹ Department of Physics, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi 682 022, India.
⁴² Department of Physics, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221 005, India.
⁴³ Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA.
⁴⁴ California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.
⁴⁵ National Institute of Science Education and Research, Khurda, 752050, Odisha, India.
⁴⁶ Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA.
⁴⁷ Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Prague, Czech Republic.
⁴⁸ Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13210, USA.

PMID: 40085856
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.081804

Dual-Baseline Search for Active-to-Sterile Neutrino Oscillations in NOvA

M A Acero et al. Phys Rev Lett. 2025.

. 2025 Feb 28;134(8):081804.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.081804.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Universidad del Atlantico, Carrera 30 No. 8-49, Puerto Colombia, Atlantico, Colombia.
² University of Mississippi, University, Oxford, Mississippi 38677, USA.
³ Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.
⁴ Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow region 141980, Russia.
⁵ Universidad del Magdalena, Carrera 32 No 22-08 Santa Marta, Colombia.
⁶ Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QH, United Kingdom.
⁷ Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA.
⁸ Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA.
⁹ Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA.
¹¹ School of Physics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500 046, India.
¹² Bandirma Onyedi Eylül University, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Engineering Sciences Department, 10200, Bandirma, Bal𝚤kesir, Turkey.
¹³ Department of Physics, Erciyes University, Kayseri 38030, Turkey.
¹⁴ School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
¹⁵ Department of Physics, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160 014, India.
¹⁶ Department of Physics, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, 781 039, India.
¹⁷ Particle Physics Research Centre, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom.
¹⁸ Department of Physics, IIT Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 502 205, India.
¹⁹ Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA.
²⁰ Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1875, USA.
²¹ Institute for Nuclear Research of Russia, Academy of Sciences 7a, 60th October Anniversary prospect, Moscow 117312, Russia.
²² University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
²³ Department of Physics, William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA.
²⁴ Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA.
²⁵ Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA.
²⁶ Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India.
²⁷ Physics and Astronomy Department, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
²⁸ Department of Physics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275, USA.
²⁹ Department of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA.
³⁰ Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA.
³¹ Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA.
³² Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Physics, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas 67260, USA.
³³ Institute of Physics, The Czech Academy of Sciences, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic.
³⁴ Department of Physics, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama 36688, USA.
³⁵ Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA.
³⁶ Department of Physics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA.
³⁷ Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, 74690-900, Brazil.
³⁸ Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota 55812, USA.
³⁹ Institute of Computer Science, The Czech Academy of Sciences, 182 07 Prague, Czech Republic.
⁴⁰ Czech Technical University in Prague, Brehova 7, 115 19 Prague 1, Czech Republic.
⁴¹ Department of Physics, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi 682 022, India.
⁴² Department of Physics, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221 005, India.
⁴³ Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA.
⁴⁴ California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.
⁴⁵ National Institute of Science Education and Research, Khurda, 752050, Odisha, India.
⁴⁶ Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA.
⁴⁷ Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Prague, Czech Republic.
⁴⁸ Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13210, USA.

PMID: 40085856
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.081804

Abstract

We report a search for neutrino oscillations to sterile neutrinos under a model with three active and one sterile neutrinos (3+1 model). This analysis uses the NOvA detectors exposed to the NuMI beam, running in neutrino mode. The data exposure, 13.6×10^{20} protons on target, doubles that previously analyzed by NOvA, and the analysis is the first to use ν_{μ} charged-current interactions in conjunction with neutral-current interactions. Neutrino samples in the near and far detectors are fitted simultaneously, enabling the search to be carried out over a Δm_{41}^{2} range extending 2 (3) orders of magnitude above (below) 1 eV^{2}. NOvA finds no evidence for active-to-sterile neutrino oscillations under the 3+1 model at 90% confidence level. New limits are reported in multiple regions of parameter space, excluding some regions currently allowed by IceCube at 90% confidence level. We additionally set the most stringent limits for anomalous ν_{τ} appearance for Δm_{41}^{2}≤3 eV^{2}.

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Dual-Baseline Search for Active-to-Sterile Neutrino Oscillations in NOvA

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