Search for sterile neutrinos in MINOS and MINOS+ using a two-detector fit

Abstract

A search for mixing between active neutrinos and light sterile neutrinos has been performed by looking for muon neutrino disappearance in two detectors at baselines of 1.04 km and 735 km, using a combined MINOS and MINOS+ exposure of $16.36\times 10^{20}$ protons-on-target. A simultaneous fit to the charged-current muon neutrino and neutral-current neutrino energy spectra in the two detectors yields no evidence for sterile neutrino mixing using a 3+1 model. The most stringent limit to date is set on the mixing parameter ${\sin }^2{\theta }_{24}$ for most values of the sterile neutrino mass-splitting $\Delta m_{41}^2>10^{-4}$ eV${}^2$.

arXiv comment7 pages, 4 figures, additional analysis details and a data release in the ancillary materials

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