New constraints on tau-coupled Heavy Neutral Leptons with masses $m_N=280-970$ MeV

Abstract

A search for Heavy Neutral Leptons has been performed with the ArgoNeuT detector exposed to the NuMI neutrino beam at Fermilab. We search for the decay signature $N\to \nu {\mu }^{+}{\mu }^{-}$, considering decays occurring both inside ArgoNeuT and in the upstream cavern. In the data, corresponding to an exposure to $1.25\times 10^{20}$ POT, zero passing events are observed consistent with the expected background. This measurement leads to a new constraint at 90\% confidence level on the mixing angle ${\left|U_{\tau N}\right|}^2$ of tau-coupled Dirac Heavy Neutral Leptons with masses $m_N=$ 280 - 970 MeV, assuming ${\left|U_{eN}\right|}^2={\left|U_{\mu N}\right|}^2=0$.

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