Determining neutrino oscillation parameters from atmospheric muon neutrino disappearance with three years of IceCube DeepCore data

IceCube Collaboration; Lionel Brayeur; Martin Casier; Catherine De Clercq; Krijn De Vries; Geraldina Tamara Golup; Jan Kunnen; Giuliano Maggi; Jonathan Miller; Erik Strahler; Nicolaas Van Eijndhoven

Determining neutrino oscillation parameters from atmospheric muon neutrino disappearance with three years of IceCube DeepCore data

IceCube Collaboration, Lionel Brayeur, Martin Casier, Catherine De Clercq, Krijn De Vries, Geraldina Tamara Golup, Jan Kunnen, Giuliano Maggi, Jonathan Miller, Erik Strahler, Nicolaas Van Eijndhoven

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We present a measurement of neutrino oscillations via atmospheric muon neutrino disappearance with three years of data of the completed IceCube neutrino detector. DeepCore, a region of denser IceCube instrumentation, enables the detection and reconstruction of atmospheric muon neutrinos between 10 and 100 GeV, where a strong disappearance signal is expected. The IceCube detector volume surrounding DeepCore is used as a veto region to suppress the atmospheric muon background. Neutrino events are selected where the detected Cherenkov photons of the secondary particles minimally scatter, and the neutrino energy and arrival direction are reconstructed. Both variables are used to obtain the neutrino oscillation parameters from the data, with the best fit given by Δm232=2.72+0.19−0.20×10−3 eV2 and sin2θ23=0.53+0.09−0.12 (normal mass ordering assumed). The results are compatible, and comparable in precision, to those of dedicated oscillation experiments.

Originele taal-2	English
Artikelnummer	072004
Aantal pagina's	10
Tijdschrift	Physical Review D. Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and Cosmology
Volume	91
Nummer van het tijdschrift	7
Status	Published - 7 apr 2015

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IceCube Collaboration, Brayeur, L., Casier, M., De Clercq, C., De Vries, K., Golup, G. T., Kunnen, J., Maggi, G., Miller, J., Strahler, E., & Van Eijndhoven, N. (2015). Determining neutrino oscillation parameters from atmospheric muon neutrino disappearance with three years of IceCube DeepCore data. Physical Review D. Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and Cosmology, 91(7), [072004].

IceCube Collaboration ; Brayeur, Lionel ; Casier, Martin ; De Clercq, Catherine ; De Vries, Krijn ; Golup, Geraldina Tamara ; Kunnen, Jan ; Maggi, Giuliano ; Miller, Jonathan ; Strahler, Erik ; Van Eijndhoven, Nicolaas. / Determining neutrino oscillation parameters from atmospheric muon neutrino disappearance with three years of IceCube DeepCore data. In: Physical Review D. Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and Cosmology. 2015 ; Vol. 91, Nr. 7.

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Determining neutrino oscillation parameters from atmospheric muon neutrino disappearance with three years of IceCube DeepCore data. / IceCube Collaboration; Brayeur, Lionel; Casier, Martin; De Clercq, Catherine ; De Vries, Krijn; Golup, Geraldina Tamara; Kunnen, Jan; Maggi, Giuliano; Miller, Jonathan; Strahler, Erik; Van Eijndhoven, Nicolaas.

In: Physical Review D. Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and Cosmology, Vol. 91, Nr. 7, 072004, 07.04.2015.

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