Constraints on neutrino lifetime from the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

The long baseline between Earth and the Sun makes solar neutrinos an excellent test beam for exploring possible neutrino decay. The signature of such decay would be an energy-dependent distortion of the traditional survival probability which can be fit for using well-developed and high-precision ana...

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Hauptverfasser: Aharmim, Bassam (VerfasserIn) , Dunford, Monica (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 25 February 2019
In: Physical review
Year: 2019, Jahrgang: 99, Heft: 3, Pages: 032013
ISSN:2470-0029
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.99.032013
Online-Zugang:Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.99.032013
Verlag, Volltext: https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.99.032013
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Verfasserangaben:B. Aharmim, S.N. Ahmed, A.E. Anthony, N. Barros, E.W. Beier, A. Bellerive, B. Beltran, M. Bergevin, S.D. Biller, R. Bonventre, K. Boudjemline, M.G. Boulay, B. Cai, E.J. Callaghan, J. Caravaca, Y.D. Chan, D. Chauhan, M. Chen, B.T. Cleveland, G.A. Cox, X. Dai, H. Deng, F.B. Descamps, J.A. Detwiler, P.J. Doe, G. Doucas, P.-L. Drouin, M. Dunford, S.R. Elliott, H.C. Evans, G.T. Ewan, J. Farine, H. Fergani, F. Fleurot, R.J. Ford, J.A. Formaggio, N. Gagnon, K. Gilje, J. TM. Goon, K. Graham, E. Guillian, S. Habib, R.L. Hahn, A.L. Hallin, E.D. Hallman, P.J. Harvey, R. Hazama, W.J. Heintzelman, J. Heise, R.L. Helmer, A. Hime, C. Howard, M. Huang, P. Jagam, B. Jamieson, N.A. Jelley, M. Jerkins, C. Kéfélian, K.J. Keeter, J.R. Klein, L.L. Kormos, M. Kos, A. Krüger, C. Kraus, C.B. Krauss, T. Kutter, C.C.M. Kyba, B.J. Land, R. Lange, J. Law, I.T. Lawson, K.T. Lesko, J.R. Leslie, I. Levine, J.C. Loach, R. MacLellan, S. Majerus, H.B. Mak, J. Maneira, R.D. Martin, A. Mastbaum, N. McCauley, A.B. McDonald, S.R. McGee, M.L. Miller, B. Monreal, J. Monroe, B.G. Nickel, A.J. Noble, H.M. O’Keeffe, N.S. Oblath, C.E. Okada, R.W. Ollerhead, G.D. Orebi Gann, S.M. Oser, R.A. Ott, S.J.M. Peeters, A.W.P. Poon, G. Prior, S.D. Reitzner, K. Rielage, B.C. Robertson, R.G.H. Robertson, M.H. Schwendener, J.A. Secrest, S.R. Seibert, O. Simard, D. Sinclair, P. Skensved, T.J. Sonley, L.C. Stonehill, G. Tešić, N. Tolich, T. Tsui, R. Van Berg, B.A. VanDevender, C.J. Virtue, B.L. Wall, D. Waller, H. Wan Chan Tseung, D.L. Wark, J. Wendland, N. West, J.F. Wilkerson, J.R. Wilson, T. Winchester, A. Wright, M. Yeh, F. Zhang, and K. Zuber : SNO Collaboration
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Zusammenfassung:The long baseline between Earth and the Sun makes solar neutrinos an excellent test beam for exploring possible neutrino decay. The signature of such decay would be an energy-dependent distortion of the traditional survival probability which can be fit for using well-developed and high-precision analysis methods. Here a model including neutrino decay is fit to all three phases of 8B solar neutrino data taken by the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO). This fit constrains the lifetime of neutrino mass state ν2 to be >8.08×10−5 s/eV at 90% confidence. An analysis combining this SNO result with those from other solar neutrino experiments results in a combined limit for the lifetime of mass state ν2 of >1.92×10−3 s/eV at 90% confidence.
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ISSN:2470-0029
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.99.032013