Final results on neutrino oscillation parameters from the OPERA experiment in the CNGS beam

N. Agafonova; A. Alexandrov; A. Anokhina; S. Aoki; A. Ariga; T. Ariga; A. Bertolin; C. Bozza; R. Brugnera; S. Buontempo; M. Chernyavskiy; A. Chukanov; L. Consiglio; N. D'Ambrosio; G. De Lellis; M. De Serio; P. Del Amo Sanchez; A. Di Crescenzo; D. Di Ferdinando; N. Di Marco; S. Dmitrievsky; M. Dracos; D. Duchesneau; S. Dusini; T. Dzhatdoev; J. Ebert; A. Ereditato; R. A. Fini; T. Fukuda; G. Galati; A. Garfagnini; V. Gentile; J. Goldberg; S. Gorbunov; Y. Gornushkin; G. Grella; A. M. Guler; C. Gustavino; C. Hagner; T. Hara; T. Hayakawa; A. Hollnagel; K. Ishiguro; A. Iuliano; K. Jakovčić; C. Jollet; C. Kamiscioglu; M. Kamiscioglu; S. H. Kim; N. Kitagawa; B. Kliček; K. Kodama; M. Komatsu; U. Kose; I. Kreslo; F. Laudisio; A. Lauria; A. Longhin; P. Loverre; A. Malgin; G. Mandrioli; T. Matsuo; V. Matveev; N. Mauri; E. Medinaceli; A. Meregaglia; S. Mikado; M. Miyanishi; F. Mizutani; P. Monacelli; M. C. Montesi; K. Morishima; M. T. Muciaccia; N. Naganawa; T. Naka; M. Nakamura; T. Nakano; K. Niwa; S. Ogawa; N. Okateva; K. Ozaki; A. Paoloni; L. Paparella; B. D. Park; L. Pasqualini; A. Pastore; L. Patrizii; H. Pessard; D. Podgrudkov; N. Polukhina; M. Pozzato; F. Pupilli; M. Roda; T. Roganova; H. Rokujo; G. Rosa; O. Ryazhskaya; O. Sato; A. Schembri; I. Shakiryanova; T. Shchedrina; E. Shibayama; H. Shibuya; T. Shiraishi; S. Simone; C. Sirignano; G. Sirri; A. Sotnikov; M. Spinetti; L. Stanco; N. Starkov; S. M. Stellacci; M. Stipčević; P. Strolin; S. Takahashi; M. Tenti; F. Terranova; V. Tioukov; S. Tufanli; S. Vasina; P. Vilain; E. Voevodina; L. Votano; J. L. Vuilleumier; G. Wilquet; C. S. Yoon

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.100.051301

Final results on neutrino oscillation parameters from the OPERA experiment in the CNGS beam

N. Agafonova, A. Alexandrov, A. Anokhina, S. Aoki, A. Ariga, T. Ariga, A. Bertolin, C. Bozza, R. Brugnera, S. Buontempo, M. Chernyavskiy, A. Chukanov, L. Consiglio, N. D'Ambrosio, G. De Lellis, M. De Serio, P. Del Amo Sanchez, A. Di Crescenzo, D. Di Ferdinando, N. Di MarcoS. Dmitrievsky, M. Dracos, D. Duchesneau, S. Dusini, T. Dzhatdoev, J. Ebert, A. Ereditato, R. A. Fini, T. Fukuda, G. Galati, A. Garfagnini, V. Gentile, J. Goldberg, S. Gorbunov, Y. Gornushkin, G. Grella, A. M. Guler, C. Gustavino, C. Hagner, T. Hara, T. Hayakawa, A. Hollnagel, K. Ishiguro, A. Iuliano, K. Jakovčić, C. Jollet, C. Kamiscioglu, M. Kamiscioglu, S. H. Kim, N. Kitagawa, B. Kliček, K. Kodama, M. Komatsu, U. Kose, I. Kreslo, F. Laudisio, A. Lauria, A. Longhin, P. Loverre, A. Malgin, G. Mandrioli, T. Matsuo, V. Matveev, N. Mauri, E. Medinaceli, A. Meregaglia, S. Mikado, M. Miyanishi, F. Mizutani, P. Monacelli, M. C. Montesi, K. Morishima, M. T. Muciaccia, N. Naganawa, T. Naka, M. Nakamura, T. Nakano, K. Niwa, S. Ogawa, N. Okateva, K. Ozaki, A. Paoloni, L. Paparella, B. D. Park, L. Pasqualini, A. Pastore, L. Patrizii, H. Pessard, D. Podgrudkov, N. Polukhina, M. Pozzato, F. Pupilli, M. Roda, T. Roganova, H. Rokujo, G. Rosa, O. Ryazhskaya, O. Sato, A. Schembri, I. Shakiryanova, T. Shchedrina, E. Shibayama, H. Shibuya, T. Shiraishi, S. Simone, C. Sirignano, G. Sirri, A. Sotnikov, M. Spinetti, L. Stanco, N. Starkov, S. M. Stellacci, M. Stipčević, P. Strolin, S. Takahashi, M. Tenti, F. Terranova, V. Tioukov, S. Tufanli, S. Vasina, P. Vilain, E. Voevodina, L. Votano, J. L. Vuilleumier, G. Wilquet, C. S. Yoon

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The OPERA experiment has conclusively observed the appearance of tau neutrinos in the muon neutrino CNGS beam. Exploiting the OPERA detector capabilities, it was possible to isolate high purity samples of νe, νμ and ντ charged current weak neutrino interactions, as well as neutral current weak interactions. In this paper, the full dataset is used for the first time to test the three-flavor neutrino oscillation model and to derive constraints on the existence of a light sterile neutrino within the framework of the 3+1 neutrino model. For the first time, tau and electron neutrino appearance channels are jointly used to test the sterile neutrino hypothesis. A significant fraction of the sterile neutrino parameter space allowed by LSND and MiniBooNE experiments is excluded at 90% C.L. In particular, the best-fit values obtained by MiniBooNE combining neutrino and antineutrino data are excluded at 3.3σ significance.

Original language	English
Article number	051301
Journal	Physical Review D
Volume	100
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.100.051301
Publication status	Published - Sep 6 2019

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Agafonova, N., Alexandrov, A., Anokhina, A., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Ariga, T., Bertolin, A., Bozza, C., Brugnera, R., Buontempo, S., Chernyavskiy, M., Chukanov, A., Consiglio, L., D'Ambrosio, N., De Lellis, G., De Serio, M., Del Amo Sanchez, P., Di Crescenzo, A., Di Ferdinando, D., ... Yoon, C. S. (2019). Final results on neutrino oscillation parameters from the OPERA experiment in the CNGS beam. Physical Review D, 100(5), [051301]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.100.051301

Final results on neutrino oscillation parameters from the OPERA experiment in the CNGS beam. / Agafonova, N.; Alexandrov, A.; Anokhina, A.; Aoki, S.; Ariga, A.; Ariga, T.; Bertolin, A.; Bozza, C.; Brugnera, R.; Buontempo, S.; Chernyavskiy, M.; Chukanov, A.; Consiglio, L.; D'Ambrosio, N.; De Lellis, G.; De Serio, M.; Del Amo Sanchez, P.; Di Crescenzo, A.; Di Ferdinando, D.; Di Marco, N.; Dmitrievsky, S.; Dracos, M.; Duchesneau, D.; Dusini, S.; Dzhatdoev, T.; Ebert, J.; Ereditato, A.; Fini, R. A.; Fukuda, T.; Galati, G.; Garfagnini, A.; Gentile, V.; Goldberg, J.; Gorbunov, S.; Gornushkin, Y.; Grella, G.; Guler, A. M.; Gustavino, C.; Hagner, C.; Hara, T.; Hayakawa, T.; Hollnagel, A.; Ishiguro, K.; Iuliano, A.; Jakovčić, K.; Jollet, C.; Kamiscioglu, C.; Kamiscioglu, M.; Kim, S. H.; Kitagawa, N.; Kliček, B.; Kodama, K.; Komatsu, M.; Kose, U.; Kreslo, I.; Laudisio, F.; Lauria, A.; Longhin, A.; Loverre, P.; Malgin, A.; Mandrioli, G.; Matsuo, T.; Matveev, V.; Mauri, N.; Medinaceli, E.; Meregaglia, A.; Mikado, S.; Miyanishi, M.; Mizutani, F.; Monacelli, P.; Montesi, M. C.; Morishima, K.; Muciaccia, M. T.; Naganawa, N.; Naka, T.; Nakamura, M.; Nakano, T.; Niwa, K.; Ogawa, S.; Okateva, N.; Ozaki, K.; Paoloni, A.; Paparella, L.; Park, B. D.; Pasqualini, L.; Pastore, A.; Patrizii, L.; Pessard, H.; Podgrudkov, D.; Polukhina, N.; Pozzato, M.; Pupilli, F.; Roda, M.; Roganova, T.; Rokujo, H.; Rosa, G.; Ryazhskaya, O.; Sato, O.; Schembri, A.; Shakiryanova, I.; Shchedrina, T.; Shibayama, E.; Shibuya, H.; Shiraishi, T.; Simone, S.; Sirignano, C.; Sirri, G.; Sotnikov, A.; Spinetti, M.; Stanco, L.; Starkov, N.; Stellacci, S. M.; Stipčević, M.; Strolin, P.; Takahashi, S.; Tenti, M.; Terranova, F.; Tioukov, V.; Tufanli, S.; Vasina, S.; Vilain, P.; Voevodina, E.; Votano, L.; Vuilleumier, J. L.; Wilquet, G.; Yoon, C. S.

In: Physical Review D, Vol. 100, No. 5, 051301, 06.09.2019.

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Agafonova, N, Alexandrov, A, Anokhina, A, Aoki, S, Ariga, A, Ariga, T, Bertolin, A, Bozza, C, Brugnera, R, Buontempo, S, Chernyavskiy, M, Chukanov, A, Consiglio, L, D'Ambrosio, N, De Lellis, G, De Serio, M, Del Amo Sanchez, P, Di Crescenzo, A, Di Ferdinando, D, Di Marco, N, Dmitrievsky, S, Dracos, M, Duchesneau, D, Dusini, S, Dzhatdoev, T, Ebert, J, Ereditato, A, Fini, RA, Fukuda, T, Galati, G, Garfagnini, A, Gentile, V, Goldberg, J, Gorbunov, S, Gornushkin, Y, Grella, G, Guler, AM, Gustavino, C, Hagner, C, Hara, T, Hayakawa, T, Hollnagel, A, Ishiguro, K, Iuliano, A, Jakovčić, K, Jollet, C, Kamiscioglu, C, Kamiscioglu, M, Kim, SH, Kitagawa, N, Kliček, B, Kodama, K, Komatsu, M, Kose, U, Kreslo, I, Laudisio, F, Lauria, A, Longhin, A, Loverre, P, Malgin, A, Mandrioli, G, Matsuo, T, Matveev, V, Mauri, N, Medinaceli, E, Meregaglia, A, Mikado, S, Miyanishi, M, Mizutani, F, Monacelli, P, Montesi, MC, Morishima, K, Muciaccia, MT, Naganawa, N, Naka, T, Nakamura, M, Nakano, T, Niwa, K, Ogawa, S, Okateva, N, Ozaki, K, Paoloni, A, Paparella, L, Park, BD, Pasqualini, L, Pastore, A, Patrizii, L, Pessard, H, Podgrudkov, D, Polukhina, N, Pozzato, M, Pupilli, F, Roda, M, Roganova, T, Rokujo, H, Rosa, G, Ryazhskaya, O, Sato, O, Schembri, A, Shakiryanova, I, Shchedrina, T, Shibayama, E, Shibuya, H, Shiraishi, T, Simone, S, Sirignano, C, Sirri, G, Sotnikov, A, Spinetti, M, Stanco, L, Starkov, N, Stellacci, SM, Stipčević, M, Strolin, P, Takahashi, S, Tenti, M, Terranova, F, Tioukov, V, Tufanli, S, Vasina, S, Vilain, P, Voevodina, E, Votano, L, Vuilleumier, JL, Wilquet, G & Yoon, CS 2019, 'Final results on neutrino oscillation parameters from the OPERA experiment in the CNGS beam', Physical Review D, vol. 100, no. 5, 051301. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.100.051301

Agafonova, N. ; Alexandrov, A. ; Anokhina, A. ; Aoki, S. ; Ariga, A. ; Ariga, T. ; Bertolin, A. ; Bozza, C. ; Brugnera, R. ; Buontempo, S. ; Chernyavskiy, M. ; Chukanov, A. ; Consiglio, L. ; D'Ambrosio, N. ; De Lellis, G. ; De Serio, M. ; Del Amo Sanchez, P. ; Di Crescenzo, A. ; Di Ferdinando, D. ; Di Marco, N. ; Dmitrievsky, S. ; Dracos, M. ; Duchesneau, D. ; Dusini, S. ; Dzhatdoev, T. ; Ebert, J. ; Ereditato, A. ; Fini, R. A. ; Fukuda, T. ; Galati, G. ; Garfagnini, A. ; Gentile, V. ; Goldberg, J. ; Gorbunov, S. ; Gornushkin, Y. ; Grella, G. ; Guler, A. M. ; Gustavino, C. ; Hagner, C. ; Hara, T. ; Hayakawa, T. ; Hollnagel, A. ; Ishiguro, K. ; Iuliano, A. ; Jakovčić, K. ; Jollet, C. ; Kamiscioglu, C. ; Kamiscioglu, M. ; Kim, S. H. ; Kitagawa, N. ; Kliček, B. ; Kodama, K. ; Komatsu, M. ; Kose, U. ; Kreslo, I. ; Laudisio, F. ; Lauria, A. ; Longhin, A. ; Loverre, P. ; Malgin, A. ; Mandrioli, G. ; Matsuo, T. ; Matveev, V. ; Mauri, N. ; Medinaceli, E. ; Meregaglia, A. ; Mikado, S. ; Miyanishi, M. ; Mizutani, F. ; Monacelli, P. ; Montesi, M. C. ; Morishima, K. ; Muciaccia, M. T. ; Naganawa, N. ; Naka, T. ; Nakamura, M. ; Nakano, T. ; Niwa, K. ; Ogawa, S. ; Okateva, N. ; Ozaki, K. ; Paoloni, A. ; Paparella, L. ; Park, B. D. ; Pasqualini, L. ; Pastore, A. ; Patrizii, L. ; Pessard, H. ; Podgrudkov, D. ; Polukhina, N. ; Pozzato, M. ; Pupilli, F. ; Roda, M. ; Roganova, T. ; Rokujo, H. ; Rosa, G. ; Ryazhskaya, O. ; Sato, O. ; Schembri, A. ; Shakiryanova, I. ; Shchedrina, T. ; Shibayama, E. ; Shibuya, H. ; Shiraishi, T. ; Simone, S. ; Sirignano, C. ; Sirri, G. ; Sotnikov, A. ; Spinetti, M. ; Stanco, L. ; Starkov, N. ; Stellacci, S. M. ; Stipčević, M. ; Strolin, P. ; Takahashi, S. ; Tenti, M. ; Terranova, F. ; Tioukov, V. ; Tufanli, S. ; Vasina, S. ; Vilain, P. ; Voevodina, E. ; Votano, L. ; Vuilleumier, J. L. ; Wilquet, G. ; Yoon, C. S. / Final results on neutrino oscillation parameters from the OPERA experiment in the CNGS beam. In: Physical Review D. 2019 ; Vol. 100, No. 5.

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AU - Alexandrov, A.

AU - Anokhina, A.

AU - Aoki, S.

AU - Ariga, A.

AU - Ariga, T.

AU - Bertolin, A.

AU - Bozza, C.

AU - Brugnera, R.

AU - Buontempo, S.

AU - Chernyavskiy, M.

AU - Chukanov, A.

AU - Consiglio, L.

AU - D'Ambrosio, N.

AU - De Lellis, G.

AU - De Serio, M.

AU - Del Amo Sanchez, P.

AU - Di Crescenzo, A.

AU - Di Ferdinando, D.

AU - Di Marco, N.

AU - Dmitrievsky, S.

AU - Dracos, M.

AU - Duchesneau, D.

AU - Dusini, S.

AU - Dzhatdoev, T.

AU - Ebert, J.

AU - Ereditato, A.

AU - Fini, R. A.

AU - Fukuda, T.

AU - Galati, G.

AU - Garfagnini, A.

AU - Gentile, V.

AU - Goldberg, J.

AU - Gorbunov, S.

AU - Gornushkin, Y.

AU - Grella, G.

AU - Guler, A. M.

AU - Gustavino, C.

AU - Hagner, C.

AU - Hara, T.

AU - Hayakawa, T.

AU - Hollnagel, A.

AU - Ishiguro, K.

AU - Iuliano, A.

AU - Jakovčić, K.

AU - Jollet, C.

AU - Kamiscioglu, C.

AU - Kamiscioglu, M.

AU - Kim, S. H.

AU - Kitagawa, N.

AU - Kliček, B.

AU - Kodama, K.

AU - Komatsu, M.

AU - Kose, U.

AU - Kreslo, I.

AU - Laudisio, F.

AU - Lauria, A.

AU - Longhin, A.

AU - Loverre, P.

AU - Malgin, A.

AU - Mandrioli, G.

AU - Matsuo, T.

AU - Matveev, V.

AU - Mauri, N.

AU - Medinaceli, E.

AU - Meregaglia, A.

AU - Mikado, S.

AU - Miyanishi, M.

AU - Mizutani, F.

AU - Monacelli, P.

AU - Montesi, M. C.

AU - Morishima, K.

AU - Muciaccia, M. T.

AU - Naganawa, N.

AU - Naka, T.

AU - Nakamura, M.

AU - Nakano, T.

AU - Niwa, K.

AU - Ogawa, S.

AU - Okateva, N.

AU - Ozaki, K.

AU - Paoloni, A.

AU - Paparella, L.

AU - Park, B. D.

AU - Pasqualini, L.

AU - Pastore, A.

AU - Patrizii, L.

AU - Pessard, H.

AU - Podgrudkov, D.

AU - Polukhina, N.

AU - Pozzato, M.

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AU - Roda, M.

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AU - Rokujo, H.

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AU - Ryazhskaya, O.

AU - Sato, O.

AU - Schembri, A.

AU - Shakiryanova, I.

AU - Shchedrina, T.

AU - Shibayama, E.

AU - Shibuya, H.

AU - Shiraishi, T.

AU - Simone, S.

AU - Sirignano, C.

AU - Sirri, G.

AU - Sotnikov, A.

AU - Spinetti, M.

AU - Stanco, L.

AU - Starkov, N.

AU - Stellacci, S. M.

AU - Stipčević, M.

AU - Strolin, P.

AU - Takahashi, S.

AU - Tenti, M.

AU - Terranova, F.

AU - Tioukov, V.

AU - Tufanli, S.

AU - Vasina, S.

AU - Vilain, P.

AU - Voevodina, E.

AU - Votano, L.

AU - Vuilleumier, J. L.

AU - Wilquet, G.

AU - Yoon, C. S.

N1 - Funding Information: We warmly thank CERN for the successful operation of the CNGS facility and INFN for the continuous support given by hosting the experiment in its LNGS laboratory. Funding is gratefully acknowledged from national agencies and Institutions supporting us, namely: Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique-FNRS and Institut Interuniversitaire des Sciences Nucleaires for Belgium; MZO for Croatia; CNRS and IN2P3 for France; BMBF for Germany; INFN for Italy; JSPS, MEXT, the QFPU-Global COE program of Nagoya University, and Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private Schools of Japan for Japan; SNF, the University of Bern and ETH Zurich for Switzerland; the Programs of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Neutrino Physics and Experimental and Theoretical Researches of Fundamental Interactions), and the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation for Russia, the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT (Grant No. NRF-2018R1A2B2007757) for Korea; and TUBITAK, the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey for Turkey (Grant No. 108T324). We warmly acknowledge the important contributions given by our deceased colleagues G. Giacomelli, A. Ljubičić, G. Romano and P. Tolun. Publisher Copyright: © 2019 authors. Published by the American Physical Society.

PY - 2019/9/6

Y1 - 2019/9/6

N2 - The OPERA experiment has conclusively observed the appearance of tau neutrinos in the muon neutrino CNGS beam. Exploiting the OPERA detector capabilities, it was possible to isolate high purity samples of νe, νμ and ντ charged current weak neutrino interactions, as well as neutral current weak interactions. In this paper, the full dataset is used for the first time to test the three-flavor neutrino oscillation model and to derive constraints on the existence of a light sterile neutrino within the framework of the 3+1 neutrino model. For the first time, tau and electron neutrino appearance channels are jointly used to test the sterile neutrino hypothesis. A significant fraction of the sterile neutrino parameter space allowed by LSND and MiniBooNE experiments is excluded at 90% C.L. In particular, the best-fit values obtained by MiniBooNE combining neutrino and antineutrino data are excluded at 3.3σ significance.

AB - The OPERA experiment has conclusively observed the appearance of tau neutrinos in the muon neutrino CNGS beam. Exploiting the OPERA detector capabilities, it was possible to isolate high purity samples of νe, νμ and ντ charged current weak neutrino interactions, as well as neutral current weak interactions. In this paper, the full dataset is used for the first time to test the three-flavor neutrino oscillation model and to derive constraints on the existence of a light sterile neutrino within the framework of the 3+1 neutrino model. For the first time, tau and electron neutrino appearance channels are jointly used to test the sterile neutrino hypothesis. A significant fraction of the sterile neutrino parameter space allowed by LSND and MiniBooNE experiments is excluded at 90% C.L. In particular, the best-fit values obtained by MiniBooNE combining neutrino and antineutrino data are excluded at 3.3σ significance.

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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.100.051301

DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.100.051301

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AN - SCOPUS:85072926942

VL - 100

JO - Physical Review D

JF - Physical Review D

SN - 2470-0010

IS - 5

M1 - 051301

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Final results on neutrino oscillation parameters from the OPERA experiment in the CNGS beam

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