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1–7 Jun 2014
Boston University
US/Eastern timezone

Prospects for a Sterile Neutrino Search at MINOS+

Not scheduled
Metcalf Auditorium (Boston University)

Metcalf Auditorium

Boston University

George Sherman Union 775 Commonwealth Ave. Boston, MA 02215
Board: 57
Poster Short Baseline Oscillations / Sterile Neutrinos / Non-standard Oscillations

Speakers

Dr Adam Aurisano (University of Cincinnati)Mr Navaneeth Poonthottathil Poonthottathil (CUSAT/Fermilab)

Description

The MINOS+ experiment operates the MINOS detector in the recently upgraded NuMI muon neutrino beam. The increased beam intensity and energy will enable the MINOS+ experiment to collect high statistics in the 4–10GeV energy range, which is particularly useful for new physics searches. We present the prospects for a search for sterile neutrinos with mass splittings in the range from ~10-2eV^2 to ~10eV^2 using beam in both the muon neutrino mode and the anti-neutrino enhance mode. In addition, we present the MINOS+ sensitivity combined with that of the disappearance reactor experiment Bugey. This combined sensitivity will be compared to the LSND and MiniBooNE appearance signal.

Primary authors

Dr Adam Aurisano (University of Cincinnati) Mr Navaneeth Poonthottathil Poonthottathil (CUSAT/Fermilab)

Presentation materials