The OPERA experiment, exposed to the CERN to Gran Sasso nu(mu) beam, collected data from 2008 to 2012. Four oscillated nu(tau) Charged Current interaction candidates have been detected in appearance mode, which are consistent with nu(mu) -> nu(tau) oscillations at the atmospheric Delta m(2) within the "standard" three-neutrino framework. In this paper, the OPERA nu(tau) appearance results are used to derive limits on the mixing parameters of a massive sterile neutrino.

Limits on muon-neutrino to tau-neutrino oscillations induced by a sterile neutrino state obtained by OPERA at the CNGS beam

Di Marco N;
2015-01-01

Abstract

The OPERA experiment, exposed to the CERN to Gran Sasso nu(mu) beam, collected data from 2008 to 2012. Four oscillated nu(tau) Charged Current interaction candidates have been detected in appearance mode, which are consistent with nu(mu) -> nu(tau) oscillations at the atmospheric Delta m(2) within the "standard" three-neutrino framework. In this paper, the OPERA nu(tau) appearance results are used to derive limits on the mixing parameters of a massive sterile neutrino.
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