Limits on Active to Sterile Neutrino Oscillations from Disappearance Searches in the MINOS, Daya Bay, and Bugey-3 Experiments
P. Adamson(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), Fengpeng An(East China University of Science and Technology), I. M. Anghel(Argonne National Laboratory), A. Aurisano(University of Cincinnati), A. B. Balantekin(University of Wisconsin–Madison), H. R. Band(Yale University), G. Barr(University of Oxford), M. Bishai(Brookhaven National Laboratory), A. Blake(University of Cambridge), S. Blyth(National United University), G. J. Bock(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), D. Bogert(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), D. Cao(Nanjing University), G. F. Cao(Institute of High Energy Physics), Jun Cao(Institute of High Energy Physics), S. Cao(The University of Texas at Austin), Timothy J. Carroll(The University of Texas at Austin), C. M. Castromonte(Universidade Federal de Goiás), W. R. Cen(Institute of High Energy Physics), Y. L. Chan(Chinese University of Hong Kong), J. F. Chang(Institute of High Energy Physics), Ling-Hua Chang(National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University), Y. Chang(National United University), H.S. Chen(Institute of High Energy Physics), Q. Y. Chen(Shandong University), R. Chen(University of Manchester), Shaomin Chen(Tsinghua University), Y. Chen(North China Electric Power University), Y. X. Chen(North China Electric Power University), Jie Cheng(National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University), Jie Cheng(National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University), Yaping Cheng(Institute of High Energy Physics), Zhaokan Cheng(Sun Yat-sen University), J. J. Cherwinka(University of Wisconsin–Madison), S. Childress(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), M. C. Chu(Chinese University of Hong Kong), A. Chukanov(Joint Institute for Nuclear Research), J. A. B. Coelho(Tufts University), L. A. Corwin(Indiana University Bloomington), D. Cronin-Hennessy(University of Minnesota), J. P. Cummings(Siena College), J. de Arcos(Illinois Institute of Technology), S. De Rijck(The University of Texas at Austin), Z. Y. Deng(Institute of High Energy Physics), A. V. Devan(William & Mary), N. E. Devenish(University of Sussex), Xuefeng Ding(Institute of High Energy Physics), Ying Ding(Institute of High Energy Physics), M. Diwan(Brookhaven National Laboratory), M. Dolgareva(Joint Institute for Nuclear Research), J. Dove(University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), D. A. Dwyer(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), W. R. Edwards(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), C. O. Escobar(Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)), J. J. Evans(University of Manchester), E. Falk(University of Sussex), G. J. Feldman(Harvard University), W. Flanagan(The University of Texas at Austin), M. V. Frohne(Holy Cross College), M. Gabrielyan(University of Minnesota), H. Gallagher(Tufts University), S. Germani(University College London), R. Gill(Brookhaven National Laboratory), R. A. Gomes(Universidade Federal de Goiás), M. Gonchar(Joint Institute for Nuclear Research), G. Gong(Tsinghua University), Haipeng Gong(Tsinghua University), M. C. Goodman(Argonne National Laboratory), P. Gouffon(Universidade de São Paulo), N. Graf(University of Pittsburgh), R. Gran(University of Minnesota, Duluth), M. Grassi(Institute of High Energy Physics), K. Grzelak(University of Warsaw), W. Gu(Shanghai Jiao Tong University), Mengyun Guan(Institute of High Energy Physics), Lei Guo(Tsinghua University), R. P. Guo(Institute of High Energy Physics), Xin-Heng Guo(Beijing Normal University), Ziyi Guo(Tsinghua University), A. Habig(University of Minnesota, Duluth), R. Hackenburg(Brookhaven National Laboratory), S. R. Hahn(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), Ran Han(North China Electric Power University), S. Hans(Brookhaven National Laboratory), J. Hartnell(University of Sussex), R. Hatcher(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), M. He(Institute of High Energy Physics), K. M. Heeger(Yale University), Y. K. Heng(Institute of High Energy Physics), A. Higuera(University of Houston), A. Holin(University College London), Y. K. Hor(Virginia Tech), Y. Hsiung(National Taiwan University), Beibei Hu(National Taiwan University), T. Hu(Institute of High Energy Physics), W. Hu(Institute of High Energy Physics), E.-C. Huang(University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), H. X. Huang(China Institute of Atomic Energy), J. Huang(The University of Texas at Austin), X. T. Huang(Shandong University), Patrick Huber(Virginia Tech), W. Huo(University of Science and Technology of China), Ghulam Hussain(Tsinghua University), J. Hylen(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), G. M. Irwin(Stanford University), Z. Isvan(Brookhaven National Laboratory), D. E. Jaffe(Brookhaven National Laboratory), P. Jaffke(Virginia Tech), C. James(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), K. L. Jen(National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University), D. Jensen(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), S. Jetter(Institute of High Energy Physics), X. L. Ji(Nankai University), X. Ji(Nankai University), J. B. Jiao(Shandong University), Rob Johnson(University of Cincinnati), J. K. de Jong(University of Oxford), J. Joshi(Brookhaven National Laboratory), T. Kafka(Tufts University), Li-Wei Kang(Dongguan University of Technology), S. M. S. Kasahara(University of Minnesota), S. H. Kettell(Brookhaven National Laboratory), S. Kohn(University of California, Berkeley), G. Koizumi(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), M. Kordosky(William & Mary), M. Krämer(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), A. Kreymer(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), K. K. Kwan(Chinese University of Hong Kong), M. W. Kwok(Chinese University of Hong Kong), T. Kwok(University of Hong Kong), K. Lang(The University of Texas at Austin), T. J. Langford(Yale University), K. Lau(University of Houston), L. Lebanowski(Tsinghua University), J. Lee(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), J. H. C. Lee(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), R. T. Lei(Dongguan University of Technology), R. Leitner(Charles University), J. K. C. Leung(University of Hong Kong), C. Li(Shandong University), D. J. Li(University of Science and Technology of China), F. Li(Institute of High Energy Physics), G. S. Li(Shanghai Jiao Tong University), Q. J. Li(Institute of High Energy Physics), S. Li(Dongguan University of Technology), S. C. Li(Dongguan University of Technology), W. D. Li(Institute of High Energy Physics), X. N. Li(Institute of High Energy Physics), Yufeng Li(Institute of High Energy Physics), Zhibing Li(Sun Yat-sen University), Han Liang(University of Science and Technology of China), C.-J. Lin(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), G. L. Lin(National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University), Shengxin Lin(Dongguan University of Technology), S. Lin(Dongguan University of Technology), Y. C. Lin(National Taiwan University), J. J. Ling(Sun Yat-sen University), J. M. Link(Virginia Tech), P. J. Litchfield(Rutherford Appleton Laboratory), L. Littenberg(Brookhaven National Laboratory), B. R. Littlejohn(Illinois Institute of Technology), D. W. Liu(University of Houston), J. C. Liu(Shanghai Jiao Tong University), J. L. Liu(Shanghai Jiao Tong University), T. Lohse(Nanjing University), C. Lü(Princeton University), H. Q. Lu(Institute of High Energy Physics), J. S. Lu(Institute of High Energy Physics), P. Lucas(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), X.-G. Lu(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Zhipeng Lv(Xi'an Jiaotong University), Q. M.(Institute of High Energy Physics), X. B.(North China Electric Power University), X. Y.(Institute of High Energy Physics), Y. Q.(Institute of High Energy Physics), Yury Malyshkin(Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), W. A. Mann(Tufts University), M. L. Marshak(University of Minnesota), D. A. Martínez Caicedo(Illinois Institute of Technology), N. Mayer(Tufts University), K. T. McDonald(Princeton University), C. L. McGivern(University of Pittsburgh), R. D. McKeown(California Institute of Technology), M. M. Medeiros(Universidade Federal de Goiás), R. Mehdiyev(The University of Texas at Austin), J. R. Meier(University of Minnesota), M. D. Messier(Indiana University Bloomington), W. H. Miller(University of Minnesota), S. R. Mishra(University of South Carolina), I. V. Mitchell(University of Houston), M. Mooney(Brookhaven National Laboratory), C. D. Moore(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), L. Mualem(California Institute of Technology), J. Musser(Indiana University Bloomington), Y. Nakajima(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), D. Naples(University of Pittsburgh), J. Napolitano(Temple University), D. Naumov(Joint Institute for Nuclear Research), E. Naumova(Joint Institute for Nuclear Research), J. K. Nelson(William & Mary), H. B. Newman(California Institute of Technology), H. Y. Ngai(University of Hong Kong), R. J. Nichol(University College London), Zhe Ning(Institute of High Energy Physics), J. Nowak(University of Minnesota), J. Michael O’Connor(University College London), J. P. Ochoa‐Ricoux(Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), A. Olshevskiy(Joint Institute for Nuclear Research), M. Orchanian(California Institute of Technology), R. B. Pahlka(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), J. Paley(Argonne National Laboratory), H.-R. Pan(National Taiwan University), J. Park(Virginia Tech), R. B. Patterson(California Institute of Technology), S. Patton(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), G. Pawloski(University of Minnesota), V. Pec(Charles University), J. C. Peng(University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), A. Perch(University College London), M. M. Pfützner(University College London), D. D. Phan(The University of Texas at Austin), S. Phan-Budd(Argonne National Laboratory), L. Pinsky(University of Houston), R. Plunkett(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), N. Poonthottathil(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), C. S. J. Pun(University of Hong Kong), F. Z. Qi(Institute of High Energy Physics), M. Qi(Nanjing University), X. Qian(Brookhaven National Laboratory), X. Qiu(Stanford University), A. Radovic(William & Mary), N. Raper(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), B. Rebel(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), J. Ren(China Institute of Atomic Energy), C. Rosenfeld(University of South Carolina), R. Rosero(Brookhaven National Laboratory), B. Roskovec(Charles University), Xichao Ruan(China Institute of Atomic Energy), H. A. Rubin(Illinois Institute of Technology), P. Sail(The University of Texas at Austin), M. C. Sánchez(Argonne National Laboratory), J. Schneps(Tufts University), A. Schreckenberger(The University of Texas at Austin), P. Schreiner(Argonne National Laboratory), R. Sharma(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), S. Moed Sher(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), A. Sousa(University of Cincinnati), H. Steiner(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), G. X. Sun(Institute of High Energy Physics), Jian Sun(China General Nuclear Power Corporation (China)), N. Tagg(Otterbein University), R. L. Talaga(Argonne National Laboratory), W. Tang(Brookhaven National Laboratory), D. Taychenachev(Joint Institute for Nuclear Research), J. Thomas(University College London), M. Thomson(University of Cambridge), X. C. Tian(University of South Carolina), A. Timmons(University of Manchester), J. Todd(University of Cincinnati), S. C. Tognini(Universidade Federal de Goiás), R. Toner(Harvard University), D. Torretta(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), Konstantin Treskov(Joint Institute for Nuclear Research), K. V. Tsang(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), C. E. Tull(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), G. Tzanakos(National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), J. Urheim(Indiana University Bloomington), P. Vahle(William & Mary), N. Viaux Maira(Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), B. Viren(Brookhaven National Laboratory), V. Vorobel(Charles University), C. Wang(National United University), M. Wang(Shandong University), N. Y. Wang(Beijing Normal University), R. G. Wang(Institute of High Energy Physics), Xiang-Gao Wang(Sun Yat-sen University), Xiang-Gao Wang(National University of Defense Technology), Y. F. Wang(Institute of High Energy Physics), Z. Wang(Institute of High Energy Physics), Zhimin Wang(Institute of High Energy Physics), R. Webb(Texas A&M University), A. Weber(Rutherford Appleton Laboratory), H. Wei(Tsinghua University), Liangjian Wen(Institute of High Energy Physics), K. Whisnant(Iowa State University), C. White(Illinois Institute of Technology), L. Whitehead(University of Houston), L. Whitehead(University of Houston), T. Wise(University of Wisconsin–Madison), S. G. Wojcicki(Stanford University), H. L. H. Wong(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), S. C. F. Wong(Sun Yat-sen University), E. Worcester(Brookhaven National Laboratory), Chengxin Wu(National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University), Q. Wu(Shandong University), W. Wu(Institute of High Energy Physics), D. M. Xia(Chongqing University), J. K. Xia(Institute of High Energy Physics), Z. Z. Xing(Institute of High Energy Physics), Jilei Xu(Chinese University of Hong Kong), Jing Xu(Chinese University of Hong Kong), Y. Xu(Sun Yat-sen University), T. Xue(Tsinghua University), Changgen Yang(Institute of High Energy Physics), H. Yang(Nanjing University), L. Yang(Dongguan University of Technology), M. Yang(Shandong University), M. Yang(Shandong University), M. Ye(Institute of High Energy Physics), Ziping Ye(University of Houston), M. Yeh(Brookhaven National Laboratory), B. L. Young(Iowa State University), Zeyuan Yu(Institute of High Energy Physics), S. Zeng(Institute of High Energy Physics), Liang Zhan(Institute of High Energy Physics), C. Zhang(Brookhaven National Laboratory), H. H. Zhang(Sun Yat-sen University), J. W. Zhang(Institute of High Energy Physics), Qingmin Zhang(Xi'an Jiaotong University), X. T. Zhang(Institute of High Energy Physics), Y. M. Zhang(Sun Yat-sen University), Y. X. Zhang(Sun Yat-sen University), Z. J. Zhang(University of Science and Technology of China), Z. P. Zhang(University of Science and Technology of China), Zhiyong Zhang(University of Science and Technology of China), J. Zhao(Institute of High Energy Physics), Q. W. Zhao(Institute of High Energy Physics), Y. B. Zhao(Institute of High Energy Physics), W. Zhong(Institute of High Energy Physics), L. Zhou(Institute of High Energy Physics), Nan Zhou(University of Science and Technology of China), H.L. Zhuang(Institute of High Energy Physics), J. H. Zou(Institute of High Energy Physics)
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Abstract
Searches for a light sterile neutrino have been performed independently by the MINOS and the Daya Bay experiments using the muon (anti)neutrino and electron antineutrino disappearance channels, respectively. In this Letter, results from both experiments are combined with those from the Bugey-3 reactor neutrino experiment to constrain oscillations into light sterile neutrinos. The three experiments are sensitive to complementary regions of parameter space, enabling the combined analysis to probe regions allowed by the Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector (LSND) and MiniBooNE experiments in a minimally extended four-neutrino flavor framework. Stringent limits on sin^{2}2θ_{μe} are set over 6 orders of magnitude in the sterile mass-squared splitting Δm_{41}^{2}. The sterile-neutrino mixing phase space allowed by the LSND and MiniBooNE experiments is excluded for Δm_{41}^{2}<0.8 eV^{2} at 95% CL_{s}.
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