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T2K measurements of muon neutrino and antineutrino disappearance using 3.13 x 1021 protons on target

ContributorsT2K Collaboration
Published inPhysical review. D, vol. 103, no. 1, L011101
Publication date2021-01-26
First online date2021-01-26
Abstract

We report measurements by the T2K experiment of the parameters $\theta_{23}$ and $\Delta m^2_{32}$ which govern the disappearance of muon neutrinos and antineutrinos in the three-flavor PMNS neutrino oscillation model at T2K's neutrino energy and propagation distance. Utilizing the ability of the experiment to run with either a mainly neutrino or a mainly antineutrino beam, muon-like events from each beam mode are used to measure these parameters separately for neutrino and antineutrino oscillations. Data taken from $1.49 \times 10^{21}$ protons on target (POT) in neutrino mode and $1.64 \times 10^{21}$ POT in antineutrino mode are used. The best-fit values obtained by T2K were $\sin^2\left(\theta_{23}\right)=0.51^{+0.06}_{-0.07} \left(0.43^{+0.21}_{-0.05}\right)$ and $\Delta m^2_{32}=2.47^{+0.08}_{-0.09} \left(2.50^{+0.18}_{-0.13}\right)$\evmass for neutrinos (antineutrinos). No significant differences between the values of the parameters describing the disappearance of muon neutrinos and antineutrinos were observed. An analysis using an effective two-flavor neutrino oscillation model where the sine of the mixing angle is allowed to take non-physical values larger than 1 is also performed to check the consistency of our data with the three-flavor model. Our data were found to be consistent with a physical value for the mixing angle.

Keywords
  • Neutrino/mu: secondary beam
  • Oscillation: model
  • Neutrino: oscillation
  • Antineutrino: oscillation
  • Neutrino: energy
  • Neutrino: mass
  • Antineutrino/mu: secondary beam
  • J-PARC Lab
  • KAMIOKANDE
  • Neutrino: mixing angle: measured
  • Neutrino: mass difference
  • Mass difference: measured
  • Propagation
  • Experimental results
Funding
  • French National Research Agency (ANR) - Systematics UNcertainties in Combinations of neutrino Oscillation Results [ANR-19-CE31-0001]
  • European Commission - FELLowship for Innovation at INFN [754496]
  • European Commission - Innovative doctoral programme for talented early-stage researchers in Spanish host organisations excellent in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). [713673]
Citation (ISO format)
T2K Collaboration. T2K measurements of muon neutrino and antineutrino disappearance using 3.13 x 1021 protons on target. In: Physical review. D, 2021, vol. 103, n° 1, p. L011101. doi: 10.1103/physrevd.103.l011101
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