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Is there evidence for sterile neutrinos in IceCube data?

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arxiv 1109.5748 v2 pith:ABJBKN7G submitted 2011-09-27 hep-ph astro-ph.HEhep-exnucl-exnucl-th

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keywords dataevidenceneutrinossterileicecubeminibooneneutrinoscenarios
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Data from the LSND and MiniBooNE experiments, and revised expectations of the antineutrino flux from nuclear reactors suggest the existence of eV-mass sterile neutrinos. 3+2 and 1+3+1 scenarios accommodate all relevant short-baseline neutrino data except for the low-energy MiniBooNE anomaly. We analyze the angular distribution of upward going atmospheric neutrino events in the IceCube-40 dataset for evidence of sterile neutrinos within these scenarios. Depending on how systematic uncertainties are handled, we find strong evidence for, or weak evidence against sterile neutrinos. We show that future IceCube data will definitively settle the issue.

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