arxiv: 1709.07079 · v1 · ★pith:JXFIYRAXnew · submitted 2017-09-20 · ✦ hep-ex · hep-ph
Search for Nonstandard Neutrino Interactions with IceCube DeepCore
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As atmospheric neutrinos propagate through the Earth, vacuum-like oscillations are modified by Standard-Model neutral- and charged-current interactions with electrons. Theories beyond the Standard Model introduce heavy, TeV-scale bosons that can produce nonstandard neutrino interactions. These additional interactions may modify the Standard Model matter effect producing a measurable deviation from the prediction for atmospheric neutrino oscillations. The result described in this paper constrains nonstandard interaction parameters, building upon a previous analysis of atmospheric muon-neutrino disappearance with three years of IceCube-DeepCore data. The best fit for the muon to tau flavor changing term is $\epsilon_{\mu \tau}=-0.0005$, with a 90\% C.L. allowed range of $-0.0067 <\epsilon_{\mu \tau}< 0.0081$. This result is more restrictive than recent limits from other experiments for $\epsilon_{\mu \tau}$. Furthermore, our result is complementary to a recent constraint on $\epsilon_{\mu \tau}$ using another publicly available IceCube high-energy event selection. Together, they constitute the world's best limits on nonstandard interactions in the $\mu-\tau$ sector.
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