Measurement of neutrino and antineutrino oscillations by the T2K experiment including a new additional sample of nu(e) interactions at the far detector
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The T2K experiment reports an updated analysis of neutrino and antineutrino oscillations in appearance
and disappearance channels. A sample of electron neutrino candidates at Super-Kamiokande in which a pion
decay has been tagged is added to the four single-ring samples used in previous T2K oscillation analyses.
Through combined analyses of these five samples, simultaneous measurements of four oscillation
parameters, jΔm2
32j, sin2 θ23, sin2 θ13, and δCP and of the mass ordering are made. A set of studies of
simulated data indicates that the sensitivity to the oscillation parameters is not limited by neutrino interaction
model uncertainty. Multiple oscillation analyses are performed, and frequentist and Bayesian intervals are
presented for combinations of the oscillation parameters with and without the inclusion of reactor constraints
on sin2 θ13. When combined with reactor measurements, the hypothesis of CP conservation (δCP ¼ 0 or π) is
excluded at 90% confidence level. The 90% confidence region for δCP is½−2.95;−0.44 (½−1.47;−1.27) for
normal (inverted) ordering. The central values and 68% confidence intervals for the other oscillation
parameters for normal (inverted) ordering are Δm2
32 ¼ 2.54 0.08ð2.51 0.08Þ × 10−3 eV2=c4 and
sin2θ23 ¼ 0.55þ0.05 −0.09 (0.55þ0.05 −0.08 ), compatible with maximal mixing. In the Bayesian analysis, the data
weakly prefer normal ordering (Bayes factor 3.7) and the upper octant for sin2 θ23 (Bayes factor 2.4).
and disappearance channels. A sample of electron neutrino candidates at Super-Kamiokande in which a pion
decay has been tagged is added to the four single-ring samples used in previous T2K oscillation analyses.
Through combined analyses of these five samples, simultaneous measurements of four oscillation
parameters, jΔm2
32j, sin2 θ23, sin2 θ13, and δCP and of the mass ordering are made. A set of studies of
simulated data indicates that the sensitivity to the oscillation parameters is not limited by neutrino interaction
model uncertainty. Multiple oscillation analyses are performed, and frequentist and Bayesian intervals are
presented for combinations of the oscillation parameters with and without the inclusion of reactor constraints
on sin2 θ13. When combined with reactor measurements, the hypothesis of CP conservation (δCP ¼ 0 or π) is
excluded at 90% confidence level. The 90% confidence region for δCP is½−2.95;−0.44 (½−1.47;−1.27) for
normal (inverted) ordering. The central values and 68% confidence intervals for the other oscillation
parameters for normal (inverted) ordering are Δm2
32 ¼ 2.54 0.08ð2.51 0.08Þ × 10−3 eV2=c4 and
sin2θ23 ¼ 0.55þ0.05 −0.09 (0.55þ0.05 −0.08 ), compatible with maximal mixing. In the Bayesian analysis, the data
weakly prefer normal ordering (Bayes factor 3.7) and the upper octant for sin2 θ23 (Bayes factor 2.4).
Date Issued
2017-11-01
Date Acceptance
2017-07-05
Citation
Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 2017, 96 (9)
ISSN
1550-2368
Publisher
American Physical Society
Journal / Book Title
Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume
96
Issue
9
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Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Grant Number
ST/N000242/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Physics, Particles & Fields
Physics
SINGLE-PION-PRODUCTION
SYSTEMATIC UNCERTAINTIES
HIGH-ENERGY
SCATTERING
NUCLEI
MODEL
BEAM
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 092006
Date Publish Online
2017-11-21