Upper bound on neutrino mass based on T2K neutrino timing measurements
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Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The Tokai to Kamioka (T2K) long-baseline neutrino experiment consists of a muon neutrino beam, produced at the J-PARC accelerator, a near detector complex and a large 295-km-distant far detector. The present work utilizes the T2K event timing measurements at the near and far detectors to study neutrino time of flight as a function of derived neutrino energy. Under the assumption of a relativistic relation between energy and time of flight, constraints on the neutrino rest mass can be derived. The sub-GeV neutrino beam in conjunction with timing precision of order tens of ns provide sensitivity to neutrino mass in the few MeV/c2 range. We study the distribution of relative arrival times of muon and electron neutrino candidate events at the T2K far detector as a function of neutrino energy. The 90% C.L. upper limit on the mixture of neutrino mass eigenstates represented in the data sample is found to be m2ν<5.6 MeV2/c4.
Date Issued
2016-01-27
Date Acceptance
2016-01-27
Citation
Physical Review D, 2016, 93
ISSN
1550-7998
Publisher
American Physical Society
Journal / Book Title
Physical Review D
Volume
93
Copyright Statement
© 2016 American Physical Society
Sponsor
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Grant Number
PP/E000509/1
ST/F001924/1
ST/F007833/1
ST/H000992/2
ST/J500616/1
ST/K001604/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Physics, Particles & Fields
Physics
DOUBLE-BETA DECAY
ELECTRON NEUTRINO
MUON VELOCITIES
DETECTOR
ANTINEUTRINO
BOREXINO
SN-1987A
BEAM
AXIS
Nuclear & Particles Physics
0201 Astronomical And Space Sciences
0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle And Plasma Physics
0206 Quantum Physics
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
012006