Measuring Active-Sterile Neutrino Oscillations with a Stopped Pion Neutrino Source

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dc.creatorGarvey, G. T.
dc.creatorGreen, A.
dc.creatorGreen, C.
dc.creatorLouis, W. C.
dc.creatorMills, G. B.
dc.creatorMcGregor, G.
dc.creatorRay, H.
dc.creatorSchirato, R.
dc.creatorVan de Water, R. G.
dc.creatorWhite, D. H.
dc.date2005-01-03
dc.date2005-09-21
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:31:44Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:31:44Z
dc.descriptionThe question of the existence of light sterile neutrinos is of great interest in many areas of particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology. Furthermore, should the MiniBooNE experiment at Fermilab confirm the LSND oscillation signal, then new measurements are required to identify the mechanism responsible for these oscillations. Possibilities include sterile neutrinos, CP or CPT violation, variable mass neutrinos, Lorentz violation, and extra dimensions. In this paper, we consider an experiment at a stopped pion neutrino source to determine if active-sterile neutrino oscillations with delta-m greater than 0.1 eV2 can account for the signal. By exploiting stopped pi+ decay to produce a monoenergetic nu_mu source, and measuring the rate of the neutral current reaction nu_x + 12C -> nu_x +12C* as a function of distance from the source, we show that a convincing test for active-sterile neutrino oscillations can be performed.
dc.description10 pages, 9 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0501013
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0501013
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.D72:092001,2005
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.72.092001
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/197365
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.titleMeasuring Active-Sterile Neutrino Oscillations with a Stopped Pion Neutrino Source
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