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First measurement of neutrino oscillation parameters using neutrinos and antineutrinos by NOvA

M. A. Acero et al. (NOvA Collaboration)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 151803 – Published 11 October 2019
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The NOvA experiment has seen a 4.4σ signal of ν¯e appearance in a 2 GeV ν¯μ beam at a distance of 810 km. Using 12.33×1020 protons on target delivered to the Fermilab NuMI neutrino beamline, the experiment recorded 27 ν¯μν¯e candidates with a background of 10.3 and 102 ν¯μν¯μ candidates. This new antineutrino data are combined with neutrino data to measure the parameters |Δm322|=2.480.06+0.11×103eV2/c4 and sin2θ23 in the ranges from (0.53–0.60) and (0.45–0.48) in the normal neutrino mass hierarchy. The data exclude most values near δCP=π/2 for the inverted mass hierarchy by more than 3σ and favor the normal neutrino mass hierarchy by 1.9σ and θ23 values in the upper octant by 1.6σ.

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  • Received 13 June 2019

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.151803

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Vol. 123, Iss. 15 — 11 October 2019

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