@article{b0d64e59e3a24044b3f81d7900813e4b,
title = "Searching for eV-scale sterile neutrinos with eight years of atmospheric neutrinos at the IceCube Neutrino Telescope",
abstract = "We report in detail on searches for eV-scale sterile neutrinos, in the context of a 3+1 model, using eight years of data from the IceCube Neutrino Telescope. By analyzing the reconstructed energies and zenith angles of 305,735 atmospheric νμ and ν¯μ events we construct confidence intervals in two analysis spaces: sin2(2θ24) vs Δm412 under the conservative assumption θ34=0; and sin2(2θ24) vs sin2(2θ34) given sufficiently large Δm412 that fast oscillation features are unresolvable. Detailed discussions of the event selection, systematic uncertainties, and fitting procedures are presented. No strong evidence for sterile neutrinos is found, and the best-fit likelihood is consistent with the no sterile neutrino hypothesis with a p value of 8% in the first analysis space and 19% in the second.",
author = "{(IceCube Collaboration)} and Aartsen, {M. G.} and R. Abbasi and M. Ackermann and J. Adams and Aguilar, {J. A.} and M. Ahlers and M. Ahrens and C. Alispach and Amin, {N. M.} and K. Andeen and T. Anderson and I. Ansseau and G. Anton and C. Arg{\"u}elles and J. Auffenberg and S. Axani and H. Bagherpour and X. Bai and {Balagopal V.}, A. and A. Barbano and Barwick, {S. W.} and B. Bastian and V. Basu and V. Baum and S. Baur and R. Bay and Beatty, {J. J.} and Becker, {K. H.} and {Becker Tjus}, J. and S. Benzvi and D. Berley and E. Bernardini and Besson, {D. Z.} and G. Binder and D. Bindig and E. Blaufuss and S. Blot and C. Bohm and S. B{\"o}ser and O. Botner and J. B{\"o}ttcher and E. Bourbeau and J. Bourbeau and F. Bradascio and J. Braun and S. Bron and J. Brostean-Kaiser and A. Burgman and Cowen, {D. F.} and D. Fox",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 authors. Published by the American Physical Society.",
year = "2020",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevD.102.052009",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "102",
journal = "Physical Review D",
issn = "2470-0010",
publisher = "American Physical Society",
number = "5",
}