Title
Search for a Lorentz-violating sidereal signal with atmospheric neutrinos in IceCube
Date Issued
09 December 2010
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Abbasi R.
Abdou Y.
Abu-Zayyad T.
Adams J.
Aguilar J.A.
Ahlers M.
Andeen K.
Auffenberg J.
Bai X.
Baker M.
Barwick S.W.
Bay R.
Beattie K.
Beatty J.J.
Bechet S.
Becker J.K.
Becker K.H.
Benabderrahmane M.L.
Benzvi S.
Berdermann J.
Berghaus P.
Berley D.
Bernardini E.
Bertrand D.
Besson D.Z.
Bissok M.
Blaufuss E.
Blumenthal J.
Boersma D.J.
Bohm C.
Bose D.
Böser S.
Botner O.
Braun J.
Buitink S.
Carson M.
Chirkin D.
Christy B.
Clem J.
Clevermann F.
Cohen S.
Colnard C.
Cowen D.F.
D'Agostino M.V.
Danninger M.
Davis J.C.
De Clercq C.
Demirörs L.
Depaepe O.
Descamps F.
Desiati P.
De Vries-Uiterweerd G.
Deyoung T.
Díaz-Vélez J.C.
Dierckxsens M.
Dreyer J.
Dumm J.P.
Duvoort M.R.
Ehrlich R.
Eisch J.
Ellsworth R.W.
Engdegård O.
Euler S.
Evenson P.A.
Fadiran O.
Fazely A.R.
Fedynitch A.
Feusels T.
Filimonov K.
Finley C.
Foerster M.M.
Fox B.D.
Franckowiak A.
Franke R.
Gaisser T.K.
Gallagher J.
Geisler M.
Gerhardt L.
Gladstone L.
Glüsenkamp T.
Goldschmidt A.
Goodman J.A.
Grant D.
Griesel T.
Groß A.
Grullon S.
Gurtner M.
Ha C.
Hallgren A.
Halzen F.
Han K.
Hanson K.
Helbing K.
Herquet P.
Hickford S.
Hill G.C.
Hoffman K.D.
Homeier A.
Hoshina K.
RWTH Aachen University
Abstract
A search for sidereal modulation in the flux of atmospheric muon neutrinos in IceCube was performed. Such a signal could be an indication of Lorentz-violating physics. Neutrino oscillation models, derivable from extensions to the standard model, allow for neutrino oscillations that depend on the neutrino's direction of propagation. No such direction-dependent variation was found. A discrete Fourier transform method was used to constrain the Lorentz and CPT-violating coefficients in one of these models. Because of the unique high energy reach of IceCube, it was possible to improve constraints on certain Lorentz-violating oscillations by 3orders of magnitude with respect to limits set by other experiments.
Volume
82
Issue
11
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física de partículas, Campos de la Física
Astronomía
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-78651265450
Source
Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
ISSN of the container
15502368
Sponsor(s)
National Science Foundation - 0969661
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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