@article{4ab962eedbea41fa968a69731c324b86,
title = "Search for an eV-Scale Sterile Neutrino Using Improved High-Energy νμ Event Reconstruction in IceCube",
abstract = "This Letter presents the result of a 3+1 sterile neutrino search using 10.7 yr of IceCube data. We analyze atmospheric muon neutrinos that traverse the Earth with energies ranging from 0.5 to 100 TeV, incorporating significant improvements in modeling neutrino flux and detector response compared to earlier studies. Notably, for the first time, we categorize data into starting and throughgoing events, distinguishing neutrino interactions with vertices inside or outside the instrumented volume, to improve energy resolution. The best-fit point for a 3+1 model is found to be at sin2(2θ24)=0.16 and Δm412=3.5 eV2, which agrees with previous iterations of this Letter. The result is consistent with the null hypothesis of no sterile neutrinos with a p value of 3.1%.",
author = "{(IceCube Collaboration)} and R. Abbasi and M. Ackermann and J. Adams and Agarwalla, {S. K.} and Aguilar, {J. A.} and M. Ahlers and Alameddine, {J. M.} and Amin, {N. M.} and K. Andeen and C. Arg{\"u}elles and Y. Ashida and S. Athanasiadou and L. Ausborm and Axani, {S. N.} and X. Bai and Balagopal, {V. A.} and M. Baricevic and Barwick, {S. W.} and S. Bash and V. Basu and R. Bay and Beatty, {J. J.} and {Becker Tjus}, J. and J. Beise and C. Bellenghi and C. Benning and S. Benzvi and D. Berley and E. Bernardini and Besson, {D. Z.} and E. Blaufuss and L. Bloom and S. Blot and F. Bontempo and {Book Motzkin}, {J. Y.} and {Boscolo Meneguolo}, C. and S. B{\"o}ser and O. Botner and J. B{\"o}ttcher and J. Braun and B. Brinson and J. Brostean-Kaiser and L. Brusa and Burley, {R. T.} and D. Butterfield and Campana, {M. A.} and I. Caracas and K. Carloni and J. Carpio and E. Resconi",
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year = "2024",
month = nov,
day = "15",
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.201804",
language = "English",
volume = "133",
journal = "Physical Review Letters",
issn = "0031-9007",
publisher = "American Physical Society",
number = "20",
}