Search for CP-Violating Neutrino Nonstandard Interactions with the NOvA Experiment

M A Acero; B Acharya; P Adamson; L Aliaga; N Anfimov; A Antoshkin; E Arrieta-Diaz; L Asquith; A Aurisano; A Back; N Balashov; P Baldi; B A Bambah; A Bat; K Bays; R Bernstein; T J C Bezerra; V Bhatnagar; D Bhattarai; B Bhuyan; J Bian; A C Booth; R Bowles; B Brahma; C Bromberg; N Buchanan; A Butkevich; S Calvez; T J Carroll; E Catano-Mur; J P Cesar; A Chatla; S Chaudhary; R Chirco; B C Choudhary; A Christensen; M F Cicala; T E Coan; A Cooleybeck; C Cortes-Parra; D Coveyou; L Cremonesi; G S Davies; P F Derwent; Z Djurcic; M Dolce; D Doyle; D Dueñas Tonguino; E C Dukes; A Dye; R Ehrlich; E Ewart; P Filip; J Franc; M J Frank; H R Gallagher; F Gao; A Giri; R A Gomes; M C Goodman; M Groh; R Group; A Habig; F Hakl; J Hartnell; R Hatcher; M He; K Heller; V Hewes; A Himmel; Y Ivaneev; A Ivanova; B Jargowsky; J Jarosz; C Johnson; M Judah; I Kakorin; D M Kaplan; A Kalitkina; J Kleykamp; O Klimov; L W Koerner; L Kolupaeva; R Kralik; C D Kuruppu; V Kus; T Lackey; K Lang; J Lesmeister; A Lister; J Liu; J A Lock; M Lokajicek; M MacMahon; S Magill; W A Mann; M T Manoharan; M Manrique Plata; M L Marshak; M Martinez-Casales; V Matveev; B Mehta; M D Messier; H Meyer; T Miao; V Mikola; W H Miller; S Mishra; S R Mishra; A Mislivec; R Mohanta; A Moren; A Morozova; W Mu; L Mualem; M Muether; K Mulder; D Myers; D Naples; A Nath; S Nelleri; J K Nelson; R Nichol; E Niner; A Norman; A Norrick; T Nosek; H Oh; A Olshevskiy; T Olson; M Ozkaynak; A Pal; J Paley; L Panda; R B Patterson; G Pawloski; O Petrova; R Petti; L R Prais; A Rafique; V Raj; M Rajaoalisoa; B Ramson; M Ravelhofer; B Rebel; P Roy; O Samoylov; M C Sanchez; S Sánchez Falero; P Shanahan; P Sharma; A Shmakov; A Sheshukov; S Shukla; D K Singha; W Shorrock; I Singh; P Singh; V Singh; E Smith; J Smolik; P Snopok; N Solomey; A Sousa; K Soustruznik; M Strait; L Suter; A Sutton; K Sutton; S Swain; C Sweeney; A Sztuc; B Tapia Oregui; P Tas; T Thakore; J Thomas; E Tiras; Y Torun; J Tripathi; J Trokan-Tenorio; J Urheim; P Vahle; Z Vallari; J Vasel; J D Villamil; K J Vockerodt; T Vrba; M Wallbank; M Wetstein; D Whittington; D A Wickremasinghe; T Wieber; J Wolcott; M Wrobel; S Wu; W Wu; Y Xiao; B Yaeggy; A Yahaya; A Yankelevich; K Yonehara; Y Yu; S Zadorozhnyy; J Zalesak; R Zwaska; NOvA Collaboration

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.201802

Search for CP-Violating Neutrino Nonstandard Interactions with the NOvA Experiment

Phys Rev Lett. 2024 Nov 15;133(20):201802. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.201802.

Authors

M A Acero¹, B Acharya², P Adamson³, L Aliaga³, N Anfimov⁴, A Antoshkin⁴, E Arrieta-Diaz⁵, L Asquith⁶, A Aurisano⁷, A Back⁸, N Balashov⁴, P Baldi⁹, B A Bambah¹⁰, A Bat^{11

12}, K Bays^{13

14}, R Bernstein³, T J C Bezerra⁶, V Bhatnagar¹⁵, D Bhattarai², B Bhuyan¹⁶, J Bian^{9

14}, A C Booth^{17

6}, R Bowles⁸, B Brahma¹⁸, C Bromberg¹⁹, N Buchanan²⁰, A Butkevich²¹, S Calvez²⁰, T J Carroll^{22

23}, E Catano-Mur²⁴, J P Cesar²², A Chatla¹⁰, S Chaudhary¹⁶, R Chirco¹³, B C Choudhary²⁵, A Christensen²⁰, M F Cicala²⁶, T E Coan²⁷, A Cooleybeck²³, C Cortes-Parra⁵, D Coveyou²⁸, L Cremonesi¹⁷, G S Davies², P F Derwent³, Z Djurcic²⁹, M Dolce^{30

31}, D Doyle²⁰, D Dueñas Tonguino⁷, E C Dukes²⁸, A Dye², R Ehrlich²⁸, E Ewart⁸, P Filip³², J Franc³³, M J Frank³⁴, H R Gallagher³⁰, F Gao³⁵, A Giri¹⁸, R A Gomes³⁶, M C Goodman²⁹, M Groh^{20

8}, R Group²⁸, A Habig³⁷, F Hakl³⁸, J Hartnell⁶, R Hatcher³, M He³⁹, K Heller¹⁴, V Hewes⁷, A Himmel³, Y Ivaneev⁴, A Ivanova⁴, B Jargowsky⁹, J Jarosz²⁰, C Johnson²⁰, M Judah^{20

35}, I Kakorin⁴, D M Kaplan¹³, A Kalitkina⁴, J Kleykamp², O Klimov⁴, L W Koerner³⁹, L Kolupaeva⁴, R Kralik^{15

6}, C D Kuruppu⁴⁰, V Kus³³, T Lackey^{3

8}, K Lang²², J Lesmeister³⁹, A Lister²³, J Liu⁹, J A Lock⁶, M Lokajicek³², M MacMahon²⁶, S Magill²⁹, W A Mann³⁰, M T Manoharan⁴¹, M Manrique Plata⁸, M L Marshak¹⁴, M Martinez-Casales⁴², V Matveev²¹, B Mehta¹⁵, M D Messier⁸, H Meyer³¹, T Miao³, V Mikola²⁶, W H Miller¹⁴, S Mishra⁴³, S R Mishra⁴⁰, A Mislivec¹⁴, R Mohanta¹⁰, A Moren³⁷, A Morozova⁴, W Mu³, L Mualem⁴⁴, M Muether³¹, K Mulder²⁶, D Myers²², D Naples³⁵, A Nath¹⁶, S Nelleri⁴¹, J K Nelson²⁴, R Nichol²⁶, E Niner³, A Norman³, A Norrick³, T Nosek⁴⁵, H Oh⁷, A Olshevskiy⁴, T Olson³⁹, M Ozkaynak²⁶, A Pal⁴⁶, J Paley³, L Panda⁴⁶, R B Patterson⁴⁴, G Pawloski¹⁴, O Petrova⁴, R Petti⁴⁰, L R Prais², A Rafique²⁹, V Raj⁴⁴, M Rajaoalisoa⁷, B Ramson³, M Ravelhofer^{8

42}, B Rebel^{3

23}, P Roy³¹, O Samoylov⁴, M C Sanchez^{47

42}, S Sánchez Falero⁴², P Shanahan³, P Sharma¹⁵, A Shmakov⁹, A Sheshukov⁴, S Shukla⁴³, D K Singha¹⁰, W Shorrock⁶, I Singh²⁵, P Singh^{25

17}, V Singh⁴³, E Smith⁸, J Smolik³³, P Snopok¹³, N Solomey³¹, A Sousa⁷, K Soustruznik⁴⁵, M Strait¹⁴, L Suter³, A Sutton^{47

42

28}, K Sutton⁴⁴, S Swain⁴⁶, C Sweeney²⁶, A Sztuc²⁶, B Tapia Oregui²², P Tas⁴⁵, T Thakore⁷, J Thomas^{26

23}, E Tiras^{12

42}, Y Torun¹³, J Tripathi¹⁵, J Trokan-Tenorio²⁴, J Urheim⁸, P Vahle²⁴, Z Vallari⁴⁴, J Vasel⁸, J D Villamil⁵, K J Vockerodt¹⁷, T Vrba³³, M Wallbank⁷, M Wetstein⁴², D Whittington⁴⁸, D A Wickremasinghe³, T Wieber¹⁴, J Wolcott³⁰, M Wrobel²⁰, S Wu¹⁴, W Wu⁹, Y Xiao⁹, B Yaeggy⁷, A Yahaya³¹, A Yankelevich⁹, K Yonehara³, Y Yu¹³, S Zadorozhnyy²¹, J Zalesak³², R Zwaska³; NOvA Collaboration

Affiliations

¹ <a href="https://ror.org/05mm1w714">Universidad del Atlantico</a>, Carrera 30 No. 8-49, Puerto Colombia, Atlantico, Colombia.
² University of Mississippi, University, Oxford, Mississippi 38677, USA.
³ Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.
⁴ Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow region 141980, Russia.
⁵ Universidad del Magdalena, Carrera 32 No 22-08 Santa Marta, Colombia.
⁶ Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QH, United Kingdom.
⁷ Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA.
⁸ Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA.
⁹ Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA.
¹⁰ School of Physics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500 046, India.
¹¹ Bandirma Onyedi Eylül University, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Engineering Sciences Department, 10200, Bandirma, Balıkesir, Turkey.
¹² Department of Physics, Erciyes University, Kayseri 38030, Turkey.
¹³ Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA.
¹⁴ School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
¹⁵ Department of Physics, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160 014, India.
¹⁶ Department of Physics, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, 781 039, India.
¹⁷ Particle Physics Research Centre, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom.
¹⁸ Department of Physics, IIT Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 502 205, India.
¹⁹ Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA.
²⁰ Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1875, USA.
²¹ Institute for Nuclear Research of Russia, Academy of Sciences 7a, 60th October Anniversary prospect, Moscow 117312, Russia.
²² Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA.
²³ Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
²⁴ Department of Physics, William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA.
²⁵ Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India.
²⁶ Physics and Astronomy Department, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
²⁷ Department of Physics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275, USA.
²⁸ Department of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA.
²⁹ Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA.
³⁰ Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA.
³¹ Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Physics, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas 67260, USA.
³² Institute of Physics, The Czech Academy of Sciences, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic.
³³ Czech Technical University in Prague, Brehova 7, 115 19 Prague 1, Czech Republic.
³⁴ Department of Physics, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama 36688, USA.
³⁵ Department of Physics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA.
³⁶ Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, 74690-900, Brazil.
³⁷ Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota 55812, USA.
³⁸ Institute of Computer Science, The Czech Academy of Sciences, 182 07 Prague, Czech Republic.
³⁹ Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA.
⁴⁰ Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA.
⁴¹ Department of Physics, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi 682 022, India.
⁴² Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA.
⁴³ Department of Physics, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221 005, India.
⁴⁴ California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.
⁴⁵ Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Prague, Czech Republic.
⁴⁶ National Institute of Science Education and Research, Khurda, 752050, Odisha, India.
⁴⁷ Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA.
⁴⁸ Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13210, USA.

PMID: 39626707
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.201802

Abstract

This Letter reports a search for charge-parity (CP) symmetry violating nonstandard interactions (NSI) of neutrinos with matter using the NOvA Experiment, and examines their effects on the determination of the standard oscillation parameters. Data from ν_{μ}(ν[over ¯]_{μ})→ν_{μ}(ν[over ¯]_{μ}) and ν_{μ}(ν[over ¯]_{μ})→ν_{e}(ν[over ¯]_{e}) oscillation channels are used to measure the effect of the NSI parameters ϵ_{eμ} and ϵ_{eτ}. With 90% CL the magnitudes of the NSI couplings are constrained to be |ϵ_{eμ}|≲0.3 and |ϵ_{eτ}|≲0.4. A degeneracy at |ϵ_{eτ}|≈1.8 is reported, and we observe that the presence of NSI limits sensitivity to the standard CP phase δ_{CP}.