Development of an analysis to probe the neutrino mass ordering with atmospheric neutrinos using three years of IceCube DeepCore data

M. Aartsen (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand) ; M. Ackermann (DESY, Zeuthen, 15738, Germany) ; J. Adams (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand) ; J. Aguilar (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, Brussels, 1050, Belgium) ; M. Ahlers (Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark) ; et al. - Show all 336 authors

The Neutrino Mass Ordering (NMO) remains one of the outstanding questions in the field of neutrino physics. One strategy to measure the NMO is to observe matter effects in the oscillation pattern of atmospheric neutrinos above $$\sim 1\,\mathrm {GeV}$$ 1GeV , as proposed for several next-generation neutrino experiments. Moreover, the existing IceCube DeepCore detector can already explore this type of measurement. We present the development and application of two independent analyses to search for the signature of the NMO with three years of DeepCore data. These analyses include a full treatment of systematic uncertainties and a statistically-rigorous method to determine the significance for the NMO from a fit to the data. Both analyses show that the dataset is fully compatible with both mass orderings. For the more sensitive analysis, we observe a preference for normal ordering with a p-value of $$p_\mathrm {IO} = 15.3\%$$ pIO=15.3% and $$\mathrm {CL}_\mathrm {s}=53.3\%$$ CLs=53.3% for the inverted ordering hypothesis, while the experimental results from both analyses are consistent within their uncertainties. Since the result is independent of the value of $$\delta _\mathrm {CP}$$ δCP and obtained from energies $$E_\nu \gtrsim 5\,\mathrm {GeV}$$ Eν5GeV , it is complementary to recent results from long-baseline experiments. These analyses set the groundwork for the future of this measurement with more capable detectors, such as the IceCube Upgrade and the proposed PINGU detector.

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      "value": "The Neutrino Mass Ordering (NMO) remains one of the outstanding questions in the field of neutrino physics. One strategy to measure the NMO is to observe matter effects in the oscillation pattern of atmospheric neutrinos above $$\\sim 1\\,\\mathrm {GeV}$$ <math><mrow><mo>\u223c</mo><mn>1</mn><mspace width=\"0.166667em\"></mspace><mi>GeV</mi></mrow></math> , as proposed for several next-generation neutrino experiments. Moreover, the existing IceCube DeepCore detector can already explore this type of measurement. We present the development and application of two independent analyses to search for the signature of the NMO with three years of DeepCore data. These analyses include a full treatment of systematic uncertainties and a statistically-rigorous method to determine the significance for the NMO from a fit to the data. Both analyses show that the dataset is fully compatible with both mass orderings. For the more sensitive analysis, we observe a preference for normal ordering with a p-value of $$p_\\mathrm {IO} = 15.3\\%$$ <math><mrow><msub><mi>p</mi><mi>IO</mi></msub><mo>=</mo><mn>15.3</mn><mo>%</mo></mrow></math>  and $$\\mathrm {CL}_\\mathrm {s}=53.3\\%$$ <math><mrow><msub><mi>CL</mi><mi>s</mi></msub><mo>=</mo><mn>53.3</mn><mo>%</mo></mrow></math>  for the inverted ordering hypothesis, while the experimental results from both analyses are consistent within their uncertainties. Since the result is independent of the value of $$\\delta _\\mathrm {CP}$$ <math><msub><mi>\u03b4</mi><mi>CP</mi></msub></math>  and obtained from energies $$E_\\nu \\gtrsim 5\\,\\mathrm {GeV}$$ <math><mrow><msub><mi>E</mi><mi>\u03bd</mi></msub><mo>\u2273</mo><mn>5</mn><mspace width=\"0.166667em\"></mspace><mi>GeV</mi></mrow></math> , it is complementary to recent results from long-baseline experiments. These analyses set the groundwork for the future of this measurement with more capable detectors, such as the IceCube Upgrade and the proposed PINGU detector."
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Published on:
04 January 2020
Publisher:
Springer
Published in:
European Physical Journal C , Volume 80 (2020)
Issue 1
Pages 1-16
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-7555-0
Copyrights:
The Author(s)
Licence:
CC-BY-4.0

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