First measurement of electron neutrino appearance in NOvA

preprint2016arXivOpen access
P. AdamsonC. AderM. AndrewsN. AnfimovI. AnghelK. ArmsE. Arrieta-DiazA. AurisanoD. S. AyresC. BackhouseM. BairdB. A. BambahK. BaysR. BernsteinM. BetancourtV. BhatnagarB. BhuyanJ. BianK. BieryT. BlackburnV. BoceanD. BogertA. BolshakovaM. BowdenC. BowerD. BroemmelsiekC. BrombergG. BrunettiX. BuA. ButkevichD. CapistaE. Catano-MurT. R. ChaseS. ChildressB. C. ChoudharyB. ChowdhuryT. E. CoanJ. A. B. CoelhoM. ColoJ. CooperL. CorwinD. Cronin-HennessyA. CunninghamG. S. DaviesJ. P. DaviesM. Del TuttoP. F. DerwentK. N. DeepthiD. DemuthS. DesaiG. DeuerlingA. DevanJ. DeyR. DharmapalanP. DingS. DixonZ. DjurcicE. C. DukesH. DuyangR. EhrlichG. J. FeldmanN. FeltE. J. FenyvesE. FlumerfeltS. FoulkesM. J. FrankW. FreemanM. GabrielyanH. R. GallagherM. GebhardT. GhoshW. GilbertA. GiriS. GoadhouseR. A. GomesL. GoodenoughM. C. GoodmanV. GrichineN. GrossmanR. GroupJ. GrudzinskiV. GuarinoB. GuoA. HabigT. HandlerJ. HartnellR. HatcherA. HatzikoutelisK. HellerC. HowcroftJ. HuangX. HuangJ. HylenM. IshitsukaF. JedinyC. JensenD. JensenC. JohnsonH. JostleinG. K. KafkaY. KamyshkovS. M. S. KasaharaS. KasettiK. KephartG. KoizumiS. KotelnikovI. KourbanisZ. KrahnV. KravtsovA. KreymerCh. KulenbergA. KumarT. KutninkR. KwarciancyJ. KwongK. LangA. LeeW. M. LeeK. LeeS. LeinJ. LiuM. LokajicekJ. LozierQ. LuP. LucasS. LuchukP. LukensG. LukhaninS. MagillK. MaanW. A. MannM. L. MarshakM. MartensJ. MartincikP. MasonK. MateraM. MathisV. MatveevN. MayerE. McCluskeyR. MehdiyevH. MerrittM. D. MessierH. MeyerT. MiaoD. MichaelS. P. MikheyevW. H. MillerS. R. MishraR. MohantaA. MorenL. MualemM. MuetherS. MufsonJ. MusserH. B. NewmanJ. K. NelsonE. NinerA. NormanJ. NowakY. OksuzianA. OlshevskiyJ. OliverT. OlsonJ. PaleyP. PandeyA. ParaR. B. PattersonG. PawloskiN. PearsonD. PerevalovD. PersheyE. PetersonR. PettiS. Phan-BuddL. PiccoliA. Pla-DalmauR. K. PlunkettR. PolingB. PotukuchiF. PsihasD. PushkaX. QiuN. RaddatzA. RadovicR. A. RameikaR. RayB. RebelR. RechenmacherB. ReedR. ReillyD. RoccoD. RodkinK. RuddickR. RusackV. RyabovK. SachdevS. SahijpalH. SahooO. SamoylovM. C. SanchezN. SaoulidouP. SchlabachJ. SchnepsR. SchroeterJ. Sepulveda-QuirozP. ShanahanB. SherwoodA. SheshukovJ. SinghV. SinghA. SmithD. SmithJ. SmolikN. SolomeyA. SotnikovA. SousaK. SoustruznikY. StenkinM. StraitL. SuterR. L. TalagaM. C. TamsettS. TariqP. TasR. J. TesarekR. B. ThayyullathilK. ThomsenX. TianS. C. TogniniR. TonerJ. TrevorG. TzanakosJ. UrheimP. VahleL. ValerioL. VintonT. VrbaA. V. WaldronB. WangZ. WangA. WeberA. WehmannD. WhittingtonN. WilcerR. WildbergerD. WildmanK. WilliamsS. G. WojcickiK. WoodM. XiaoT. XinN. YadavS. YangS. ZadorozhnyyJ. ZalesakB. ZamoranoA. ZhaoJ. ZirnsteinR. Zwaska

Abstract

We report results from the first search for νμ→νeν_μ\toν_e transitions by the NOvA experiment. In an exposure equivalent to 2.74×10202.74\times10^{20} protons-on-target in the upgraded NuMI beam at Fermilab, we observe 6 events in the Far Detector, compared to a background expectation of 0.99±0.110.99\pm0.11 (syst.) events based on the Near Detector measurement. A secondary analysis observes 11 events with a background of 1.07±0.141.07\pm0.14 (syst.). The 3.3σ3.3σ excess of events observed in the primary analysis disfavors 0.1π<δCP<0.5π0.1π< δ_{CP} < 0.5π in the inverted mass hierarchy at the 90% C.L.

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