Search for a Lorentz-violating sidereal signal with atmospheric neutrinos in IceCube

preprint2010arXivOpen access
IceCube CollaborationR. AbbasiY. AbdouT. Abu-ZayyadJ. AdamsJ. A. AguilarM. AhlersK. AndeenJ. AuffenbergX. BaiM. BakerS. W. BarwickR. BayJ. L. Bazo AlbaK. BeattieJ. J. BeattyS. BechetJ. K. BeckerK. -H. BeckerM. L. BenabderrahmaneS. BenZviJ. BerdermannP. BerghausD. BerleyE. BernardiniD. BertrandD. Z. BessonM. BissokE. BlaufussJ. BlumenthalD. J. BoersmaC. BohmD. BoseS. BöserO. BotnerJ. BraunS. BuitinkM. CarsonD. ChirkinB. ChristyJ. ClemF. ClevermannS. CohenC. ColnardD. F. CowenM. V. D'AgostinoM. DanningerJ. C. DavisC. De ClercqL. DemirörsO. DepaepeF. DescampsP. DesiatiG. de Vries-UiterweerdT. DeYoungJ. C. Díaz-VélezM. DierckxsensJ. DreyerJ. P. DummM. R. DuvoortR. EhrlichJ. EischR. W. EllsworthO. EngdegårdS. EulerP. A. EvensonO. FadiranA. R. FazelyA. FedynitchT. FeuselsK. FilimonovC. FinleyM. M. FoersterB. D. FoxA. FranckowiakR. FrankeT. K. GaisserJ. GallagherM. GeislerL. GerhardtL. GladstoneT. GlüsenkampA. GoldschmidtJ. A. GoodmanD. GrantT. GrieselA. GroßS. GrullonM. GurtnerC. HaA. HallgrenF. HalzenK. HanK. HansonK. HelbingP. HerquetS. HickfordG. C. HillK. D. HoffmanA. HomeierK. HoshinaD. HubertW. HuelsnitzJ. -P. HülßP. O. HulthK. HultqvistS. HussainA. IshiharaJ. JacobsenG. S. JaparidzeH. JohanssonJ. M. JosephK. -H. KampertT. KargA. KarleJ. L. KelleyN. KemmingP. KennyJ. KirylukF. KislatS. R. KleinJ. -H. KöhneG. KohnenH. KolanoskiL. KöpkeD. J. KoskinenM. KowalskiT. KowarikM. KrasbergT. KringsG. KrollK. KuehnT. KuwabaraM. LabareS. LafebreK. LaihemH. LandsmanM. J. LarsonR. LauerR. LehmannJ. LünemannJ. MadsenP. MajumdarA. MarottaR. MaruyamaK. MaseH. S. MatisM. MatusikK. MeagherM. MerckP. MészárosT. MeuresE. MiddellN. MilkeJ. MillerT. MontaruliR. MorseS. M. MovitR. NahnhauerJ. W. NamU. NaumannP. NießenD. R. NygrenS. OdrowskiA. OlivasM. OlivoA. O'MurchadhaM. OnoS. PankninL. PaulC. Pérez de los HerosJ. PetrovicA. PiegsaD. PielothR. PorrataJ. PosseltP. B. PriceM. PrikockisG. T. PrzybylskiK. RawlinsP. RedlE. ResconiW. RhodeM. RibordyA. RizzoJ. P. RodriguesP. RothF. RothmaierC. RottT. RuheD. RutledgeB. RuzybayevD. RyckboschH. -G. SanderM. SantanderS. SarkarK. SchattoS. SchlenstedtT. SchmidtA. SchukraftA. SchultesO. SchulzM. SchunckD. SeckelB. SemburgS. H. SeoY. SestayoS. SeunarineA. SilvestriK. SinghA. SlipakG. M. SpiczakC. SpieringM. StamatikosT. StanevG. StephensT. StezelbergerR. G. StokstadS. StoyanovE. A. StrahlerT. StraszheimG. W. SullivanQ. SwillensH. TaavolaI. TaboadaA. TamburroO. TarasovaA. TepeS. Ter-AntonyanS. TilavP. A. ToaleS. ToscanoD. TosiD. TurčanN. van EijndhovenJ. VandenbrouckeA. Van OverloopJ. van SantenM. VogeB. VoigtC. WalckT. WaldenmaierM. WallraffM. WalterCh. WeaverC. WendtS. WesterhoffN. WhitehornK. WiebeC. H. WiebuschG. WikströmD. R. WilliamsR. WischnewskiH. WissingM. WolfK. WoschnaggC. XuX. W. XuG. YodhS. YoshidaP. Zarzhitsky

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. Due to the unique high energy reach of IceCube, it was possible to improve constraints on certain Lorentz-violating oscillations by three orders of magnitude with respect to limits set by other experiments.

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