PT Journal
AU MiniBooNE Collaboration (Aguilar-Arevalo, AAea
   Sorel, M
TI Test of Lorentz and CPT violation with short baseline neutrino oscillation excesses
SO Physics Letters B
JI Phys. Lett. B
PY 2013
BP 1303
EP 1308
VL 718
IS 4-5
DI 10.1016/j.physletb.2012.12.020
LA English
DE MiniBooNE; Neutrino oscillation; Lorentz violation
AB The sidereal time dependence of MiniBooNE nu(e) and (nu) over bar (e) appearance data is analyzed to search for evidence of Lorentz and CPT violation. An unbinned Kolmogorov-Smirnov (K-S) test shows both the nu(e) and (nu) over bar (e) appearance data are compatible with the null sidereal variation hypothesis to more than 5%. Using an unbinned likelihood fit with a Lorentz-violating oscillation model derived from the Standard Model Extension (SME) to describe any excess events over background, we find that the nu(e) appearance data prefer a sidereal time-independent solution, and the (nu) over bar (e) appearance data slightly prefer a sidereal time-dependent solution. Limits of order 10(-20) GeV are placed on combinations of SME coefficients. These limits give the best limits on certain SME coefficients for nu(mu) -> nu(e) and (nu) over bar (mu) -> (nu) over bar (e) oscillations. The fit values and limits of combinations of SME coefficients are provided.
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