# Searches for Sterile Neutrinos with the IceCube Detector.

@article{Aartsen2016SearchesFS,
title={Searches for Sterile Neutrinos with the IceCube Detector.},
journal={Physical review letters},
year={2016},
volume={117 7},
pages={
071801
}
}
• M. Aartsen, +297 authors M. Zoll
• Published 2016
• Medicine, Physics
• Physical review letters
The IceCube neutrino telescope at the South Pole has measured the atmospheric muon neutrino spectrum as a function of zenith angle and energy in the approximate 320 GeV to 20 TeV range, to search for the oscillation signatures of light sterile neutrinos. No evidence for anomalous ν_{μ} or ν[over ¯]_{μ} disappearance is observed in either of two independently developed analyses, each using one year of atmospheric neutrino data. New exclusion limits are placed on the parameter space of the 3+1… Expand
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