Latest Results from MINOS and MINOS+
ORAL
Abstract
The MINOS experiment, with a beam peak energy of 3 GeV, ran for ten years collecting beam neutrino and antineutrino data samples as well as an atmospheric neutrino data sample. The MINOS standard three-flavor oscillation analysis of the combined charged current $\nu_{\mu}$ and $\overline{\nu}_{\mu}$ beam, $\nu_{\mu}$ and $\overline{\nu}_{\mu}$ atmospheric, and $\nu_{\text{e}}$ and $\overline{\nu}_{\text{e}}$ appearance samples yielded some of the best constraints on the atmospheric neutrino oscillation parameters to date. The MINOS+ experiment started taking data in September 2013 using a neutrino beam designed for the NO$\nu$A experiment with an energy peak shifted to 7 GeV. The shift to higher neutrino energies leads to improved sensitivity to exotic phenomena including sterile neutrinos, large extra dimensions, and non-standard interactions. We will discuss the latest MINOS results and the status and plans for the MINOS+ experiment.
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Authors
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Simon De Rijck
Univ of Texas, Austin