European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields (Jan 2020)
Development of an analysis to probe the neutrino mass ordering with atmospheric neutrinos using three years of IceCube DeepCore data
- M. G. Aartsen,
- M. Ackermann,
- J. Adams,
- J. A. Aguilar,
- M. Ahlers,
- M. Ahrens,
- C. Alispach,
- K. Andeen,
- T. Anderson,
- I. Ansseau,
- G. Anton,
- C. Argüelles,
- J. Auffenberg,
- S. Axani,
- P. Backes,
- H. Bagherpour,
- X. Bai,
- A. Barbano,
- S. W. Barwick,
- V. Baum,
- R. Bay,
- J. J. Beatty,
- K.-H. Becker,
- J. Becker Tjus,
- S. BenZvi,
- D. Berley,
- E. Bernardini,
- D. Z. Besson,
- G. Binder,
- D. Bindig,
- E. Blaufuss,
- S. Blot,
- C. Bohm,
- M. Börner,
- S. Böser,
- O. Botner,
- E. Bourbeau,
- J. Bourbeau,
- F. Bradascio,
- J. Braun,
- H.-P. Bretz,
- S. Bron,
- J. Brostean-Kaiser,
- A. Burgman,
- R. S. Busse,
- T. Carver,
- C. Chen,
- E. Cheung,
- D. Chirkin,
- K. Clark,
- L. Classen,
- G. H. Collin,
- J. M. Conrad,
- P. Coppin,
- P. Correa,
- D. F. Cowen,
- R. Cross,
- P. Dave,
- J. P. A. M. de André,
- C. De Clercq,
- J. J. DeLaunay,
- H. Dembinski,
- K. Deoskar,
- S. De Ridder,
- P. Desiati,
- K. D. de Vries,
- G. de Wasseige,
- M. de With,
- T. DeYoung,
- A. Diaz,
- J. C. Díaz-Vélez,
- H. Dujmovic,
- M. Dunkman,
- E. Dvorak,
- B. Eberhardt,
- T. Ehrhardt,
- B. Eichmann,
- P. Eller,
- J. J. Evans,
- P. A. Evenson,
- S. Fahey,
- A. R. Fazely,
- J. Felde,
- K. Filimonov,
- C. Finley,
- A. Franckowiak,
- E. Friedman,
- A. Fritz,
- T. K. Gaisser,
- J. Gallagher,
- E. Ganster,
- S. Garrappa,
- L. Gerhardt,
- K. Ghorbani,
- T. Glauch,
- T. Glüsenkamp,
- A. Goldschmidt,
- J. G. Gonzalez,
- D. Grant,
- Z. Griffith,
- M. Günder,
- M. Gündüz,
- C. Haack,
- A. Hallgren,
- L. Halve,
- F. Halzen,
- K. Hanson,
- D. Hebecker,
- D. Heereman,
- K. Helbing,
- R. Hellauer,
- F. Henningsen,
- S. Hickford,
- J. Hignight,
- G. C. Hill,
- K. D. Hoffman,
- R. Hoffmann,
- T. Hoinka,
- B. Hokanson-Fasig,
- K. Hoshina,
- F. Huang,
- M. Huber,
- K. Hultqvist,
- M. Hünnefeld,
- R. Hussain,
- S. In,
- N. Iovine,
- A. Ishihara,
- E. Jacobi,
- G. S. Japaridze,
- M. Jeong,
- K. Jero,
- B. J. P. Jones,
- W. Kang,
- A. Kappes,
- D. Kappesser,
- T. Karg,
- M. Karl,
- A. Karle,
- U. Katz,
- M. Kauer,
- J. L. Kelley,
- A. Kheirandish,
- J. Kim,
- T. Kintscher,
- J. Kiryluk,
- T. Kittler,
- S. R. Klein,
- R. Koirala,
- H. Kolanoski,
- L. Köpke,
- C. Kopper,
- S. Kopper,
- D. J. Koskinen,
- M. Kowalski,
- K. Krings,
- G. Krückl,
- N. Kulacz,
- S. Kunwar,
- N. Kurahashi,
- A. Kyriacou,
- M. Labare,
- J. L. Lanfranchi,
- M. J. Larson,
- F. Lauber,
- J. P. Lazar,
- K. Leonard,
- M. Leuermann,
- Q. R. Liu,
- E. Lohfink,
- C. J. Lozano Mariscal,
- L. Lu,
- F. Lucarelli,
- J. Lünemann,
- W. Luszczak,
- J. Madsen,
- G. Maggi,
- K. B. M. Mahn,
- Y. Makino,
- K. Mallot,
- S. Mancina,
- I. C. Mariş,
- R. Maruyama,
- K. Mase,
- R. Maunu,
- K. Meagher,
- M. Medici,
- A. Medina,
- M. Meier,
- S. Meighen-Berger,
- T. Menne,
- G. Merino,
- T. Meures,
- S. Miarecki,
- J. Micallef,
- G. Momenté,
- T. Montaruli,
- R. W. Moore,
- M. Moulai,
- R. Nagai,
- R. Nahnhauer,
- P. Nakarmi,
- U. Naumann,
- G. Neer,
- H. Niederhausen,
- S. C. Nowicki,
- D. R. Nygren,
- A. Obertacke Pollmann,
- A. Olivas,
- A. O’Murchadha,
- E. O’Sullivan,
- T. Palczewski,
- H. Pandya,
- D. V. Pankova,
- N. Park,
- P. Peiffer,
- C. Pérez de los Heros,
- D. Pieloth,
- E. Pinat,
- A. Pizzuto,
- M. Plum,
- P. B. Price,
- G. T. Przybylski,
- C. Raab,
- A. Raissi,
- M. Rameez,
- L. Rauch,
- K. Rawlins,
- I. C. Rea,
- R. Reimann,
- B. Relethford,
- G. Renzi,
- E. Resconi,
- W. Rhode,
- M. Richman,
- S. Robertson,
- M. Rongen,
- C. Rott,
- T. Ruhe,
- D. Ryckbosch,
- D. Rysewyk,
- I. Safa,
- S. E. Sanchez Herrera,
- A. Sandrock,
- J. Sandroos,
- M. Santander,
- S. Sarkar,
- S. Sarkar,
- K. Satalecka,
- M. Schaufel,
- P. Schlunder,
- T. Schmidt,
- A. Schneider,
- J. Schneider,
- L. Schumacher,
- S. Sclafani,
- D. Seckel,
- S. Seunarine,
- M. Silva,
- R. Snihur,
- J. Soedingrekso,
- D. Soldin,
- S. Söldner-Rembold,
- M. Song,
- G. M. Spiczak,
- C. Spiering,
- J. Stachurska,
- M. Stamatikos,
- T. Stanev,
- A. Stasik,
- R. Stein,
- J. Stettner,
- A. Steuer,
- T. Stezelberger,
- R. G. Stokstad,
- A. Stößl,
- N. L. Strotjohann,
- T. Stuttard,
- G. W. Sullivan,
- M. Sutherland,
- I. Taboada,
- F. Tenholt,
- S. Ter-Antonyan,
- A. Terliuk,
- S. Tilav,
- L. Tomankova,
- C. Tönnis,
- S. Toscano,
- D. Tosi,
- M. Tselengidou,
- C. F. Tung,
- A. Turcati,
- R. Turcotte,
- C. F. Turley,
- B. Ty,
- E. Unger,
- M. A. Unland Elorrieta,
- M. Usner,
- J. Vandenbroucke,
- W. Van Driessche,
- D. van Eijk,
- N. van Eijndhoven,
- S. Vanheule,
- J. van Santen,
- M. Vraeghe,
- C. Walck,
- A. Wallace,
- M. Wallraff,
- N. Wandkowsky,
- T. B. Watson,
- C. Weaver,
- M. J. Weiss,
- J. Weldert,
- C. Wendt,
- J. Werthebach,
- S. Westerhoff,
- B. J. Whelan,
- N. Whitehorn,
- K. Wiebe,
- C. H. Wiebusch,
- L. Wille,
- D. R. Williams,
- L. Wills,
- M. Wolf,
- J. Wood,
- T. R. Wood,
- K. Woschnagg,
- G. Wrede,
- S. Wren,
- D. L. Xu,
- X. W. Xu,
- Y. Xu,
- J. P. Yanez,
- G. Yodh,
- S. Yoshida,
- T. Yuan
Affiliations
- M. G. Aartsen
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury
- M. Ackermann
- DESY
- J. Adams
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury
- J. A. Aguilar
- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230
- M. Ahlers
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
- M. Ahrens
- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University
- C. Alispach
- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève
- K. Andeen
- Department of Physics, Marquette University
- T. Anderson
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University
- I. Ansseau
- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230
- G. Anton
- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
- C. Argüelles
- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- J. Auffenberg
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University
- S. Axani
- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- P. Backes
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University
- H. Bagherpour
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury
- X. Bai
- Physics Department, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
- A. Barbano
- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève
- S. W. Barwick
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California
- V. Baum
- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz
- R. Bay
- Department of Physics, University of California
- J. J. Beatty
- Department of Physics and Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics, Ohio State University
- K.-H. Becker
- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal
- J. Becker Tjus
- Fakultät für Physik & Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- S. BenZvi
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester
- D. Berley
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland
- E. Bernardini
- DESY
- D. Z. Besson
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas
- G. Binder
- Department of Physics, University of California
- D. Bindig
- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal
- E. Blaufuss
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland
- S. Blot
- DESY
- C. Bohm
- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University
- M. Börner
- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University
- S. Böser
- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz
- O. Botner
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University
- E. Bourbeau
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
- J. Bourbeau
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- F. Bradascio
- DESY
- J. Braun
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- H.-P. Bretz
- DESY
- S. Bron
- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève
- J. Brostean-Kaiser
- DESY
- A. Burgman
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University
- R. S. Busse
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- T. Carver
- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève
- C. Chen
- School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology
- E. Cheung
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland
- D. Chirkin
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- K. Clark
- SNOLAB
- L. Classen
- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
- G. H. Collin
- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- J. M. Conrad
- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- P. Coppin
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM
- P. Correa
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM
- D. F. Cowen
- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University
- R. Cross
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester
- P. Dave
- School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology
- J. P. A. M. de André
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University
- C. De Clercq
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM
- J. J. DeLaunay
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University
- H. Dembinski
- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware
- K. Deoskar
- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University
- S. De Ridder
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Gent
- P. Desiati
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- K. D. de Vries
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM
- G. de Wasseige
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM
- M. de With
- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- T. DeYoung
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University
- A. Diaz
- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- J. C. Díaz-Vélez
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- H. Dujmovic
- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University
- M. Dunkman
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University
- E. Dvorak
- Physics Department, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
- B. Eberhardt
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- T. Ehrhardt
- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz
- B. Eichmann
- Fakultät für Physik & Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- P. Eller
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University
- J. J. Evans
- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester
- P. A. Evenson
- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware
- S. Fahey
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- A. R. Fazely
- Department of Physics, Southern University
- J. Felde
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland
- K. Filimonov
- Department of Physics, University of California
- C. Finley
- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University
- A. Franckowiak
- DESY
- E. Friedman
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland
- A. Fritz
- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz
- T. K. Gaisser
- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware
- J. Gallagher
- Department of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin
- E. Ganster
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University
- S. Garrappa
- DESY
- L. Gerhardt
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- K. Ghorbani
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- T. Glauch
- Physik-department, Technische Universität München
- T. Glüsenkamp
- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
- A. Goldschmidt
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- J. G. Gonzalez
- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware
- D. Grant
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University
- Z. Griffith
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- M. Günder
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University
- M. Gündüz
- Fakultät für Physik & Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- C. Haack
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University
- A. Hallgren
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University
- L. Halve
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University
- F. Halzen
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- K. Hanson
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- D. Hebecker
- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- D. Heereman
- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230
- K. Helbing
- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal
- R. Hellauer
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland
- F. Henningsen
- Physik-department, Technische Universität München
- S. Hickford
- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal
- J. Hignight
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University
- G. C. Hill
- Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide
- K. D. Hoffman
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland
- R. Hoffmann
- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal
- T. Hoinka
- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University
- B. Hokanson-Fasig
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- K. Hoshina
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- F. Huang
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University
- M. Huber
- Physik-department, Technische Universität München
- K. Hultqvist
- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University
- M. Hünnefeld
- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University
- R. Hussain
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- S. In
- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University
- N. Iovine
- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230
- A. Ishihara
- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University
- E. Jacobi
- DESY
- G. S. Japaridze
- CTSPS, Clark-Atlanta University
- M. Jeong
- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University
- K. Jero
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- B. J. P. Jones
- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington
- W. Kang
- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University
- A. Kappes
- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
- D. Kappesser
- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz
- T. Karg
- DESY
- M. Karl
- Physik-department, Technische Universität München
- A. Karle
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- U. Katz
- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
- M. Kauer
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- J. L. Kelley
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- A. Kheirandish
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- J. Kim
- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University
- T. Kintscher
- DESY
- J. Kiryluk
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University
- T. Kittler
- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
- S. R. Klein
- Department of Physics, University of California
- R. Koirala
- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware
- H. Kolanoski
- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- L. Köpke
- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz
- C. Kopper
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University
- S. Kopper
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama
- D. J. Koskinen
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
- M. Kowalski
- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- K. Krings
- Physik-department, Technische Universität München
- G. Krückl
- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz
- N. Kulacz
- Department of Physics, University of Alberta
- S. Kunwar
- DESY
- N. Kurahashi
- Department of Physics, Drexel University
- A. Kyriacou
- Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide
- M. Labare
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Gent
- J. L. Lanfranchi
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University
- M. J. Larson
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland
- F. Lauber
- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal
- J. P. Lazar
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- K. Leonard
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- M. Leuermann
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University
- Q. R. Liu
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- E. Lohfink
- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz
- C. J. Lozano Mariscal
- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
- L. Lu
- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University
- F. Lucarelli
- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève
- J. Lünemann
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM
- W. Luszczak
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- J. Madsen
- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin
- G. Maggi
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM
- K. B. M. Mahn
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University
- Y. Makino
- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University
- K. Mallot
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- S. Mancina
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- I. C. Mariş
- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230
- R. Maruyama
- Department of Physics, Yale University
- K. Mase
- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University
- R. Maunu
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland
- K. Meagher
- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230
- M. Medici
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
- A. Medina
- Department of Physics and Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics, Ohio State University
- M. Meier
- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University
- S. Meighen-Berger
- Physik-department, Technische Universität München
- T. Menne
- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University
- G. Merino
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- T. Meures
- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230
- S. Miarecki
- Department of Physics, University of California
- J. Micallef
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University
- G. Momenté
- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz
- T. Montaruli
- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève
- R. W. Moore
- Department of Physics, University of Alberta
- M. Moulai
- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- R. Nagai
- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University
- R. Nahnhauer
- DESY
- P. Nakarmi
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama
- U. Naumann
- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal
- G. Neer
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University
- H. Niederhausen
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University
- S. C. Nowicki
- Department of Physics, University of Alberta
- D. R. Nygren
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- A. Obertacke Pollmann
- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal
- A. Olivas
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland
- A. O’Murchadha
- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230
- E. O’Sullivan
- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University
- T. Palczewski
- Department of Physics, University of California
- H. Pandya
- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware
- D. V. Pankova
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University
- N. Park
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- P. Peiffer
- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz
- C. Pérez de los Heros
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University
- D. Pieloth
- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University
- E. Pinat
- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230
- A. Pizzuto
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- M. Plum
- Department of Physics, Marquette University
- P. B. Price
- Department of Physics, University of California
- G. T. Przybylski
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- C. Raab
- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230
- A. Raissi
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury
- M. Rameez
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
- L. Rauch
- DESY
- K. Rawlins
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alaska Anchorage
- I. C. Rea
- Physik-department, Technische Universität München
- R. Reimann
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University
- B. Relethford
- Department of Physics, Drexel University
- G. Renzi
- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230
- E. Resconi
- Physik-department, Technische Universität München
- W. Rhode
- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University
- M. Richman
- Department of Physics, Drexel University
- S. Robertson
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- M. Rongen
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University
- C. Rott
- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University
- T. Ruhe
- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University
- D. Ryckbosch
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Gent
- D. Rysewyk
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University
- I. Safa
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- S. E. Sanchez Herrera
- Department of Physics, University of Alberta
- A. Sandrock
- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University
- J. Sandroos
- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz
- M. Santander
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama
- S. Sarkar
- Department of Physics, University of Oxford
- S. Sarkar
- Department of Physics, University of Alberta
- K. Satalecka
- DESY
- M. Schaufel
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University
- P. Schlunder
- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University
- T. Schmidt
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland
- A. Schneider
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- J. Schneider
- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
- L. Schumacher
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University
- S. Sclafani
- Department of Physics, Drexel University
- D. Seckel
- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware
- S. Seunarine
- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin
- M. Silva
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- R. Snihur
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- J. Soedingrekso
- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University
- D. Soldin
- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware
- S. Söldner-Rembold
- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester
- M. Song
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland
- G. M. Spiczak
- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin
- C. Spiering
- DESY
- J. Stachurska
- DESY
- M. Stamatikos
- Department of Physics and Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics, Ohio State University
- T. Stanev
- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware
- A. Stasik
- DESY
- R. Stein
- DESY
- J. Stettner
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University
- A. Steuer
- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz
- T. Stezelberger
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- R. G. Stokstad
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- A. Stößl
- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University
- N. L. Strotjohann
- DESY
- T. Stuttard
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
- G. W. Sullivan
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland
- M. Sutherland
- Department of Physics and Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics, Ohio State University
- I. Taboada
- School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology
- F. Tenholt
- Fakultät für Physik & Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- S. Ter-Antonyan
- Department of Physics, Southern University
- A. Terliuk
- DESY
- S. Tilav
- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware
- L. Tomankova
- Fakultät für Physik & Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- C. Tönnis
- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University
- S. Toscano
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM
- D. Tosi
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- M. Tselengidou
- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
- C. F. Tung
- School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology
- A. Turcati
- Physik-department, Technische Universität München
- R. Turcotte
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University
- C. F. Turley
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University
- B. Ty
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- E. Unger
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University
- M. A. Unland Elorrieta
- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
- M. Usner
- DESY
- J. Vandenbroucke
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- W. Van Driessche
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Gent
- D. van Eijk
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- N. van Eijndhoven
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM
- S. Vanheule
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Gent
- J. van Santen
- DESY
- M. Vraeghe
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Gent
- C. Walck
- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University
- A. Wallace
- Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide
- M. Wallraff
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University
- N. Wandkowsky
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- T. B. Watson
- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington
- C. Weaver
- Department of Physics, University of Alberta
- M. J. Weiss
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University
- J. Weldert
- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz
- C. Wendt
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- J. Werthebach
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- S. Westerhoff
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- B. J. Whelan
- Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide
- N. Whitehorn
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA
- K. Wiebe
- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz
- C. H. Wiebusch
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University
- L. Wille
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- D. R. Williams
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama
- L. Wills
- Department of Physics, Drexel University
- M. Wolf
- Physik-department, Technische Universität München
- J. Wood
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- T. R. Wood
- Department of Physics, University of Alberta
- K. Woschnagg
- Department of Physics, University of California
- G. Wrede
- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
- S. Wren
- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester
- D. L. Xu
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- X. W. Xu
- Department of Physics, Southern University
- Y. Xu
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University
- J. P. Yanez
- Department of Physics, University of Alberta
- G. Yodh
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California
- S. Yoshida
- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University
- T. Yuan
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-7555-0
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 80,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 16
Abstract
Abstract The Neutrino Mass Ordering (NMO) remains one of the outstanding questions in the field of neutrino physics. One strategy to measure the NMO is to observe matter effects in the oscillation pattern of atmospheric neutrinos above $$\sim 1\,\mathrm {GeV}$$ ∼1GeV , as proposed for several next-generation neutrino experiments. Moreover, the existing IceCube DeepCore detector can already explore this type of measurement. We present the development and application of two independent analyses to search for the signature of the NMO with three years of DeepCore data. These analyses include a full treatment of systematic uncertainties and a statistically-rigorous method to determine the significance for the NMO from a fit to the data. Both analyses show that the dataset is fully compatible with both mass orderings. For the more sensitive analysis, we observe a preference for normal ordering with a p-value of $$p_\mathrm {IO} = 15.3\%$$ pIO=15.3% and $$\mathrm {CL}_\mathrm {s}=53.3\%$$ CLs=53.3% for the inverted ordering hypothesis, while the experimental results from both analyses are consistent within their uncertainties. Since the result is independent of the value of $$\delta _\mathrm {CP}$$ δCP and obtained from energies $$E_\nu \gtrsim 5\,\mathrm {GeV}$$ Eν≳5GeV , it is complementary to recent results from long-baseline experiments. These analyses set the groundwork for the future of this measurement with more capable detectors, such as the IceCube Upgrade and the proposed PINGU detector.
