@article{3149972, title = "Active to Sterile Neutrino Mixing Limits from Neutral-Current Interactions in MINOS", author = "Adamson, P. and Auty, D. J. and Ayres, D. S. and Backhouse, C. and Barr, and G. and Bishai, M. and Blake, A. and Bock, G. J. and Boehnlein, D. J. and and Bogert, D. and Cavanaugh, S. and Cherdack, D. and Childress, S. and and Coelho, J. A. B. and Coleman, S. J. and Corwin, L. and Cronin-Hennessy, and D. and Danko, I. Z. and de Jong, J. K. and Devenish, N. E. and Diwan, M. and V. and Dorman, M. and Escobar, C. O. and Evans, J. J. and Falk, E. and and Feldman, G. J. and Frohne, M. V. and Gallagher, H. R. and Gomes, R. A. and and Goodman, M. C. and Gouffon, P. and Graf, N. and Gran, R. and Grant, and N. and Grzelak, K. and Habig, A. and Harris, D. and Hartnell, J. and and Hatcher, R. and Himmel, A. and Holin, A. and Huang, X. and Hylen, J. and and Ilic, J. and Irwin, G. M. and Isvan, Z. and Jaffe, D. E. and James, C. and and Jensen, D. and Kafka, T. and Kasahara, S. M. S. and Koizumi, G. and and Kopp, S. and Kordosky, M. and Kreymer, A. and Lang, K. and Lefeuvre, G. and and Ling, J. and Litchfield, P. J. and Loiacono, L. and Lucas, P. and and Mann, W. A. and Marshak, M. L. and Mayer, N. and McGowan, A. M. and and Mehdiyev, R. and Meier, J. R. and Messier, M. D. and Miller, W. H. and and Mishra, S. R. and Mitchell, J. and Moore, C. D. and Morfin, J. and and Mualem, L. and Mufson, S. and Musser, J. and Naples, D. and Nelson, J. and K. and Newman, H. B. and Nichol, R. J. and Nicholls, T. C. and Nowak, J. and A. and Oliver, W. P. and Orchanian, M. and Paley, J. and Patterson, R. and B. and Pawloski, G. and Pearce, G. F. and Petyt, D. A. and Phan-Budd, S. and and Pittam, R. and Plunkett, R. K. and Qiu, X. and Ratchford, J. and and Raufer, T. M. and Rebel, B. and Rodrigues, P. A. and Rosenfeld, C. and and Rubin, H. A. and Sanchez, M. C. and Schneps, J. and Schreiner, P. and and Sharma, R. and Shanahan, P. and Sousa, A. and Stamoulis, P. and Strait, and M. and Tagg, N. and Talaga, R. L. and Tetteh-Lartey, E. and Thomas, J. and and Thomson, M. A. and Tinti, G. and Toner, R. and Torretta, D. and and Tzanakos, G. and Urheim, J. and Vahle, P. and Viren, B. and Walding, J. and J. and Weber, A. and Webb, R. C. and White, C. and Whitehead, L. and and Wojcicki, S. G. and Zwaska, R.", journal = "Physical Review and Physical Review Letters Index", year = "2011", volume = "107", number = "1", publisher = "AMER PHYSICAL SOC", issn = "0094-0003", doi = "10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.011802", abstract = "Results are reported from a search for active to sterile neutrino oscillations in the MINOS long-baseline experiment, based on the observation of neutral-current neutrino interactions, from an exposure to the NuMI neutrino beam of 7.07 x 10(20) protons on target. A total of 802 neutral-current event candidates is observed in the Far Detector, compared to an expected number of 754 +/- 28(stat) +/- 37(syst) for oscillations among three active flavors. The fraction f(s) of disappearing nu(mu) that may transition to nu(s) is found to be less than 22% at the 90% C.L." }