We present the bounds on 3+1 active-sterile neutrino mixing obtained from the first results of the KATRIN experiment. We show that the KATRIN data extend the Mainz and Troitsk bound… Click to show full abstract
We present the bounds on 3+1 active-sterile neutrino mixing obtained from the first results of the KATRIN experiment. We show that the KATRIN data extend the Mainz and Troitsk bound to smaller values of Δ m 41 2 $$ \Delta {m}_{41}^2 $$ for large mixing and improves the exclusion of the large- Δ m 41 2 $$ \Delta {m}_{41}^2 $$ solution of the Huber-Muller reactor antineutrino anomaly. We also show that the combined bound of the Mainz, Troitsk, and KATRIN tritium experiments and the Bugey-3, NEOS, PROSPECT, and DANSS reactor spectral ratio measurements exclude most of the region in the (sin 2 2 ϑ ee , Δ m 41 2 $$ \Delta {m}_{41}^2 $$ ) plane allowed by the Huber-Muller reactor antineutrino anomaly. Considering two new calculations of the reactor antineutrino fluxes, we show that one, that predicts a lower 235 U antineutrino flux, is in agreement with the tritium and reactor spectral ratio measurements, whereas the other leads to a larger tension than the Huber-Muller prediction. We also show that the combined reactor spectral ratio and tritium measurements disfavor the Neutrino-4 indication of large active-sterile mixing. We finally discuss the constraints on the gallium neutrino anomaly.
               
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