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We determine constraints on parameters of a single eV-scale light neutrino using IceCube-59 data. Particular emphasis is put on the question whether such an analysis can rule out sterile neutrino hints. While important complementary information is provided, the different dependence on the various sterile neutrino mixing angles makes it currently not possible to fully exclude short baseline appearance results or sterile neutrinos in general.
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Lindner, M., Rodejohann, W. & Xu, XJ. Sterile neutrinos in the light of IceCube. J. High Energ. Phys. 2016, 124 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2016)124
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