SEARCH FOR MUON NEUTRINO OSCILLATIONS WITH THE IRVINE-MICHIGAN-BROOKHAVEN DETECTOR

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作者
BECKERSZENDY, R
BRATTON, CB
CASPER, D
DYE, ST
GAJEWSKI, W
GOLDHABER, M
HAINES, TJ
HALVERSON, PG
JONES, T
KIELCZEWSKA, D
KROPP, WR
LEARNED, JG
LOSECCO, J
MCGRATH, G
MCGREW, C
MATTHEWS, J
MATSUNO, S
MILLER, RS
MUDAN, MS
PRICE, L
REINES, F
SCHULTZ, J
SINCLAIR, D
SOBEL, HW
STONE, J
SULAK, LR
SVOBODA, R
VANDERVELDE, J
机构
[1] CLEVELAND STATE UNIV,CLEVELAND,OH 44115
[2] UNIV MICHIGAN,ANN ARBOR,MI 48109
[3] BOSTON UNIV,BOSTON,MA 02215
[4] UNIV CALIF IRVINE,IRVINE,CA 92717
[5] BROOKHAVEN NATL LAB,UPTON,NY 11973
[6] UNIV MARYLAND,COLL PK,MD 20742
[7] UNIV LONDON UNIV COLL,LONDON WC1E 6BT,ENGLAND
[8] UNIV WARSAW,PL-00325 WARSAW,POLAND
[9] UNIV NOTRE DAME,NOTRE DAME,IN 46556
[10] LOUISIANA STATE UNIV,BATON ROUGE,LA 70803
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.1010
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
Muon neutrinos produced as a result of cosmic-rav interactions with the atmosphere are used to search for nu(mu) oscillations into nu(tau) by comparing the measured rate of upward-going muons in the Irvine-Michigan-Brookhaven detector with the expected rate. In addition, the ratio of upward-going muons which stop in the detector to those which exit is used to search for deviations from the expected spectrum. This latter technique is free of flux and cross-section normalization uncertainties. No evidence for oscillations is found. 90% C.L. limits on delta-m2 are derived in the range (1-2) x 10(-4) eV2 for sin(2)2-theta > 0.5.
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页码:1010 / 1013
页数:4
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