The liquid scintillator neutrino detector and LAMPF neutrino source

被引:145
作者
Athanassopoulos, C
Auerbach, LB
Bauer, D
Bolton, RD
Burman, RL
Cohen, I
Caldwell, DO
Dieterle, BD
Donahue, JB
Eisner, AM
Fazely, A
Federspiel, FJ
Garvey, GT
Gray, M
Gunasingha, RM
Highland, V
Imlay, R
Johnston, K
Kim, HJ
Louis, WC
Lu, A
Margulies, J
Mills, GB
McIlhany, K
Metcalf, W
Reeder, RA
Sandberg, V
Schillaci, M
Smith, D
Stancu, I
Strossman, W
Tayloe, R
VanDalen, GJ
Vernon, W
Wang, YX
White, DH
Whitehouse, D
Works, D
Xiao, Y
Yellin, S
机构
[1] LOS ALAMOS NATL LAB,LOS ALAMOS,NM 87545
[2] UNIV CALIF RIVERSIDE,RIVERSIDE,CA 92521
[3] UNIV CALIF SAN DIEGO,SAN DIEGO,CA 92093
[4] UNIV CALIF SANTA BARBARA,SANTA BARBARA,CA 93106
[5] UNIV CALIF STANFORD,INTERCAMPUS INST RES PARTICLE ACCELERATORS,STANFORD,CA 94309
[6] EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUT UNIV,PRESCOTT,AZ 86301
[7] LINFIELD COLL,MCMINNVILLE,OR 97128
[8] LOUISIANA STATE UNIV,BATON ROUGE,LA 70803
[9] LOUISIANA TECH UNIV,RUSTON,LA 71272
[10] UNIV NEW MEXICO,ALBUQUERQUE,NM 87131
[11] SO UNIV,BATON ROUGE,LA 70813
[12] TEMPLE UNIV,PHILADELPHIA,PA 19122
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D O I
10.1016/S0168-9002(96)01155-2
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
A search for neutrino oscillations of the type <(nu)over bar (mu)> --> <(nu)over bar (c)> has been conducted at the Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility using <(nu)over bar (mu)> from muon decay at rest, Evidence for this transition has been reported previously. This paper discusses in detail the experimental setup, detector operation and neutrino source, including aspects relevant to oscillation searches in the muon decay-at-rest and pion decay in flight channels.
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页码:149 / 172
页数:24
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