OBSERVATION OF A SMALL ATMOSPHERIC NU-MU/NU-E RATIO IN KAMIOKANDE

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作者
HIRATA, KS
INOUE, K
ISHIDA, T
KAJITA, T
KIHARA, K
NAKAHATA, M
NAKAMURA, K
OHARA, S
SAKAI, A
SATO, N
SUZUKI, Y
TOTSUKA, Y
YAGINUMA, Y
MORI, M
OYAMA, Y
SUZUKI, A
TAKAHASHI, K
YAMADA, M
KOSHIBA, M
NISHIJIMA, K
KAJIMURA, T
SUDA, T
TAJIMA, T
MIYANO, K
MIYATA, H
TAKEI, H
FUKUDA, Y
KODERA, E
NAGASHIMA, Y
TAKITA, M
YOKOYAMA, H
KANEYUKI, K
TAKEUCHI, Y
TANIMORI, T
BEIER, EW
FRANK, ED
FRATI, W
KIM, SB
MANN, AK
NEWCOMER, FM
VANBERG, R
ZHANG, W
机构
[1] NATL LAB HIGH ENERGY PHYS,TSUKUBA,IBARAKI 305,JAPAN
[2] TOKAI UNIV,SHIBUYA,TOKYO 151,JAPAN
[3] KOBE UNIV,DEPT PHYS,KOBE 657,JAPAN
[4] NIIGATA UNIV,NIIGATA 95021,JAPAN
[5] OSAKA UNIV,DEPT PHYS,TOYONAKA,OSAKA 560,JAPAN
[6] TOKYO INST TECHNOL,DEPT PHYS,MEGURO KU,TOKYO 152,JAPAN
[7] UNIV PENN,DEPT PHYS,PHILADELPHIA,PA 19104
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10.1016/0370-2693(92)90788-6
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P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Results are presented of the observation of atmospheric neutrino interactions in the Kamiokande detector in an exposure of 4.92 kt yr. The observed ratio of single ring-mu-events to e-events (mu/e)data/(mu/e)MC = 0.60-(0.06)+007 (stat.) +/- 0.05 (syst.) suggests that the atmosphere nu(mu)/nu(e) ratio is smaller than expected. The implications of these results for neutrino oscillations are discussed.
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