Adamson, P;
Andreopoulos, C;
Arms, KE;
Armstrong, R;
Auty, DJ;
Ayres, DS;
Backhouse, C;
... MINOS Collaboration; + view all
(2009)
Search for Muon-Neutrino to Electron-Neutrino Transitions in MINOS.
PHYS REV LETT
, 103
(26)
, Article 261802. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.261802.
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Abstract
This Letter reports on a search for nu(mu)->nu(e) transitions by the MINOS experiment based on a 3.14x10(20) protons-on-target exposure in the Fermilab NuMI beam. We observe 35 events in the Far Detector with a background of 27 +/- 5(stat)+/- 2(syst) events predicted by the measurements in the Near Detector. If interpreted in terms of nu(mu)->nu(e) oscillations, this 1.5 sigma excess of events is consistent with sin(2)(2 theta(13)) comparable to the CHOOZ limit when |Delta m(2)|=2.43x10(-3) eV(2) and sin(2)(2 theta(23))=1.0 are assumed.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Search for Muon-Neutrino to Electron-Neutrino Transitions in MINOS |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.261802 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.261802 |
| Additional information: | © 2009 The American Physical Society |
| Keywords: | GLOBAL ANALYSIS, LEPTON CHARGE, OSCILLATIONS, DETECTOR |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/168584 |
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