Measurement of the L/E distributions of atmospheric ν in Soudan 2 and their interpretation as neutrino oscillations

M. Sanchez; W. W.M. Allison; G. J. Alner; D. S. Ayres; W. L. Barrett; P. M. Border; J. H. Cobb; D. J.A. Cockerill; H. Courant; D. M. Demuth; T. H. Fields; H. R. Gallagher; M. C. Goodman; T. Joffe-Minor; T. Kafka; S. M.S. Kasahara; P. J. Litchfield; W. A. Mann; M. L. Marshak; R. H. Milburn; W. H. Miller; L. Mualem; J. K. Nelson; A. Napier; W. P. Oliver; G. F. Pearce; E. A. Peterson; D. A. Petyt; K. Ruddick; J. Schneps; A. Sousa; B. Speakman; J. L. Thron; N. West

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.68.113004

Measurement of the L/E distributions of atmospheric ν in Soudan 2 and their interpretation as neutrino oscillations

M. Sanchez
, W. W.M. Allison
, G. J. Alner
, D. S. Ayres
, W. L. Barrett
, P. M. Border
, J. H. Cobb
, D. J.A. Cockerill
, H. Courant
, D. M. Demuth
, T. H. Fields
, H. R. Gallagher
, M. C. Goodman
, T. Joffe-Minor
, T. Kafka
, S. M.S. Kasahara
, P. J. Litchfield
, W. A. Mann
, M. L. Marshak
, R. H. Milburn

W. H. Miller, L. Mualem, J. K. Nelson, A. Napier, W. P. Oliver, G. F. Pearce, E. A. Peterson, D. A. Petyt, K. Ruddick, J. Schneps, A. Sousa, B. Speakman, J. L. Thron, N. West

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A deficit of atmospheric ν_μ events, consistent with the hypothesis of neutrino oscillations, is observed in the 5.90 kiloton-year fiducial exposure of the Soudan 2 detector. An unbinned maximum likelihood analysis of the neutrino LIE distribution has been carried out using the Feldman-Cousins prescription. The probability of the no oscillation hypothesis is 5.8×10^-4. The 90% confidence allowed region in the sin ²2θ,Δm² plane is presented. The region includes the 90% confidence allowed region of the Super-K experiment.

Original language	English (US)
Journal	Physical Review D
Volume	68
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.68.113004 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.68.113004
State	Published - Dec 29 2003

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Sanchez, M., Allison, W. W. M., Alner, G. J., Ayres, D. S., Barrett, W. L., Border, P. M., Cobb, J. H., Cockerill, D. J. A., Courant, H., Demuth, D. M., Fields, T. H., Gallagher, H. R., Goodman, M. C., Joffe-Minor, T., Kafka, T., Kasahara, S. M. S., Litchfield, P. J., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., ... West, N. (2003). Measurement of the L/E distributions of atmospheric ν in Soudan 2 and their interpretation as neutrino oscillations. Physical Review D, 68(11). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.68.113004, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.68.113004

Sanchez, M, Allison, WWM, Alner, GJ, Ayres, DS, Barrett, WL, Border, PM, Cobb, JH, Cockerill, DJA, Courant, H, Demuth, DM, Fields, TH, Gallagher, HR, Goodman, MC, Joffe-Minor, T, Kafka, T, Kasahara, SMS, Litchfield, PJ, Mann, WA, Marshak, ML, Milburn, RH, Miller, WH, Mualem, L, Nelson, JK, Napier, A, Oliver, WP, Pearce, GF, Peterson, EA, Petyt, DA, Ruddick, K, Schneps, J, Sousa, A, Speakman, B, Thron, JL & West, N 2003, 'Measurement of the L/E distributions of atmospheric ν in Soudan 2 and their interpretation as neutrino oscillations', Physical Review D, vol. 68, no. 11. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.68.113004, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.68.113004

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