Limits on the neutrino oscillations nu-bar/sub. mu. /. -->. nu-bar/sub e/ and nu-bar/sub. mu. /. -->. nu-bar/sub tau/ using a narrow-band beam

Journal Article · Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1983 · Phys. Rev. D; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.28.2705· OSTI ID:5500035

Taylor, G N; Cence, R J; Harris, F A; Jones, M D; Parker, S T; Peters, M W; Peterson, V Z; Stenger, V J; Ballagh, H C; Bingham, H H

In an exposure of the Fermilab 15-ft bubble chamber to the dichromatic antineutrino beam, 427 nu-bar/sub ..mu../ charged-current interactions were obtained. Taking advantage of the small and well understood background flux of nu-bar/sub e/'s in the dichromatic nu-bar/sub ..mu../ beam, upper limits on the rates of antineutrino oscillations are obtained, with the precision limited by statistical rather than systematic errors, in contrast to previous experiments. The 90%-C.L. upper limits obtained for the average oscillation probabilities indicated are P(nu-bar/sub ..mu../..-->..nu-bar/sub e/)<6.5 x 10/sup -3/ and P(nu-bar/sub ..mu../..-->..nu-bar/sub tau/)<4.4 x 10/sup -2/. The mean value of the distance from the neutrino-production point to the bubble chamber divided by the neutrino energy, , is 0.03 m/MeV.

• Research Organization: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
• OSTI ID: 5500035
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. D; (United States), Vol. 28:11
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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