New Results from the MINOS Experiment - EPS 2011 conference proceedings

Title: New Results from the MINOS Experiment - EPS 2011 conference proceedings

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The MINOS experiment is a long-baseline neutrino experiment designed to study neutrino behavior, in particular the phenomenon of neutrino oscillations. MINOS sends the NuMI neutrino beam through two detectors, a Near Detector 1 km downstream from the beam source at Fermilab, and a Far Detector 735 km away in the Soudan Mine in Minnesota. MINOS has been taking beam data since 2005. This document summarizes recent neutrino oscillations results, with particular emphasis on electron neutrino appearance, which probes the angle {delta}{sub 13} of the neutrino mass mixing matrix. For an exposure of 8.2 x 10{sup 20} protons on target, MINOS finds that sin{sup 2}(2{theta}{sub 13}) < 0.12 for the normal mass hierarchy, and < 0.20 for the inverted mass hierarchy at the 90% C.L., if the CP-violating phase {delta} = 0.

Authors:: Holin, Anna

Publication Date:: 2012-01-01

Research Org.:: Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

OSTI Identifier:: 1033676

Report Number(s):: FERMILAB-CONF-12-016-E
arXiv eprint number arXiv:1201.3645; TRN: US1200592

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11359

Resource Type:: Conference

Resource Relation:: Conference: Prepared for 2011 Europhysics Conference On High Energy Physics: HEP 2011 (EPS-HEP2011), Grenoble, France, 21-27 Jul 2011

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; ELECTRON NEUTRINOS; FERMILAB; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; NEUTRINO BEAMS; NEUTRINO OSCILLATION; NEUTRINOS; PROBES; PROTONS; Experiment-HEP

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