Search for Muon Neutrino and Antineutrino Disappearance in MiniBooNE

Journal Article · Fri Aug 07 00:00:00 EDT 2009 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.103.061802· OSTI ID:21370626

Aguilar-Arevalo, A A ^[1]; Anderson, C E; Curioni, A; Fleming, B T; Linden, S K; Soderberg, M; Spitz, J ^[2]; Bazarko, A O; Laird, E M; Meyers, P D; Patterson, R B; Shoemaker, F C; Tanaka, H A ^[3]; Brice, S J; Brown, B C; Finley, D A; Ford, R; Garcia, F G; Kasper, P; Kobilarcik, T ^[4]

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1. Universidad National Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, Distrito Federal (Mexico)
2. Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 (United States)
3. Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544 (United States)
4. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510 (United States)

The MiniBooNE Collaboration reports a search for nu{sub m}u and nu{sub m}u disappearance in the DELTAm{sup 2} region of 0.5-40 eV{sup 2}. These measurements are important for constraining models with extra types of neutrinos, extra dimensions, and CPT violation. Fits to the shape of the nu{sub m}u and nu{sub m}u energy spectra reveal no evidence for disappearance at the 90% confidence level (C.L.) in either mode. The test of nu{sub m}u disappearance probes a region below DELTAm{sup 2}=40 eV{sup 2} never explored before.

• OSTI ID: 21370626
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 103, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.061802; (c) 2009 The American Physical Society; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
ANTINEUTRINOS
ENERGY SPECTRA
MUON NEUTRINOS
ANTILEPTONS
ANTIMATTER
ANTIPARTICLES
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FERMIONS
LEPTONS
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MATTER
NEUTRINOS
SPECTRA