Neutrino-oscillation search with cosmic-ray neutrinos

Journal Article · Thu Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1984 · Phys. Rev. D; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.29.902· OSTI ID:5017309

Ayres, D S; Cortez, B; Gaisser, T K; Mann, A K; Shrock, R E; Sulak, L R

A sensitive search for neutrino oscillations involving ..nu../sub e/, ..nu../sub ..mu../, and ..nu../sub tau/ may be provided by measurements of the ratio of the total interaction rates of upward- and downward-going cosmic-ray neutrinos within a massive (approx.10 kton) detector. Assuming mixing between all pairs of ..nu../sub e/, ..nu../sub ..mu../, and ..nu../sub tau/, the experiment is capable of observing time-averaged probabilities

/sub t/ and

/sub t/ of magnitude set by mixing strengths corresponding to, e.g., the d- to s-quark mixing strength, and of reaching the limit ..delta..m/sub i/j/sup 2/equivalentVertical Barm/sub i//sup 2/-m/sub j//sup 2/Vertical Barroughly-equal10/sup -4/ eV/sup 2/, where m/sub i/, and m/sub j/ are neutrino mass eigenstates, and P/sub e/tau and P/sub mutau/ are the probabilities for ..nu../sub e/ and ..nu../sub ..mu../, respectively, to oscillate into ..nu../sub tau/ after traversing a distance Lroughly-equal diameter of the Earth. Possible ambiguities may be resolved through comparison of the ratios N/sub e//N/sub ..mu../ for the upward- and downward-going neutrinos.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439
• OSTI ID: 5017309
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. D; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. D; (United States) Vol. 29:5; ISSN PRVDA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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