nu/sub. mu. /C/sup 12/. -->. mu. /sup -/X cross section and nu/sub. mu. / - nu/sub e/ oscillation using the decay-in-flight source at Line-E of LAMPF

Conference · Sat Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:5995080

Clearwater, S

This paper describes an experiment to measure the nu/sub ..mu../C/sup 12/ ..-->.. ..mu../sup -/X cross section and to detect nu/sub ..mu../ - nu/sub e/ oscillations. A test run was completed last year. The detector has been calibrated and backgrounds are under study. The sensitivity of the experiment is estimated for the 1985 LAMPF run cycle to be +-20% for the cross section measurement and the 90% confidence level limits for the neutrino oscillation experiment are sin/sup 2/2THETA < 10/sup -3/ and ..delta..m/sup 2/ < 10/sup -1/ eV/sup 2/.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA); California Univ., Los Angeles (USA); California Univ., Riverside (USA); New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque (USA); Temple Univ., Philadelphia, PA (USA); Valparaiso Univ., IN (USA). Dept. of Physics
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 5995080
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-85-249; CONF-8410224-3; ON: DE85006711
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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