Search for muon neutrino oscillations with the Irvine-Michigan-Brookhaven detector

Journal Article · Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 EDT 1992 · Physical Review Letters; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.1010· OSTI ID:7261664

Becker-Szendy, R; Bratton, C B; Casper, D; Dye, S T; Gajewski, W; Goldhaber, M; Haines, T J; Halverson, P G; Jones, T; Kielczewska, D; Kropp, W R; Learned, J G; LoSecco, J; McGrath, G; McGrew, C; Matthews, J; Matsuno, S; Miller, R S; Mudan, M S; Price, L ; Reines, F; Schultz, J; Sinclair, D; Sobel, H W; Stone, J; Sulak, L R; Svoboda, R; Van der Velde, J ^[1]

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1. The University of Hawaii; Honolulu; Hawaii 96822 (United States) Cleveland State University; Cleveland; Ohio 44155 (United States) The University of Michigan; Ann Arbor; Michigan 48019 (United States) Boston University; Boston; Massachusetts 02215 (United States) The University of California; Irvine; California 92717 (United States) Brookhaven National Laboratory; Upton; New York 11973 The University of Maryland; College Park; Maryland 20742 (United States) University College; London WCIE6BT (United Kingdom) Warsaw University; Warsaw (Poland) The University of Notre Dame; Notre Dame; Indiana 46556 (United St

Muon neutrinos produced as a result of cosmic-ray interactions with the atmosphere are used to search for {nu}{sub {mu}} oscillations into {nu}{sub {tau}} by comparing the measured rate of upward-going muons in the Irvine-Michigan-Brookhaven detector with the expected rate. In addition, the ratio of upward-going muons which stop in the detector to those which exist is used to search for deviations from the expected energy spectrum. This latter technique is free of flux and cross-section normalization uncertainties. No evidence for oscillations is found. 90% C.L. limits on {delta}{ital m}{sup 2} are derived in the range (1--2){times}10{sup {minus}4} eV{sup 2} for sin{sup 2}2{theta}{gt}0.5.

• OSTI ID: 7261664
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters; (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review Letters; (United States) Vol. 69:7; ISSN PRLTA; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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