Candidate events in a search for {bar {nu}}{sub {mu}}{r_arrow}{bar {nu}}{sub {ital e}} oscillations
A search for {bar {nu}}{sub {ital e}}`s in excess of the number expected from conventional sources has been made using the Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector, located 30 m behind the Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility beam stop. The {bar {nu}}{sub {ital e}} are detected via {bar {nu}}{sub {ital e}} {ital p}{r_arrow}{ital e}{sup +}{ital n} with {ital e}{sup +} energy between 36 and 60 MeV, followed by a {gamma} ray from {ital np}{r_arrow}{ital d}{gamma} (2.2 MeV). Using strict cuts to identify {gamma} rays correlated with {ital e}{sup +} yields 9 events with only 2.1{plus_minus}0.3 background expected. A likelihood fit to the entire {ital e}{sup +} sample results in a total excess of 16.4{sub {minus}8.9}{sup +9.7}{plus_minus}3.3 events. If attributed to {bar {nu}}{sub {mu}}{r_arrow}{bar {nu}}{sub {ital e}} oscillations, this corresponds to an oscillation probability of (0.34{sub {minus}0.18}{sup +0.20}{plus_minus}0.07)%.
- OSTI ID:
- 118579
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review Letters, Vol. 75, Issue 14; Other Information: PBD: 2 Oct 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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