Results on {nu}{sub {mu}}{r_arrow}{nu}{sub e} oscillations from pion decay in flight neutrinos
- University of California, Riverside, California 92521 (United States)
- University of California, San Diego, California 92093 (United States)
- University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106 (United States)
- Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona 86301 (United States)
- Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon 97128 (United States)
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803 (United States)
- Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana 71272 (United States)
- University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131 (United States)
- Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813 (United States)
- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122 (United States)
A search for {nu}{sub {mu}}{r_arrow}{nu}{sub e} oscillations has been conducted at the Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility using {nu}{sub {mu}} from {pi}{sup +} decay in flight. An excess in the number of beam-related events from the {nu}{sub e}C{r_arrow}e{sup {minus}}X inclusive reaction is observed. The excess is too large to be explained by normal {nu}{sub e} contamination in the beam at a confidence level greater than 99{percent}. If interpreted as an oscillation signal, the observed oscillation probability of (2.6{plus_minus}1.0{plus_minus}0.5){times}10{sup {minus}3} is consistent with the previously reported {bar {nu}}{sub {mu}}{r_arrow}{bar {nu}}{sub e} oscillation evidence from LSND. {copyright} {ital 1998} {ital The American Physical Society}
- OSTI ID:
- 664886
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review, C, Vol. 58, Issue 4; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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