Search for muon-neutrino to electron-neutrino transitions in MINOS

P Adamson; C Andreopoulos; K E Arms; R Armstrong; D J Auty; D S Ayres; C Backhouse; P D Barnes Jr; G Barr; W L Barrett; B R Becker; A Belias; R H Bernstein; M Betancourt; D Bhattacharya; M Bishai; A Blake; G J Bock; J Boehm; D J Boehnlein; D Bogert; C Bower; S Cavanaugh; J D Chapman; D Cherdack; S Childress; B C Choudhary; J H Cobb; J A B Coelho; S J Coleman; D Cronin-Hennessy; A J Culling; I Z Danko; J K de Jong; N E Devenish; M V Diwan; M Dorman; A R Erwin; C O Escobar; J J Evans; E Falk; G J Feldman; M V Frohne; H R Gallagher; A Godley; M C Goodman; P Gouffon; R Gran; E W Grashorn; K Grzelak; A Habig; D Harris; P G Harris; J Hartnell; R Hatcher; K Heller; A Himmel; A Holin; C Howcroft; X Huang; J Hylen; G M Irwin; Z Isvan; D E Jaffe; C James; D Jensen; T Kafka; S M S Kasahara; G Koizumi; S Kopp; M Kordosky; D J Koskinen; Z Krahn; A Kreymer; K Lang; J Ling; P J Litchfield; R P Litchfield; L Loiacono; P Lucas; J Ma; W A Mann; M L Marshak; J S Marshall; N Mayer; A M McGowan; R Mehdiyev; J R Meier; M D Messier; C J Metelko; D G Michael; W H Miller; S R Mishra; J Mitchell; C D Moore; J Morfín; L Mualem; S Mufson; J Musser; D Naples; J K Nelson; H B Newman; R J Nichol; T C Nicholls; J P Ochoa-Ricoux; W P Oliver; R Ospanov; J Paley; A Para; R B Patterson; T Patzak; Z Pavlović; G Pawloski; G F Pearce; D A Petyt; R Pittam; R K Plunkett; A Rahaman; R A Rameika; T M Raufer; B Rebel; J Reichenbacher; P A Rodrigues; C Rosenfeld; H A Rubin; V A Ryabov; M C Sanchez; N Saoulidou; J Schneps; P Schreiner; P Shanahan; W Smart; C Smith; A Sousa; B Speakman; P Stamoulis; M Strait; N Tagg; R L Talaga; J Thomas; M A Thomson; J L Thron; G Tinti; R Toner; V A Tsarev; G Tzanakos; J Urheim; P Vahle; B Viren; D R Ward; M Watabe; A Weber; R C Webb; N West; C White; L Whitehead; S G Wojcicki; D M Wright; T Yang; K Zhang; H Zheng; M Zois; R Zwaska; MINOS Collaboration

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.261802

Search for muon-neutrino to electron-neutrino transitions in MINOS

Phys Rev Lett. 2009 Dec 31;103(26):261802. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.261802. Epub 2009 Dec 29.

Authors

P Adamson¹, C Andreopoulos, K E Arms, R Armstrong, D J Auty, D S Ayres, C Backhouse, P D Barnes Jr, G Barr, W L Barrett, B R Becker, A Belias, R H Bernstein, M Betancourt, D Bhattacharya, M Bishai, A Blake, G J Bock, J Boehm, D J Boehnlein, D Bogert, C Bower, S Cavanaugh, J D Chapman, D Cherdack, S Childress, B C Choudhary, J H Cobb, J A B Coelho, S J Coleman, D Cronin-Hennessy, A J Culling, I Z Danko, J K de Jong, N E Devenish, M V Diwan, M Dorman, A R Erwin, C O Escobar, J J Evans, E Falk, G J Feldman, M V Frohne, H R Gallagher, A Godley, M C Goodman, P Gouffon, R Gran, E W Grashorn, K Grzelak, A Habig, D Harris, P G Harris, J Hartnell, R Hatcher, K Heller, A Himmel, A Holin, C Howcroft, X Huang, J Hylen, G M Irwin, Z Isvan, D E Jaffe, C James, D Jensen, T Kafka, S M S Kasahara, G Koizumi, S Kopp, M Kordosky, D J Koskinen, Z Krahn, A Kreymer, K Lang, J Ling, P J Litchfield, R P Litchfield, L Loiacono, P Lucas, J Ma, W A Mann, M L Marshak, J S Marshall, N Mayer, A M McGowan, R Mehdiyev, J R Meier, M D Messier, C J Metelko, D G Michael, W H Miller, S R Mishra, J Mitchell, C D Moore, J Morfín, L Mualem, S Mufson, J Musser, D Naples, J K Nelson, H B Newman, R J Nichol, T C Nicholls, J P Ochoa-Ricoux, W P Oliver, R Ospanov, J Paley, A Para, R B Patterson, T Patzak, Z Pavlović, G Pawloski, G F Pearce, D A Petyt, R Pittam, R K Plunkett, A Rahaman, R A Rameika, T M Raufer, B Rebel, J Reichenbacher, P A Rodrigues, C Rosenfeld, H A Rubin, V A Ryabov, M C Sanchez, N Saoulidou, J Schneps, P Schreiner, P Shanahan, W Smart, C Smith, A Sousa, B Speakman, P Stamoulis, M Strait, N Tagg, R L Talaga, J Thomas, M A Thomson, J L Thron, G Tinti, R Toner, V A Tsarev, G Tzanakos, J Urheim, P Vahle, B Viren, D R Ward, M Watabe, A Weber, R C Webb, N West, C White, L Whitehead, S G Wojcicki, D M Wright, T Yang, K Zhang, H Zheng, M Zois, R Zwaska; MINOS Collaboration

Affiliation

¹ Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.

PMID: 20366304
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.261802

Abstract

This Letter reports on a search for nu(mu) --> nu(e) transitions by the MINOS experiment based on a 3.14x10(20) protons-on-target exposure in the Fermilab NuMI beam. We observe 35 events in the Far Detector with a background of 27+/-5(stat)+/-2(syst) events predicted by the measurements in the Near Detector. If interpreted in terms of nu(mu) --> nu(e) oscillations, this 1.5sigma excess of events is consistent with sin2(2theta(13)) comparable to the CHOOZ limit when |Delta m2|=2.43x10(-3) eV2 and sin2(2theta(23))=1.0 are assumed.