First observations of separated atmospheric νμ and ν̄μ events in the MINOS detector

Adamson, P; Alexopoulos, T; Allison, WWM; Alner, GJ; Anderson, K; Andreopoulos, C; Andrews, M; Andrews, R; Arroyo, C; Avvakumov, S; Ayres, DS; Baller, B; Barish, B; Barker, MA; Barnes Jr ,PD; Barr, G; Barrett, WL; Beall, E; Becker, BR; Belias, A; Bergfeld, T; Bernstein, RH; Bhattacharya, D; Bishai, M; Blake, A; Bocean, V; Bock, B; Bock, GJ; Boehm, J; Boehnlein, DJ; Bogert, D; Border, PM; Bower, C; Boyd, S; Buckley-Geer, E; Byon-Wagner, A; Cabrera, A; Chapman, JD; Chase, TR; Chernichenko, SK; Childress, S; Choudhary, BC; Cobb, JH; Cossairt, JD; Courant, H; Crane, DA; Culling, AJ; Dawson, JW; DeMuth, DM; De Santo, A; Dierckxsens, M; Diwan, MV; Dorman, M; Drake, G; Ducar, R; Durkin, T; Erwin, AR; Escobar, CO; Evans, J; Fackler, OD; Harris, EF; Feldman, GJ; Felt, N; Fields, TH; Ford, R; Frohne, MV; Gallagher, HR; Gebhard, M; Godley, A; Gogos, J; Goodman, MC; Gornushkin, Yu; Gouffon, P; Grashorn, E; Grossman, N; Grudzinski, JJ; Grzelak, K; Guarino, V; Habig, A; Halsall, R; Hanson, J; Harris, D; Harris, PG; Hartnell, J; Hartouni, EP; Hatcher, R; Heller, K; Hill, N; Ho, Y; Howcroft, C; Hylen, J; Ignatenko, M; Indurthy, D; Irwin, GM; James, C; Jenner, L; Jensen, D; Joffe-Minor, T; Kafka, T; Kang, HJ; Kasahara, SMS; Kilmer, J; Kim, H; Koizumi, G; Kopp, S; Kordosky, M; Koskinen, DJ; Kostin, M; Krakauer, DA; Kumaratunga, S; Ladran, AS; Lang, K; Laughton, C; Lebedev, A; Lee, R; Lee, WY; Libkind, MA; Liu, J; Litchfield, PJ; Litchfield, RP; Longley, NP; Lucas, P; Luebke, W; Madani, S; Maher, E; Makeev, V; Mann, WA; Marchionni, A; Marino, AD; Marshak, ML; Marshall, JS; McDonald, J; McGowan, A; Meier, JR; Merzon, GI; Messier, MD; Michael, DG; Milburn, RH; Miller, JL; Miller, WH; Mishra, SR; Miyagawa, PS; Moore, C; Morfin, J; Morse, R; Mualem, L; Mufson, S; Murgia, S; Murtagh, MJ; Musser, J; Naples, D; Nelson, C; Nelson, JK; Newman, HB; Nezrick, F; Nichol, RJ; Nicholls, TC; Ochoa-Ricoux, JP; Oliver, J; Oliver, WP; Onuchin, VA; Osiecki, T; Ospanov, R; Paley, J; Paolone, V; Para, A; Patzak, T; Pavlovich, Z; Pearce, GF; Pearson, N; Peck, CW; Perry, C; Peterson, EA; Petyt, DA; Ping, H; Piteira, R; Pla-Dalmau, A; Plunkett, RK; Price, LE; Proga, M; Pushka, DR; Rahman, D; Rameika, RA; Raufer, TM; Read, AL; Rebel, B; Reyna, DE; Rosenfeld, C; Rubin, HA; Ruddick, K; Ryabov, VA; Saakyan, R; Sanchez, MC; Saoulidou, N; Schneps, J; Schoessow, PV; Schreiner, P; Schwienhorst, R; Semenov, VK; Seun, S-M; Shanahan, P; Shield, PD; Smart, W; Smirnitsky, V; Smith, C; Smith, PN; Sousa, A; Speakman, B; Stamoulis, P; Stefanik, A; Sullivan, P; Swan, JM; Symes, PA; Tagg, N; Talaga, RL; Tetteh-Lartey, E; Thomas, J; Thompson, J; Thomson, MA; Thron, JL; Trendler, R; Trevor, J; Trostin, I; Tsarev, VA; Tzanakos, G; Urheim, J; Vahle, P; Vakili, M; Vaziri, K; Velissaris, C; Verebryusov, V; Viren, B; Wai, L; Ward, CP; Ward, DR; Watabe, M; Weber, A; Webb, RC; Wehmann, A; West, N; White, C; White, RF; Wojcicki, SG; Wright, DM; Wu, QK; Yan, WG; Yang, T; Yumiceva, FX; Yun, JC; Zheng, H; Zois, M; Zwaska, R

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dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:55:24Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:55:24Z
dc.date.issued	2006	en
dc.identifier.issn	15507998	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/27720
dc.title	First observations of separated atmospheric νμ and ν̄μ events in the MINOS detector	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1103/PhysRevD.73.072002	en
heal.identifier.secondary	072002	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.73.072002	en
heal.publicationDate	2006	en
heal.abstract	The complete 5.4 kton MINOS far detector has been taking data since the beginning of August 2003 at a depth of 2070 meters water-equivalent in the Soudan mine, Minnesota. This paper presents the first MINOS observations of νμ and ν̄μ charged-current atmospheric neutrino interactions based on an exposure of 418 days. The ratio of upward- to downward-going events in the data is compared to the Monte Carlo expectation in the absence of neutrino oscillations, giving Rup/downdata/Rup/downMC=0.62-0.14+0.19(stat.) ±0.02(sys.). An extended maximum likelihood analysis of the observed L/E distributions excludes the null hypothesis of no neutrino oscillations at the 98% confidence level. Using the curvature of the observed muons in the 1.3 T MINOS magnetic field νμ and ν̄μ interactions are separated. The ratio of ν̄μ to νμ events in the data is compared to the Monte Carlo expectation assuming neutrinos and antineutrinos oscillate in the same manner, giving Rν̄μ/νμdata/Rν̄μ/νμMC=0.96-0. 27+0.38(stat.)±0.15(sys.), where the errors are the statistical and systematic uncertainties. Although the statistics are limited, this is the first direct observation of atmospheric neutrino interactions separately for νμ and ν̄μ. © 2006 The American Physical Society.	en
heal.journalName	Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1103/PhysRevD.73.072002	en
dc.identifier.volume	73	en
dc.identifier.issue	7	en