Title
Measurement of the Neutrino Mass Splitting and Flavor Mixing by MINOS
Document Type
Article
Department/Program
Physics
Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Pub Date
2011
Volume
106
Issue
18
Abstract
Measurements of neutrino oscillations using the disappearance of muon neutrinos from the Fermilab NuMI neutrino beam as observed by the two MINOS detectors are reported. New analysis methods have been applied to an enlarged data sample from an exposure of 7.25 x 10(20) protons on target. A fit to neutrino oscillations yields values of vertical bar Delta m(2)vertical bar = (2.32(-0.08)(+0.12) x 10(-3) eV(2) for the atmospheric mass splitting and sin(2)(2 theta) > 0.90 (90% C.L.) for the mixing angle. Pure neutrino decay and quantum decoherence hypotheses are excluded at 7 and 9 standard deviations, respectively.
Recommended Citation
Stamoulis, P.; Tzanakos, G.; Bishai, M.; Coleman, S. J.; Kordosky, M.; Nelson, J. K.; and Vahle, P., Measurement of the Neutrino Mass Splitting and Flavor Mixing by MINOS (2011). Physical Review Letters, 106(18).
10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.181801
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.181801
