Matter effects in upward-going muons and sterile neutrino oscillations

M. Ambrosio; R. Antolini; G. Auriemma; D. Bakari; A. Baldini; G.C. Barbarino; B.C. Barish; G. Battistoni; Y. Becherini; R. Bellotti; C. Bemporad; P. Bernardini; H. Bilokon; V. Bisi; C. Bloise; C. Bower; M. Brigida; S. Bussino; F. Cafagna; M. Calicchio; D. Campana; M. Carboni; R. Caruso; S. Cecchini; F. Cei; V. Chiarella; B.C. Choudhary; S. Coutu; G. De Cataldo; H. Dekhissi; C. De Marzo; I. De Mitri; J. Derkaoui; M. De Vincenzi; A. Di Credico; O. Erriquez; C. Favuzzi; C. Forti; P. Fusco; G. Giacomelli; G. Giannini; N. Giglietto; M. Giorgini; M. Grassi; L. Gray; A. Grillo; F. Guarino; C. Gustavino; A. Habig; K. Hanson; R. Heinz; E. Iarocci; E. Katsavounidis; I. Katsavounidis; E. Kearns; H. Kim; S. Kyriazopoulou; E. Lamanna; C. Lane; D.S. Levin; P. Lipari; N.P. Longley; M.J. Longo; F. Loparco; F. Maaroufi; G. Mancarella; G. Mandrioli; A. Margiotta; A. Marini; D. Martello; A. Marzari-Chiesa; M.N. Mazziotta; D.G. Michael; S. Mikheyev; L. Miller; P. Monacelli; T. Montaruli; M. Monteno; S. Mufson; J. Musser; D. Nicolò; R. Nolty; C. Orth; G. Osteria; O. Palamara; V. Patera; L. Patrizii; R. Pazzi; C.W. Peck; L. Perrone; S. Petrera; P. Pistilli; V. Popa; A. Rainò; J. Reynoldson; F. Ronga; A. Rrhioua; C. Satriano; E. Scapparone; K. Scholberg; A. Sciubba; P. Serra; M. Sioli; G. Sirri; M. Sitta; P. Spinelli; M. Spinetti; M. Spurio; R. Steinberg; J.L. Stone; L.R. Sulak; A. Surdo; G. Tarlè; V. Togo; M. Vakili; C.W. Walter; R. Webb; MACRO Collaboration

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Matter effects in upward-going muons and sterile neutrino oscillations

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Matter effects in upward-going muons and sterile neutrino oscillations

M. Ambrosio, R. Antolini, G. Auriemma, D. Bakari, A. Baldini, G.C. Barbarino, B.C. Barish, G. Battistoni, Y. Becherini, R. Bellotti, …

Physics letters. B, v 517(01-02)

27 Sep 2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(01)00992-3

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The angular distribution of upward-going muons produced by atmospheric neutrinos in the rock below the MACRO detector shows anomalies in good agreement with two flavor νμ→ντ oscillations with maximum mixing and Δm2 around 0.0024 eV2. Exploiting the dependence of magnitude of the matter effect on oscillation channel, and using a set of 809 upward-going muons observed in MACRO, we show that the two flavor νμ→νs oscillation is disfavored with 99% C.L. with respect to νμ→ντ.

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Title: Matter effects in upward-going muons and sterile neutrino oscillations
Creators: M. Ambrosio - University of Naples Federico II
R. Antolini - Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso dell'INFN, 67010 Assergi, L'Aquila, Italy
G. Auriemma - University of Basilicata
D. Bakari - University of Bologna
A. Baldini - University of Pisa
G.C. Barbarino - University of Naples Federico II
B.C. Barish - California Institute of Technology
G. Battistoni - Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati dell'INFN, 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
Y. Becherini - University of Bologna
R. Bellotti - University of Bari Aldo Moro
C. Bemporad - University of Pisa
P. Bernardini - University of Salento
H. Bilokon - Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati dell'INFN, 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
V. Bisi - University of Turin
C. Bloise - Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati dell'INFN, 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
C. Bower - Indiana University
M. Brigida - University of Bari Aldo Moro
S. Bussino - Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Roma Tre and INFN, 00146 Roma, Italy
F. Cafagna - University of Bari Aldo Moro
M. Calicchio - University of Bari Aldo Moro
D. Campana - University of Naples Federico II
M. Carboni - Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati dell'INFN, 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
R. Caruso - University of L'Aquila
S. Cecchini - University of Bologna
F. Cei - University of Pisa
V. Chiarella - Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati dell'INFN, 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
B.C. Choudhary - California Institute of Technology
S. Coutu - Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
G. De Cataldo - Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Bari and INFN, 70126 Bari, Italy
H. Dekhissi - University of Bologna
C. De Marzo - Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Bari and INFN, 70126 Bari, Italy
I. De Mitri - Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Lecce and INFN, 73100 Lecce, Italy
J. Derkaoui - University of Bologna
M. De Vincenzi - Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Roma Tre and INFN, 00146 Roma, Italy
A. Di Credico - Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso dell'INFN, 67010 Assergi, L'Aquila, Italy
O. Erriquez - University of Bari Aldo Moro
C. Favuzzi - University of Bari Aldo Moro
C. Forti - Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati dell'INFN, 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
P. Fusco - University of Bari Aldo Moro
G. Giacomelli - University of Bologna
G. Giannini - University of Pisa
N. Giglietto - University of Bari Aldo Moro
M. Giorgini - University of Bologna
M. Grassi - University of Pisa
L. Gray - Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso dell'INFN, 67010 Assergi, L'Aquila, Italy
A. Grillo - Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso dell'INFN, 67010 Assergi, L'Aquila, Italy
F. Guarino - University of Naples Federico II
C. Gustavino - Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso dell'INFN, 67010 Assergi, L'Aquila, Italy
A. Habig - Boston University
K. Hanson - University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
R. Heinz - Indiana University
E. Iarocci - University of Trieste
E. Katsavounidis - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
I. Katsavounidis - California Institute of Technology
E. Kearns - Boston University
H. Kim - California Institute of Technology
S. Kyriazopoulou - California Institute of Technology
E. Lamanna - Pennsylvania State University
C. Lane - Drexel University
D.S. Levin - University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
P. Lipari - Sapienza University of Rome
N.P. Longley - California Institute of Technology
M.J. Longo - University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
F. Loparco - University of Bari Aldo Moro
F. Maaroufi - University of Bologna
G. Mancarella - University of Salento
G. Mandrioli - University of Bologna
A. Margiotta - University of Bologna
A. Marini - DELL (United States)
D. Martello - University of Salento
A. Marzari-Chiesa - University of Turin
M.N. Mazziotta - University of Bari Aldo Moro
D.G. Michael - California Institute of Technology
S. Mikheyev - California Institute of Technology
L. Miller - Indiana University
P. Monacelli - University of L'Aquila
T. Montaruli - University of Bari Aldo Moro
M. Monteno - University of Turin
S. Mufson - Indiana University
J. Musser - Indiana University
D. Nicolò - University of Pisa
R. Nolty - California Institute of Technology
C. Orth - Boston University
G. Osteria - University of Naples Federico II
O. Palamara - Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso dell'INFN, 67010 Assergi, L'Aquila, Italy
V. Patera - University of Trieste
L. Patrizii - University of Bologna
R. Pazzi - University of Pisa
C.W. Peck - California Institute of Technology
L. Perrone - University of Salento
S. Petrera - University of L'Aquila
P. Pistilli - Roma Tre University
V. Popa - University of Bologna
A. Rainò - University of Bari Aldo Moro
J. Reynoldson - Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso dell'INFN, 67010 Assergi, L'Aquila, Italy
F. Ronga - Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati dell'INFN, 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
A. Rrhioua - University of Bologna
C. Satriano - University of Basilicata
E. Scapparone - Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso dell'INFN, 67010 Assergi, L'Aquila, Italy
K. Scholberg - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A. Sciubba - University of Trieste
P. Serra - University of Bologna
M. Sioli - University of Bologna
G. Sirri - University of Bologna
M. Sitta - University of Turin
P. Spinelli - University of Bari Aldo Moro
M. Spinetti - Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati dell'INFN, 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
M. Spurio - University of Bologna
R. Steinberg - Drexel University
J.L. Stone - Boston University
L.R. Sulak - Boston University
A. Surdo - University of Salento
G. Tarlè - University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
V. Togo - University of Bologna
M. Vakili - Texas A&M University
C.W. Walter - Boston University
R. Webb - Texas A&M University
MACRO Collaboration
Publication Details: Physics letters. B, v 517(01-02)
Publisher: Elsevier
Resource Type: Journal article
Language: English
Academic Unit: Physics
Web of Science ID: WOS:000171218900009
Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-0035959954
Other Identifier: 991019296567304721

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