Combined analysis of νμ disappearance and νμ→νe appearance in MINOS using accelerator and atmospheric neutrinos.

Autor: Adamson P; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA., Anghel I; Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 USA., Aurisano A; Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA., Barr G; Subdepartment of Particle Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom., Bishai M; Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA., Blake A; Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom., Bock GJ; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA., Bogert D; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA., Cao SV; Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1600, Austin, Texas 78712, USA., Castromonte CM; Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal de Goiás, CP 131, 74001-970 Goiânia, GO, Brazil., Cherdack D; Physics Department, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA., Childress S; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA., Coelho JA; Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW-UNICAMP, CP 6165, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil and Physics Department, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA., Corwin L; Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA., Cronin-Hennessy D; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA., de Jong JK; Subdepartment of Particle Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom., Devan AV; Department of Physics, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA., Devenish NE; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QH, United Kingdom., Diwan MV; Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA., Escobar CO; Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW-UNICAMP, CP 6165, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil., Evans JJ; School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom., Falk E; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QH, United Kingdom., Feldman GJ; Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA., Frohne MV; Holy Cross College, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA., Gallagher HR; Physics Department, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA., Gomes RA; Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal de Goiás, CP 131, 74001-970 Goiânia, GO, Brazil., Goodman MC; Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA., Gouffon P; Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, CP 66318, 05315-970 São Paulo, SP, Brazil., Graf N; Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA., Gran R; Department of Physics, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota 55812, USA., Grzelak K; Department of Physics, University of Warsaw, Hoża 69, PL-00-681 Warsaw, Poland., Habig A; Department of Physics, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota 55812, USA., Hahn SR; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA., Hartnell J; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QH, United Kingdom., Hatcher R; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA., Himmel A; Lauritsen Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA., Holin A; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom., Huang J; Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1600, Austin, Texas 78712, USA., Hylen J; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA., Irwin GM; Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA., Isvan Z; Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA., James C; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA., Jensen D; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA., Kafka T; Physics Department, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA., Kasahara SM; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA., Koizumi G; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA., Kordosky M; Department of Physics, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA., Kreymer A; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA., Lang K; Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1600, Austin, Texas 78712, USA., Ling J; Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA., Litchfield PJ; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Science and Technologies Facilities Council, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom., Lucas P; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA., Mann WA; Physics Department, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA., Marshak ML; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA., Mayer N; Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA and Physics Department, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA., McGivern C; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA., Medeiros MM; Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal de Goiás, CP 131, 74001-970 Goiânia, GO, Brazil., Mehdiyev R; Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1600, Austin, Texas 78712, USA., Meier JR; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA., Messier MD; Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA., Michael DG; Lauritsen Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA., Miller WH; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA., Mishra SR; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA., Moed Sher S; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA., Moore CD; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA., Mualem L; Lauritsen Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA., Musser J; Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA., Naples D; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA., Nelson JK; Department of Physics, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA., Newman HB; Lauritsen Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA., Nichol RJ; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom., Nowak JA; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA., O'Connor J; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom., Orchanian M; Lauritsen Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA., Pahlka RB; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA., Paley J; Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA., Patterson RB; Lauritsen Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA., Pawloski G; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA and Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA., Perch A; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom., Phan-Budd S; Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA., Plunkett RK; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA., Poonthottathil N; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA., Qiu X; Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA., Radovic A; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom and Department of Physics, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA., Rebel B; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA., Rosenfeld C; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA., Rubin HA; Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA., Sanchez MC; Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 USA., Schneps J; Physics Department, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA., Schreckenberger A; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA and Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1600, Austin, Texas 78712, USA., Schreiner P; Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA., Sharma R; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA., Sousa A; Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA and Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA., Tagg N; Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio 43081, USA., Talaga RL; Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA., Thomas J; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom., Thomson MA; Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom., Tian X; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA., Timmons A; School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom., Tognini SC; Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal de Goiás, CP 131, 74001-970 Goiânia, GO, Brazil., Toner R; Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom and Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA., Torretta D; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA., Tzanakos G; Department of Physics, University of Athens, GR-15771 Athens, Greece., Urheim J; Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA., Vahle P; Department of Physics, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA., Viren B; Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA., Weber A; Subdepartment of Particle Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Science and Technologies Facilities Council, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom., Webb RC; Physics Department, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA., White C; Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA., Whitehead L; Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA and Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA., Whitehead LH; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom., Wojcicki SG; Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA., Zwaska R; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Physical review letters [Phys Rev Lett] 2014 May 16; Vol. 112 (19), pp. 191801. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 May 12.
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.191801
Abstrakt: We report on a new analysis of neutrino oscillations in MINOS using the complete set of accelerator and atmospheric data. The analysis combines the ν(μ) disappearance and ν(e) appearance data using the three-flavor formalism. We measure |Δm(32)(2)| = [2.28-2.46] × 10(-3) eV(2) (68% C.L.) and sin(2)θ(23) = 0.35-0.65 (90% C.L.) in the normal hierarchy, and |Δm(32)(2)| = [2.32-2.53] × 10(-3) eV(2) (68% C.L.) and sin(2)θ(23) = 0.34-0.67 (90% C.L.) in the inverted hierarchy. The data also constrain δ(CP), the θ(23} octant degeneracy and the mass hierarchy; we disfavor 36% (11%) of this three-parameter space at 68% (90%) C.L.
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