Measurement of the atmospheric neutrino flavour composition in Soudan 2

W. W.M. Allison; G. J. Alner; D. S. Ayres; W. L. Barrett; C. Bode; P. M. Border; C. B. Brooks; J. H. Cobb; D. J.A. Cockerill; R. J. Cotton; H. Courant; D. M. DeMuth; T. H. Fields; H. R. Gallagher; C. Garcia-Garcia; M. C. Goodman; R. N. Gray; K. Johns; T. Kafka; S. M.S. Kasahara; W. Leeson; P. J. Litchfield; N. P. Longley; M. J. Lowe; W. A. Mann; M. L. Marshak; E. N. May; R. H. Milburn; W. H. Miller; L. Mualem; A. Napier; W. Oliver; G. F. Pearce; D. H. Perkins; E. A. Peterson; D. A. Petyt; L. E. Price; D. M. Roback; K. Ruddick; D. J. Schmid; J. Schneps; M. H. Schub; R. V. Seidlein; M. A. Shupe; A. Stassinakis; N. Sundaralingam; J. Thomas; J. L. Thron; V. Vassiliev; G. Villaume; S. P. Wakely; D. Wall; S. J. Werkema; N. West; U. M. Wielgosz

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Measurement of the atmospheric neutrino flavour composition in Soudan 2

W. W.M. Allison, G. J. Alner, D. S. Ayres, W. L. Barrett, C. Bode, P. M. Border, C. B. Brooks, J. H. Cobb, D. J.A. Cockerill, R. J. Cotton, H. Courant, D. M. DeMuth, T. H. Fields, H. R. Gallagher, C. Garcia-Garcia, M. C. Goodman, R. N. Gray, K. Johns, T. Kafka, S. M.S. KasaharaW. Leeson, P. J. Litchfield, N. P. Longley, M. J. Lowe, W. A. Mann, M. L. Marshak, E. N. May, R. H. Milburn, W. H. Miller, L. Mualem, A. Napier, W. Oliver, G. F. Pearce, D. H. Perkins, E. A. Peterson, D. A. Petyt, L. E. Price, D. M. Roback, K. Ruddick, D. J. Schmid, J. Schneps, M. H. Schub, R. V. Seidlein, M. A. Shupe, A. Stassinakis, N. Sundaralingam, J. Thomas, J. L. Thron, V. Vassiliev, G. Villaume, S. P. Wakely, D. Wall, S. J. Werkema, N. West, U. M. Wielgosz

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The atmospheric neutrino flavour ratio measured using a 1.52 kton-year exposure of Soudan 2 is found to be 0.72 ± 0.19^+0.05_-0.07 relative to the expected value from a Monte Carlo calculation. The possible background of interactions of neutrons and photons produced in muon interactions in the rock surrounding the detector has been investigated and is shown not to produce low values of the ratio.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	491-500
Number of pages	10
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	391
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(96)01609-7
State	Published - Jan 16 1997

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Allison, W. W. M., Alner, G. J., Ayres, D. S., Barrett, W. L., Bode, C., Border, P. M., Brooks, C. B., Cobb, J. H., Cockerill, D. J. A., Cotton, R. J., Courant, H., DeMuth, D. M., Fields, T. H., Gallagher, H. R., Garcia-Garcia, C., Goodman, M. C., Gray, R. N., Johns, K., Kafka, T., ... Wielgosz, U. M. (1997). Measurement of the atmospheric neutrino flavour composition in Soudan 2. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 391(3-4), 491-500. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(96)01609-7

Allison, WWM, Alner, GJ, Ayres, DS, Barrett, WL, Bode, C, Border, PM, Brooks, CB, Cobb, JH, Cockerill, DJA, Cotton, RJ, Courant, H, DeMuth, DM, Fields, TH, Gallagher, HR, Garcia-Garcia, C, Goodman, MC, Gray, RN, Johns, K, Kafka, T, Kasahara, SMS, Leeson, W, Litchfield, PJ, Longley, NP, Lowe, MJ, Mann, WA, Marshak, ML, May, EN, Milburn, RH, Miller, WH, Mualem, L, Napier, A, Oliver, W, Pearce, GF, Perkins, DH, Peterson, EA, Petyt, DA, Price, LE, Roback, DM, Ruddick, K, Schmid, DJ, Schneps, J, Schub, MH, Seidlein, RV, Shupe, MA, Stassinakis, A, Sundaralingam, N, Thomas, J, Thron, JL, Vassiliev, V, Villaume, G, Wakely, SP, Wall, D, Werkema, SJ, West, N & Wielgosz, UM 1997, 'Measurement of the atmospheric neutrino flavour composition in Soudan 2', Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, vol. 391, no. 3-4, pp. 491-500. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(96)01609-7

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