Title
Neutrino and Antineutrino Oscillation Parameters Measured by the MINOS Atmospheric and Beam Data
Date Issued
01 January 2013
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Universidade Federal de Goiás
Publisher(s)
Sociedade Brasileira de Fisica
Abstract
The functionally identical and magnetized MINOS detectors are used to collect atmospheric neutrino data as well as data from the NuMI neutrino beam. The atmospheric data taken by the Far Detector, located underground at a depth of 2070 meters-water-equivalent and at 735 km from the neutrino production target, is combined with beam data from both Near and Far Detectors to measure the neutrino and antineutrino mixing parameters. The complete MINOS data set is analyzed under two possible scenarios: assuming neutrinos and antineutrinos have different oscillation parameters; and assuming these parameters are identical. We report the world-leading measurement of the neutrino and antineutrino mass splitting parameter along with the most precise comparison to date of neutrino and antineutrino oscillation parameters.
Volume
2013-October
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física de partículas, Campos de la Física
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85052392010
ISBN of the container
9788589064293
Conference
Proceedings of the 33rd International Cosmic Rays Conference, ICRC 2013
Sponsor(s)
Acknowledgment: This work was supported by the US DOE, the UK STFC, the US NSF, the State and University of Minnesota, the University of Athens in Greece, and Brazils FAPESP and CNPq. We are grateful to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, the crew of Soudan Underground Laboratory, and the staff of Fermilab, for their contributions to this effort.
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