Observation of Muon Neutrino Disappearance with the MINOS Detectors in the NuMI Neutrino Beam

著者: D. G. Michael, P. Adamson, T. Alexopoulos, W.W.M. Allison, G.J. Alner, K. J. Anderson, C. Andreopoulos, M. P. Andrews, R. Andrews, K. Arms, R. Armstrong, C. Arroyo, D. J. Auty, S. Avvakumov, D. S. Ayres, B. Baller, B. C. Barish, M. Barker, P. D. Barnes, G. Barr, W. L. Barrett, Erik B. Beall, B. R. Becker, A. Belias, T. Bergfeld, Robert Bernstein, D. Bhattacharya, M. Bishai, A. Blake, V. Bocean, B. Böck, G. J. Bock, J. Boehm, D. J. Boehnlein, D. Bogert, P. Border, Geoffrey C. Bower, S. Boyd, E. Buckley‐Geer, Cristian Bungau, R. G. Wagner, J. Busenitz, J. D. Chapman, Thomas R. Chase, D. Cherdack, S. Chernichenko, S. Childress, B. C. Choudhary, J.H. Cobb, J.D. Cossairt, H. Courant, D. Crane, A. J. Culling, J. W. Dawson, J. K. de Jong, D. M. DeMuth, A. De Santo, M. Dierckxsens, M. Diwan, M. Dorman, G. Drake, D. Drakoulakos, R. Ducar, T. Durkin, A. R. Erwin, C. O. Escobar, J. J. Evans, O. Fackler, E. Falk Harris, G. J. Feldman, N. Felt, T. Fields, R. Ford, M. V. Frohne, H. Gallagher, M. Gebhard, Gavril Giurgiu, Andrew Godley, J. Gogos, M. C. Goodman, Y. Gornushkin, P. Gouffon, R. Gran, E. Grashorn, N. Grossman, J. Grudziński, K. Grzelak, V. Guarino, A. Habig, R. Halsall, J. Hanson, Deborah A. Harris, Philip Harris, J. Hartnell, E. P. Hartouni, R. Hatcher, Kenneth Heller, N. Hill, Y. Ho, A. Holin, C. Howcroft, J. Hylen, M. Ignatenko, D. Indurthy, G. M. Irwin, M. Ishitsuka, D. E. Jaffe, C. James, L. Jenner, D. Jensen, T. Joffe–Minor, T. Kafka, H. J. Kang, S. M. S. Kasahara, J. Kilmer, H. Kim, M. S. Kim, G. Koizumi, S. Köpp, M. Kordosky, D. J. Koskinen, M. Kostin, S.K. Kotelnikov, D. Krakauer, A. Kreymer, S. Kumaratunga, A. Ladran, K. Lang, C. Laughton, A. Lebedev, R. Lee, W. Y. Lee, M. Libkind, J. Ling, J. Liu, P. J. Litchfield, R. P. Litchfield, N.P. Longley, P. Lucas, W. Luebke, S. Madani, E. Maher, В. В. Макеев, W. A. Mann, A. Marchionni, A. D. Marino, Marvin L. Marshak, J. Marshall, N. Mayer, J. McDonald, A. M. McGowan, J. R. Meier, G. I. Merzon, M. D. Messier, R. H. Milburn, John Miller, William H. Miller, S. Mishra, A. Mislivec, P. S. Miyagawa, C. D. Moore, J. G. Morfín, R. Morse, L. Mualem, S. Mufson, S. Murgia, M. J. Murtagh, J. Musser, D. Naples, Charles A. Nelson, J. K. Nelson, H. B. Newman, F.A. Nezrick, R. J. Nichol, T.C. Nicholls, J. P. Ochoa‐Ricoux, J. L. Oliver, W. P. Oliver, V. Onuchìn, T. Osiecki, R. Ospanov, J. Paley, V. Paolone, A. Para, T. Patzak, Ž. Pavlović, G.F. Pearce, N. Pearson, C.W. Peck, C. Perry, E. A. Peterson, D. Petyt, H. Ping, R. Piteira, R. Pittam, A. Pla-Dalmau, R. Plunkett, L. E. Price, M. Proga, D. Pushka, D. Rahman, R. Rameika, T. M. Raufer, A. L. Read, B. Rebel, J. Reichenbacher, D. Reyna, C. Rosenfeld, H. A. Rubin, K. Ruddick, V. A. Ryabov, R. Saakyan, M. C. Sánchez, N. Saoulidou, J. Schneps, P. Schoessow, P. Schreiner, R. Schwienhorst, V. Semenov, S.-M. Seun, P. Shanahan, P.D. Shield, W. Smart, V. A. Smirnitsky, C. Smith, Philip N. Smith, A. Sousa, B. Speakman, P. Stamoulis, A. Stefanik, Peter Sullivan, J. Swan, P. A. Symes, N. Tagg, R. L. Talaga, Alexander Terekhov, E. Tetteh-Lartey, J. Thomas, J. Thompson, M. Thomson, J. Thron, G. Tinti, R. C. Trendler, J. Trevor, I. Trostin, V. A. Tsarev, G. Tzanakos, J. Urheim, P. Vahle, M. Vakili, K. Vaziri, C. Velissaris, V.S. Verebryusov, B. Viren, L. Wai, C. P. Ward, D. Ward, Masaki Watabe, A. Weber, R. Webb, A. Wehmann, N. West, C. White, Ryan White, S. G. Wojcicki, D. Wright, Q. K. Wu, W Yan, T. Yang, F. X. Yumiceva, J. C. Yun, H. Zheng, M. Zois, R. Zwaska - Physical Review Letters 2006 被引用: 540

This Letter reports results from the MINOS experiment based on its initial exposure to neutrinos from the Fermilab NuMI beam. The rates and energy spectra of charged current ${\ensuremath{\nu}}_{\ensuremath{\mu}}$ interactions are compared in two detectors located along the beam axis at distances of 1 and 735 km. With $1.27\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{20}$ 120 GeV protons incident on the NuMI target, 215 events with energies below 30 GeV are observed at the Far Detector, compared to an expectation of $336\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}14$ events. The data are consistent with ${\ensuremath{\nu}}_{\ensuremath{\mu}}$ disappearance via oscillations with $|\ensuremath{\Delta}{m}_{32}^{2}|={2.74}_{\ensuremath{-}0.26}^{+0.44}\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}3}\text{ }\text{ }{\mathrm{eV}}^{2}$ and ${sin }^{2}(2{\ensuremath{\theta}}_{23})>0.87$ (68% C.L.).