A search for $\nu_{\mu} \rightarrow \nu_{\tau}$ oscillations using the NOMAD detector

NOMAD is a neutrino oscillation experiment designed to search for $\nu_\tau$ appearance in the CERN-SPS wide band $\nu_\mu$ beam. Signal detection relies on the identification of $\nu_\tau$ charge d current interactions using kinematic criteria. The analysis of the 1995 data sample yields no oscilla...

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Autores principales: Altegoer, J, Angelini, C, Astier, Pierre, Autiero, D, Baldisseri, Alberto, Baldo-Ceolin, Massimilla, Ballocchi, G, Banner, M, Basa, S, Bassompierre, Gabriel, Benslama, K, Besson, N, Bird, I G, Blumenfeld, B, Bobisut, F, Bouchez, J, Boyd, S, Bueno, A G, Bunyatov, S A, Camilleri, L L, Cardini, A, Castera, A, Cattaneo, Paolo Walter, Cavasinni, V, Cervera-Villanueva, A, Collazuol, G, Conforto, G, Conta, C, Contalbrigo, M, Cousins, R D, Daniels, D C, Degaudenzi, H M, Del Prete, T, De Santo, A, Dignan, T, Di Lella, L, do Couto e Silva, E, Donnelly, I J, Dumarchez, J, Fazio, T, Feldman, G J, Ferrari, R, Ferrère, D, Flaminio, Vincenzo, Fraternali, M, Fumagalli, G, Gaillard, Jean-Marc, Galumian, P I, Gangler, E, Geiser, A, Geppert, D, Gibin, D, Gninenko, S N, Gómez-Cadenas, J J, Gosset, J, Gössling, C, Gouanère, M, Grant, A, Graziani, G, Guglielmi, A M, Hagner, C, Hernando, J, Hubbard, D B, Hurst, P, Hyett, N, Iacopini, E, Joseph, C L, Juget, F R, Kekez, D, Khomenko, B A, Kirsanov, M M, Klimov, O L, Kokkonen, J, Kovzelev, A, Kuznetsov, V E, Lacaprara, S, Lanza, A, La Rotonda, L, Lazzeroni, C, Laveder, M, Letessier-Selvon, A A, Lévy, J M, Linssen, Lucie, Ljubicic, A, Long, J, Lupi, A, Manola-Poggioli, E, Marchionni, A, Martelli, F, Méchain, X, Mendiburu, J P, Meyer, J P, Mezzetto, Mauro, Mishra, S R, Moorhead, G F, Mossuz, L, Nédélec, P, Nefedov, Yu A, Nguyen-Mau, C, Orestano, D, Pastore, F, Peak, L S, Pennacchio, E, Perroud, Jean-Pierre, Pessard, H, Petti, R, Placci, Alfredo, Plothow-Besch, Hartmute, Pluquet, A, Polesello, G, Pollmann, D, Pope, B G, Popov, B A, Poulsen, C, Rathouit, P, Renzoni, G, Roda, C, Rubbia, André, Salvatore, F, Scannicchio, D A, Schahmaneche, K, Schmidt, B, Sconza, A, Serrano, M, Sevior, M E, Sillou, D, Soler, F J P, Sozzi, G, Steele, D, Steffen, P, Steininger, M, Stiegler, U, Stipcevic, M, Stolarczyk, T, Tareb-Reyes, M, Taylor, G N, Tereshchenko, V V, Toropin, A N, Touchard, A M, Tovey, Stuart N, Tran, M T, Tsesmelis, E, Ulrichs, J, Urós, V, Vacavant, L, Valdata-Nappi, M, Valuev, V Yu, Vannucci, François, Varvell, K E, Veltri, M, Vercesi, V, Verkindt, D, Vieira, J M, Vinogradova, T G, Vo, M K, Volkov, S, Weber, F V, Weisse, T, Werlen, M, Wilson, F F, Winton, L J, Yabsley, B D, Zaccone, Henri, Zuber, K
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 1998
Materias:
Particle Physics - Experiment
Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(98)00521-8
http://cds.cern.ch/record/354077
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Sumario:NOMAD is a neutrino oscillation experiment designed to search for $\nu_\tau$ appearance in the CERN-SPS wide band $\nu_\mu$ beam. Signal detection relies on the identification of $\nu_\tau$ charge d current interactions using kinematic criteria. The analysis of the 1995 data sample yields no oscillation signal. Combining all studied $\tau$ decay modes, a limit of $\sin^22\theta_{\mu \tau}~< ~4.2\times10^{-3}$ is obtained for large $\Delta m^2$ at the 90\% confidence level.

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