Measurement of the tau neutrino cross section in atmospheric neutrino oscillations with Super-Kamiokande
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Journal Article
Abstract
Using 5326 days of atmospheric neutrino data, a search for atmospheric tau neutrino appearance has been performed in the Super-Kamiokande experiment. Super-Kamiokande measures the tau normalization to be 1.47±0.32 under the assumption of normal neutrino hierarchy, relative to the expectation of unity with neutrino oscillation. The result excludes the hypothesis of no-tau appearance with a significance level of 4.6σ. The inclusive charged-current tau neutrino cross section averaged by the tau neutrino flux at Super-Kamiokande is measured to be (0.94±0.20)×10−38 cm2. The measurement is consistent with the Standard Model prediction, agreeing to within 1.5σ.
Date Issued
2018-09-13
Date Acceptance
2017-11-27
Citation
PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 2018, 98 (5)
ISSN
2470-0010
Publisher
American Physical Society
Journal / Book Title
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
Volume
98
Issue
5
Copyright Statement
© 2018 The Author(s). Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI.
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Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
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Grant Number
ST/K001604/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Physics, Particles & Fields
Physics
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Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 052006
Date Publish Online
2018-09-13