Measurement of Muon Antineutrino Oscillations with an Accelerator-Produced Off-Axis Beam
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Journal Article
Abstract
T2K reports its first measurements of the parameters governing the disappearance of ν¯μ in an off-axis beam due to flavor change induced by neutrino oscillations. The quasimonochromatic ν¯μ beam, produced with a peak energy of 0.6 GeV at J-PARC, is observed at the far detector Super-Kamiokande, 295 km away, where the ν¯μ survival probability is expected to be minimal. Using a data set corresponding to 4.01×1020 protons on target, 34 fully contained μ-like events were observed. The best-fit oscillation parameters are sin2(θ¯23)=0.45 and |Δm¯232|=2.51×10−3 eV2 with 68% confidence intervals of 0.38–0.64 and 2.26–2.80×10−3 eV2, respectively. These results are in agreement with existing antineutrino parameter measurements and also with the νμ disappearance parameters measured by T2K.
Date Issued
2016-05-05
Date Acceptance
2015-12-08
Citation
Physical Review Letters, 2016, 116 (18)
ISSN
1079-7114
Publisher
American Physical Society
Journal / Book Title
Physical Review Letters
Volume
116
Issue
18
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Sponsor
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Grant Number
ST/K001604/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Physics
SUPER-KAMIOKANDE DETECTOR
T2K Collaboration
hep-ex
General Physics
02 Physical Sciences
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
181801