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Measurement of atmospheric neutrino oscillation parameters by Super-Kamiokande I

Y. Ashie1, J. Hosaka1, K. Ishihara1, Y. Itow1, J. Kameda1, Y. Koshio1, A. Minamino1, C. Mitsuda1, M. Miura1 et al. (Super-Kamiokande Collaboration)

M. Miura1, S. Moriyama1, M. Nakahata1, T. Namba1, R. Nambu1, Y. Obayashi1, M. Shiozawa1, Y. Suzuki1, Y. Takeuchi1, K. Taki1, S. Yamada1, M. Ishitsuka2, T. Kajita2, K. Kaneyuki2, S. Nakayama2, A. Okada2, K. Okumura2, C. Saji2, Y. Takenaga2, S. T. Clark3, S. Desai3, E. Kearns3, S. Likhoded3, J. L. Stone3, L. R. Sulak3, W. Wang3, M. Goldhaber4, D. Casper5, J. P. Cravens5, W. Gajewski5, W. R. Kropp5, D. W. Liu5, S. Mine5, M. B. Smy5, H. W. Sobel5, C. W. Sterner5, M. R. Vagins5, K. S. Ganezer6, J. Hill6, W. E. Keig6, J. S. Jang7, J. Y. Kim7, I. T. Lim7, K. Scholberg8, C. W. Walter8, R. W. Ellsworth9, S. Tasaka10, G. Guillian11, A. Kibayashi11, J. G. Learned11, S. Matsuno11, D. Takemori11, M. D. Messier12, Y. Hayato13, A. K. Ichikawa13, T. Ishida13, T. Ishii13, T. Iwashita13, T. Kobayashi13, T. Maruyama13,*, K. Nakamura13, K. Nitta13, Y. Oyama13, M. Sakuda13,†, Y. Totsuka13, A. T. Suzuki14, M. Hasegawa15, K. Hayashi15, I. Kato15, H. Maesaka15, T. Morita15, T. Nakaya15, K. Nishikawa15, T. Sasaki15, S. Ueda15, S. Yamamoto15, T. J. Haines16,5, S. Dazeley17, S. Hatakeyama17, R. Svoboda17, E. Blaufuss18, J. A. Goodman18, G. W. Sullivan18, D. Turcan18, A. Habig19, Y. Fukuda20, C. K. Jung21, T. Kato21, K. Kobayashi21, M. Malek21, C. Mauger21, C. McGrew21, A. Sarrat21, E. Sharkey21, C. Yanagisawa21, T. Toshito22, K. Miyano23, N. Tamura23, J. Ishii24, Y. Kuno24, M. Yoshida24, S. B. Kim25, J. Yoo25, H. Okazawa26, T. Ishizuka27, Y. Choi28, H. K. Seo28, Y. Gando29, T. Hasegawa29, K. Inoue29, J. Shirai29, A. Suzuki29, M. Koshiba30, Y. Nakajima31, K. Nishijima31, T. Harada32, H. Ishino32, Y. Watanabe32, D. Kielczewska33,5, J. Zalipska33, H. G. Berns34, R. Gran34, K. K. Shiraishi34, A. Stachyra34, K. Washburn34, and R. J. Wilkes34 (Super-Kamiokande Collaboration)

  • 1Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu, 506-1205, Japan
  • 2Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
  • 3Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
  • 4Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
  • 5Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
  • 6Department of Physics, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, California 90747, USA
  • 7Department of Physics, Chonnam National University, Kwangju 500-757, Korea
  • 8Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
  • 9Department of Physics, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030, USA
  • 10Department of Physics, Gifu University, Gifu, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
  • 11Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
  • 12Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405-7105, USA
  • 13High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
  • 14Department of Physics, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan
  • 15Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
  • 16Physics Division, P-23, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544, USA
  • 17Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
  • 18Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
  • 19Department of Physics, University of Minnesota, Duluth, Minnesota 55812-2496, USA
  • 20Department of Physics, Miyagi University of Education, Sendai,Miyagi 980-0845, Japan
  • 21Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
  • 22Department of Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
  • 23Department of Physics, Niigata University, Niigata, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
  • 24Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
  • 25Department of Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
  • 26International and Cultural Studies, Shizuoka Seika College, Yaizu, Shizuoka 425-8611, Japan
  • 27Department of Systems Engineering, Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 432-8561, Japan
  • 28Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Korea
  • 29Research Center for Neutrino Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan
  • 30University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
  • 31Department of Physics, Tokai University, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan
  • 32Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute for Technology, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
  • 33Institute of Experimental Physics, Warsaw University, 00-681 Warsaw, Poland
  • 34Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1560, USA

  • *Present address: Department of Physics, Univ. of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 8577, Japan
  • †Present address: Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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Phys. Rev. D 71, 112005 – Published 30 June, 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.71.112005

Abstract

We present a combined analysis of fully-contained, partially-contained and upward-going muon atmospheric neutrino data from a 1489 d exposure of the Super-Kamiokande detector. The data samples span roughly five decades in neutrino energy, from 100 MeV to 10 TeV. A detailed Monte Carlo comparison is described and presented. The data is fit to the Monte Carlo expectation, and is found to be consistent with neutrino oscillations of νμ↔ντ with sin22θ>0.92 and 1.5×10−3<Δm2<3.4×10−3  eV2 at 90% confidence level.

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