Inconsistencies in Interpreting the Atmospheric Neutrino Anomaly
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Inconsistencies in Interpreting the Atmospheric Neutrino Anomaly John M. LoSecco Physics Department, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA Abstract. We note a discrepancy between the value of R expected on the basis of the muon neutrino angular distribution and the value actually observed. The energy independence of R leads to a fine tuning problem. This may be indicative of some unaccounted for new physics
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