Evidence for an oscillatory signature in atmospheric neutrino oscillations.
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چکیده
Muon neutrino disappearance probability as a function of neutrino flight length L over neutrino energy E was studied. A dip in the L/E distribution was observed in the data, as predicted from the sinusoidal flavor transition probability of neutrino oscillation. The observed L/E distribution constrained nu(micro)<-->nu(tau) neutrino oscillation parameters; 1.9x10(-3)0.90 at 90% confidence level.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review letters
دوره 93 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004