1. Final NOMAD results on νμ→ντ and νe→ντ oscillations including a new search for ντ appearance using hadronic τ decays
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P Astier, D Autiero, A Baldisseri, M Baldo-Ceolin, M Banner, G Bassompierre, K Benslama, N Besson, I Bird, B Blumenfeld, F Bobisut, J Bouchez, S Boyd, A Bueno, S Bunyatov, L Camilleri, A Cardini, P.W Cattaneo, V Cavasinni, A Cervera-Villanueva, A Chukanov, G Collazuol, G Conforto, C Conta, M Contalbrigo, R Cousins, D Daniels, H Degaudenzi, T Del Prete, A De Santo, T Dignan, L Di Lella, E do Couto e Silva, J Dumarchez, M Ellis, G.J Feldman, R Ferrari, D Ferrère, V Flaminio, M Fraternali, J.-M Gaillard, E Gangler, A Geiser, D Geppert, D Gibin, S Gninenko, A Godley, J.-J Gomez-Cadenas, J Gosset, C Gößling, M Gouanère, A Grant, G Graziani, A Guglielmi, C Hagner, J Hernando, D Hubbard, P Hurst, N Hyett, E Iacopini, C Joseph, F Juget, M Kirsanov, O Klimov, J Kokkonen, A Kovzelev, A Krasnoperov, D Kustov, V.E Kuznetsov, S Lacaprara, C Lachaud, B Lakić, A Lanza, L La Rotonda, M Laveder, A Letessier-Selvon, J.-M Levy, L Linssen, A Ljubič, J Long, A Lupi, A Marchionni, F Martelli, X Méchain, J.-P Mendiburu, J.-P Meyer, M Mezzetto, S.R Mishra, G.F Moorhead, D Naumov, P Nédélec, Yu Nefedov, C Nguyen-Mau, D Orestano, F Pastore, L.S Peak, E Pennacchio, H Pessard, R Petti, A Placci, G Polesello, D Pollmann, A Polyarush, B Popov, C Poulsen, J Rico, P Riemann, C Roda, A Rubbia, F Salvatore, K Schahmaneche, B Schmidt, T Schmidt, A Sconza, M Sevior, D Sillou, F.J.P Soler, G Sozzi, D Steele, U Stiegler, M Stipč, Th Stolarczyk, M Tareb-Reyes, G.N Taylor, V Tereshchenko, A Toropin, A.-M Touchard, S.N Tovey, M.-T Tran, E Tsesmelis, J Ulrichs, L Vacavant, M Valdata-Nappi, V Valuev, F Vannucci, K.E Varvell, M Veltri, V Vercesi, G Vidal-Sitjes, J.-M Vieira, T Vinogradova, F.V Weber, T Weisse, F.F Wilson, L.J Winton, B.D Yabsley, H Zaccone, K Zuber, and P Zuccon
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Physics ,Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Particle physics ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Oscillation ,0103 physical sciences ,Hadron ,High Energy Physics::Experiment ,Neutrino beam ,010306 general physics ,01 natural sciences ,Lepton - Abstract
Results from the nu_tau appearance search in a neutrino beam using the full NOMAD data sample are reported. A new analysis unifies all the hadronic tau decays, significantly improving the overall sensitivity of the experiment to oscillations. The "blind analysis" of all topologies yields no evidence for an oscillation signal. In the two-family oscillation scenario, this sets a 90% C.L. allowed region in the sin^2(2theta)-Delta m^2 plane which includes sin^2(2theta) nu_tau oscillation hypothesis results in sin^2(2theta)
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- 2001
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