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1. Indications of Neutrino Oscillation in a 250 km Long-Baseline Experiment

Author

David William Casper, C. W. Walter, Makoto Sakuda, C. Yanagisawa, Toshio Namba, M. H. Ahn, K. Martens, W. R. Kropp, Nobuyuki Sakurai, H. W. Sobel, S. Fukuda, Atsumu Suzuki, H. Maesaka, Takehisa Hasegawa, T. Iwashita, Minoru Yoshida, Y. Fukuda, S. H. Lim, S. B. Boyd, K. Nishikawa, S. Mine, J. L. Stone, Y. Takeuchi, K. Kaneyuki, Yuichi Oyama, E. Kearns, T. Inagaki, Shinya Yamada, Y. Totsuka, E. J. Jeon, M. Kohama, Shoei Nakayama, Koji Nakamura, S. Matsuno, H. I. Jang, Kazumasa Miyano, J. Hill, C. K. Jung, Masaya Hasegawa, M. Miura, S. B. Kim, Tomoyuki Maruyama, J. H. Choi, D. Kielczewska, Hwangseo Park, I. Kato, John G. Learned, Itsuo Nakano, L. R. Sulak, T. Ishida, A. Obayashi, E. Sharkey, Susumu Noda, H. C. Bhang, T. Ishii, N. Tamura, M. Y. Pac, Yasunari Suzuki, C. O. Kim, N. Sasao, J. S. Jang, H. Yokoyama, W. Gajewski, Kate Scholberg, Ken-ichiro Kobayashi, A. K. Ichikawa, T. Toshito, R. J. Wilkes, Shigetaka Moriyama, A. Kibayashi, J. Y. Kim, I. T. Lim, T. Hara, Shogo Nishiyama, J. Kameda, C. McGrew, M. Ishitsuka, H. So, Shigeki Aoki, J. Yoo, J. Zalipska, Takashi Kobayashi, A. Ikeda, Y. Hayato, A. L. Stachyra, Mark R. Vagins, Masato Shiozawa, Shoji Yamamoto, Tsuyoshi Nakaya, Y. Suga, F. Nakata, Beom Jun Kim, Yoshitaka Itow, Yusuke Koshio, T. Ooyabu, Masayuki Nakahata, Takaaki Kajita, C. Mauger, and A. Okada

Subjects
Physics, Tamura, Norio, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Oscillation, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Solar neutrino, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, FOS: Physical sciences, General Physics and Astronomy, Solar neutrino problem, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), K2K experiment, Measurements of neutrino speed, High Energy Physics::Experiment, 田村, 詔生, Neutrino, Neutrino oscillation, Charged current
Abstract

The K2K experiment observes indications of neutrino oscillation: a reduction of $\nu_\mu$ flux together with a distortion of the energy spectrum. Fifty-six beam neutrino events are observed in Super-Kamiokande (SK), 250 km from the neutrino production point, with an expectation of $80.1^{+6.2}_{-5.4}$. Twenty-nine one ring $\mu$-like events are used to reconstruct the neutrino energy spectrum, which is better matched to the expected spectrum with neutrino oscillation than without. The probability that the observed flux at SK is explained by statistical fluctuation without neutrino oscillation is less than 1%., Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures embedded, LaTeX with RevTeX style, accepted for publication in PRL on December 13, 2002

Published
2003

2. Measurement of the Flux and Zenith-Angle Distribution of Upward Throughgoing Muons by Super-Kamiokande

Author

L. R. Price, J. Shirai, E. Sharkey, C. K. Jung, S. Mine, M. Takahata, D. Kielczewska, J. W. Flanagan, Y. Kanaya, Hiroshi Ogawa, Takehisa Hasegawa, Y. Hayato, Y. Watanabe, R. Sanford, J. A. Goodman, Kazumasa Miyano, Minoru Yoshida, H. Okazawa, T. Iwamoto, Ken-ichiro Kobayashi, David William Casper, E. Ichihara, C. W. Walter, Yuichi Oyama, F. Tsushima, Todd Haines, W. Doki, S. Hatakeyama, Takaaki Kajita, H. Ishino, A. Sakai, Yusuke Koshio, L. Wai, Michael B. Smy, Nobuyuki Sakurai, W. E. Keig, Mark R. Vagins, Tomoyuki Maruyama, T. Kobayashi, C. Mauger, Makoto Sakuda, Junichi Kanzaki, K. Nakamura, J. Kameda, B. Viren, M. Miura, Frederick Reines, Ko Okumura, Masatoshi Koshiba, T. Hayakawa, S. Matsuno, T. Ishii, M. D. Messier, Soo-Bong Kim, S. Kasuga, Y. Fukuda, M. Goldhaber, S. Echigo, Yasunari Suzuki, K. Martens, V. J. Stenger, A. Suzuki, R. Svoboda, A. Okada, S. Tasaka, W. R. Kropp, Atsumu Suzuki, A. Kibayashi, Masayuki Nakahata, Y. Totsuka, J. L. Stone, C. Yanagisawa, K. Fujita, E. Kearns, M. L. Chen, W. Gajewski, Kate Scholberg, Kunio Inoue, C. McGrew, K. Ishihara, M. Takita, Y. Takeuchi, K. Kaneyuki, C. Saji, M. Earl, E. Blaufuss, Shinya Yamada, M. Etoh, Masato Shiozawa, K. S. Ganezer, A. L. Stachyra, John G. Learned, Yoshitaka Itow, T. Barszczak, Kyoshi Nishijima, Takashi Yamaguchi, R. W. Ellsworth, R. A. Doyle, T. Futagami, R. J. Wilkes, K. K. Young, Y. Kobayashi, G. W. Sullivan, M. Kohama, Alec Habig, J. S. George, M. Nemoto, L. R. Sulak, M. Koga, H. W. Sobel, Osamu Sasaki, D. Takemori, Shoei Nakayama, K. Nishikawa, J. Hill, Y. Nagashima, B. K. Kim, and Akira Hasegawa

Subjects
Physics, Muon, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, General Physics and Astronomy, Flux, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, Distribution (mathematics), Angular distribution, Muon flux, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Atomic physics, Super-Kamiokande, Zenith, Energy (signal processing)
Abstract

A total of 614 upward through-going muons of minimum energy 1.6 GeV are observed by Super-Kamiokande during 537 detector live days. The measured muon flux is 1.74+/-0.07(stat.)+/-0.02(sys.)x10^{-13}cm^{-2}s^{-1}sr^{-1} compared to an expected flux of 1.97+/-0.44(theo.)x10^{-13}cm^{-2}s^{-1}sr^{-1}. The absolute measured flux is in agreement with the prediction within the errors. However, the zenith angle dependence of the observed upward through-going muon flux does not agree with no-oscillation predictions. The observed distortion in shape is consistent with the \nu_\mu \nu_\tau oscillation hypothesis with \sin^22\theta > 0.4 and 1x10^{-3} < \Delta m^2 < 1x10^{-1} eV^{2} at 90% confidence level., Comment: 8 pages w/ 3 figures new version contains minor fixes, as it appears in PRL

Published
1999

3. Constraints on Neutrino Oscillation Parameters from the Measurement of Day-Night Solar Neutrino Fluxes at Super-Kamiokande

Author

Frederick Reines, K. Ishihara, T. Kobayashi, Kazumasa Miyano, M. Takita, Atsumu Suzuki, Shoei Nakayama, C. W. Walter, Todd Haines, Y. Totsuka, D. Takemori, E. Kearns, John G. Learned, W. Doki, C. K. Jung, M. Takahata, D. Kielczewska, Takaaki Kajita, H. Ishino, Y. Nagashima, T. Hasagawa, Takashi Yamaguchi, A. Suzuki, V. J. Stenger, C. Mauger, K. Nishikawa, T. Futagami, Y. Kanaya, T. Ishii, M. D. Messier, S. Tasaka, J. S. George, J. Hill, G. W. Sullivan, S. Echigo, R. A. Doyle, B. K. Kim, J. Hsu, K. Kaneyuki, P. G. Halverson, Soo-Bong Kim, M. Goldhaber, C. Saji, S. Kasuga, Y. Fukuda, R. Svoboda, M. Earl, M. Kohama, Minoru Yoshida, J. A. Goodman, W. R. Kropp, L. Wai, A. Okada, Y. Watanabe, R. Sanford, Y. Takeuchi, L. R. Sulak, R. J. Wilkes, Tomoyuki Maruyama, Shinya Yamada, Z. Conner, K. Fujita, K. K. Young, J. L. Stone, H. Okazawa, Y. Hayato, E. Blaufuss, K. Nakamura, David William Casper, C. Yanagisawa, Ken-ichiro Kobayashi, E. Ichihara, T. Iwamoto, H. W. Sobel, Michael B. Smy, S. Mine, A. Sakai, Yoshitaka Itow, M. Miura, Nobuyuki Sakurai, J. W. Flanagan, Yuichi Oyama, Hiroshi Ogawa, Masayuki Nakahata, T. Hayakawa, M. Etoh, A. L. Stachyra, Yusuke Koshio, F. Tsushima, W. E. Keig, Mark R. Vagins, B. Viren, K. S. Ganezer, J. Kameda, Y. Kobayashi, Osamu Sasaki, Masato Shiozawa, M. L. Chen, S. Hatakeyama, W. Gajewski, Kate Scholberg, R. W. Ellsworth, Ko Okumura, T. Barszczak, Masatoshi Koshiba, A. Kibayashi, Kunio Inoue, Kyoshi Nishijima, Makoto Sakuda, K. Martens, Junichi Kanzaki, C. McGrew, S. Matsuno, Yasunari Suzuki, Alec Habig, M. Koga, Akira Hasegawa, L. R. Price, J. Shirai, E. Sharkey, and M. Nemoto

Subjects
Physics, Sterile neutrino, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Solar neutrino, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, General Physics and Astronomy, FOS: Physical sciences, Solar neutrino problem, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Neutrino detector, Measurements of neutrino speed, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Neutrino, Neutrino oscillation, Super-Kamiokande
Abstract

A search for day-night variations in the solar neutrino flux resulting from neutrino oscillations has been carried out using the 504 day sample of solar neutrino data obtained at Super-Kamiokande. The absence of a significant day-night variation has set an absolute flux independent exclusion region in the two neutrino oscillation parameter space., Comment: 11 pages, 3 figures, submitted to PRL, single-spacing

Published
1999

4. Measurement of the Solar Neutrino Energy Spectrum Using Neutrino-Electron Scattering

Author

L. R. Price, J. Shirai, D. Takemori, J. Hill, Yuichi Oyama, C. Yanagisawa, C. K. Jung, M. Takahata, M. Takita, D. Kielczewska, Y. Totsuka, E. Sharkey, Y. Nagashima, Takaaki Kajita, H. Ishino, W. E. Keig, Mark R. Vagins, C. W. Walter, R. W. Ellsworth, E. Blaufuss, Masatoshi Koshiba, F. Tsushima, M. Earl, Takashi Yamaguchi, A. Kibayashi, T. Ishii, M. D. Messier, B. K. Kim, M. Goldhaber, B. Viren, Yohei Kobayashi, M. Etoh, J. Hsu, S. Echigo, P. G. Halverson, W. R. Kropp, K. S. Ganezer, Makoto Sakuda, K. Nakamura, David William Casper, A. T. Suzuki, R. J. Wilkes, Y. Kanaya, E. Ichihara, Soo-Bong Kim, Y. Hayato, K. Fujita, C. McGrew, E. Kearns, K. K. Young, S. Kasuga, K. Martens, Y. Watanabe, A. Sakai, R. Sanford, Y. Fukuda, Masayuki Nakahata, T. Iwamoto, Y. Takeuchi, Yusuke Koshio, M. Nemoto, H. Okazawa, S. Hatakeyama, Shinya Yamada, Z. Conner, S. Nakayama, K. Kaneyuki, C. Saji, Michael B. Smy, L. R. Sulak, S. Matsuno, Junichi Kanzaki, R. A. Doyle, Yasunari Suzuki, Todd Haines, S. Mine, N. Sakurai, A. L. Stachyra, C. Mauger, Alec Habig, K. Nishikawa, M. Koga, A. Okada, J. W. Flanagan, Masato Shiozawa, M. Kohama, Hiroshi Ogawa, J. L. Stone, T. Barszczak, J. S. George, J. A. Goodman, V. J. Stenger, Takehisa Hasegawa, A. Suzuki, R. Svoboda, Ko Okumura, Kunio Inoue, T. Kobayashi, W. Gajewski, Kate Scholberg, Frederick Reines, K. Ishihara, L. Wai, Tomoyuki Maruyama, H. W. Sobel, Osamu Sasaki, Kyoshi Nishijima, T. Hayakawa, Minoru Yoshida, G. W. Sullivan, John G. Learned, M. Miura, T. Futagami, Ken-ichiro Kobayashi, Yoshitaka Itow, J. Kameda, M. L. Chen, Kazumasa Miyano, W. Doki, S. Tasaka, and Akira Hasegawa

Subjects
Physics, Particle physics, Scattering, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Solar neutrino, General Physics and Astronomy, Solar neutrino problem, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, Recoil, Neutrino detector, Measurements of neutrino speed, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Neutrino oscillation
Abstract

A measurement of the energy spectrum of recoil electrons from solar neutrino scattering in the Super--Kamiokande detector is presented. The results shown here are obtained from 504 days of data taken between the 31st of May, 1996 and the 25th of March, 1998. The shape of the measured spectrum is compared with the expectation for solar B8 neutrinos. The comparison takes into account both kinematic and detector related effects in the measurement process. The spectral shape comparison between the observation and the expectation gives a chi-square of 25.3 with 15 degrees of freedom, corresponding to a 4.6% confidence level., Comment: 12 pages, 3 figures

Published
1999

5. Measurements of the Solar Neutrino Flux from Super-Kamiokande's First 300 Days

Author

T. Hayakawa, R. A. Doyle, T. Yamaguchi, J. A. Goodman, C. McGrew, M. Kohama, Y. Hayato, John G. Learned, T. Futagami, T. Ishizuka, A. T. Suzuki, Masayuki Nakahata, T. Iwamoto, M. Ota, S. Hatakeyama, Yusuke Koshio, R. W. Ellsworth, G. W. Sullivan, Minoru Yoshida, W. E. Keig, Mark R. Vagins, Masatoshi Koshiba, H. Okazawa, H. W. Sobel, Ko Okumura, M. Masuzawa, A. Kibayashi, Y. Totsuka, Osamu Sasaki, J. L. Stone, Yohei Kobayashi, M. Miura, Makoto Sakuda, J. T. Hong, H. Koga, Y. Kitaguchi, Yuichi Oyama, T. Kinebuchi, S. B. Kim, N. Sakurai, Y. Takeuchi, Takaaki Kajita, H. Ishino, M. Goldhaber, Kunio Inoue, Masaki Mori, M. Earl, T. Maruyama, Frederick Reines, T. Ishii, W. R. Kropp, Akira Hasegawa, F. Tsushima, J. Hsu, K. Nakamura, Shinya Yamada, Z. Conner, J. S. George, J. W. Flanagan, Hiroshi Ogawa, K. Kobayashi, Kyoshi Nishijima, S. Nakayama, M. D. Messier, S. Echigo, A. Kusano, S. Matsuno, J. Kameda, Yasunari Suzuki, L. Wai, M. L. Chen, Takehisa Hasegawa, K. Nishikawa, K. Ishihara, M. Takita, P. G. Halverson, Todd Haines, L. R. Price, A. L. Stachyra, D. Takemori, M. Etoh, C. W. Walter, K. Martens, J. Hill, K. S. Ganezer, C. Mauger, Y. Kanaya, E. Sharkey, Y. Watanabe, R. Sanford, B. Viren, A. Okada, M. Nemoto, C. K. Jung, M. Takahata, S. Kasuga, T. Kobayashi, D. Kielczewska, Y. Fukuda, M. Oketa, Kazumasa Miyano, L. R. Sulak, W. Doki, E. Ichihara, W. Gajewski, Kate Scholberg, S. Tasaka, A. Sakai, Yoshitaka Itow, K. Fujita, Alec Habig, M. Koga, Y. Nagashima, A. Suzuki, R. Svoboda, E. Blaufuss, V. J. Stenger, Junichi Kanzaki, Masato Shiozawa, T. Barszczak, E. Kearns, J. Wilkes, K. Kaneyuki, C. Saji, K. K. Young, and C. Yanagisawa

Subjects
Physics, Standard solar model, Particle physics, Solar neutrino, General Physics and Astronomy, Flux, Electron, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, Constant rate, Recoil, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Super-Kamiokande, Energy (signal processing)
Abstract

The first results of the solar neutrino flux measurement from Super-Kamiokande are presented. The results shown here are obtained from data taken between the 31st of May, 1996, and the 23rd of June, 1997. Using our measurement of recoil electrons with energies above 6.5 MeV, we infer the total flux of 8B solar neutrinos to be 2.42+-0.06(stat.)+0.10-0.07(syst.)*10^6/cm^2/s. This result is consistent with the Kamiokande measurement and is 36% of the flux predicted by the BP95 solar model. The flux is also measured in 1.5 month subsets and shown to be consistent with a constant rate., Comment: 7 pages, 3 figures

Published
1998

6. Evidence for Oscillation of Atmospheric Neutrinos

Author

Takaaki Kajita, H. Ishino, T. Ishii, T. Kobayashi, Alec Habig, L. Wai, J. Hsu, Tomoyuki Maruyama, Y. Totsuka, M. Koga, Ken-ichiro Kobayashi, Henry W. Sobel, S. Hatakeyama, D. Takemori, Kyoshi Nishijima, V. J. Stenger, M. Earl, Yoshitaka Itow, D. Casper, B. Viren, K. Nakamura, J. Kameda, Makoto Sakuda, A. L. Stachyra, Y. Kanaya, S. Nakayama, W. R. Kropp, N. Sakurai, Masayuki Nakahata, R. A. Doyle, M. Takita, M. L. Chen, S. Matsuno, P. G. Halverson, Akira Hasegawa, K. Martens, K. Fujita, Y. Watanabe, Frederick Reines, R. Sanford, L. R. Price, J. Shirai, W. Gajewski, Kate Scholberg, Osamu Sasaki, M. Kohama, Todd Haines, E. Sharkey, R. J. Wilkes, M. Goldhaber, Takashi Yamaguchi, C. McGrew, Yoshihiro Suzuki, C. Mauger, K. K. Young, S. Mine, C. K. Jung, M. Takahata, D. Kielczewska, J. S. George, Michael B. Smy, E. Ichihara, J. A. Goodman, A. Okada, J. Hill, J. W. Flanagan, Hiroshi Ogawa, M. Nemoto, E. Blaufuss, Kazumasa Miyano, A. T. Suzuki, A. Sakai, Takehisa Hasegawa, M. Etoh, T. Hayakawa, K. Ishihara, K. S. Ganezer, G. W. Sullivan, John G. Learned, H. Okazawa, W. Doki, T. Futagami, T. Barszczxak, R. W. Ellsworth, M. D. Messier, S. Tasaka, Masatoshi Koshiba, S. Echigo, Yuichi Oyama, F. Tsushima, Minoru Yoshida, C. Yanagisawa, A. Kibayashi, Yohei Kobayashi, Y. Nagashima, M. Miura, Ko Okumura, B. K. Kim, Kunio Inoue, K. Nishikawa, A. Suzuki, R. Svoboda, C. W. Walter, Soo-Bong Kim, S. Kasuga, Y. Fukuda, Y. Takeuchi, Shinya Yamada, Z. Conner, Masato Shiozawa, Lawrence Sulak, Junichi Kanzaki, Y. Hayato, T. Iwamoto, Yusuke Koshio, E. Kearns, K. Kaneyuki, C. Saji, J. L. Stone, W. E. Keig, and Mark R. Vagins

Subjects
Physics, Particle physics, Muon, Bilepton, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, General Physics and Astronomy, Solar neutrino problem, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, Neutrino detector, K2K experiment, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Neutrino oscillation, Super-Kamiokande
Abstract

We present an analysis of atmospheric neutrino data from a 33.0 kiloton-year (535-day) exposure of the Super-Kamiokande detector. The data exhibit a zenith angle dependent deficit of muon neutrinos which is inconsistent with expectations based on calculations of the atmospheric neutrino flux. Experimental biases and uncertainties in the prediction of neutrino fluxes and cross sections are unable to explain our observation. The data are consistent, however, with two-flavor nu_mu nu_tau oscillations with sin^2(2theta)>0.82 and 5x10^-4 < delta m^2 < 6x10^-3 eV^2 at 90% confidence level., Comment: 9 pages (two-column) with 4 figures. Small corrections to Eqn.4 and Fig.3. Final version to appear in PRL

Published
1998

7. Search for Electron Neutrino Appearance in a 250 km Long-Baseline Experiment

Author

C. McGrew, R. Gran, T. Sasaki, Y. Hayato, L. R. Sulak, Makoto Sakuda, K. Nishikawa, Minoru Yoshida, M. H. Ahn, Masaya Hasegawa, M. Miura, Shoji Yamamoto, C. Mauger, M. Sekiguchi, C. W. Walter, J. H. Choi, A. Okada, H. W. Sobel, Tomoyuki Maruyama, Y. Suga, Shigeki Aoki, A. Kibayashi, S. Fukuda, Takaaki Kajita, T. Ishida, S. H. Lim, Yoshitaka Itow, Y. Ashie, Beom Jun Kim, K. Kaneyuki, Takashi Kobayashi, S. Mine, W. Wang, Y. Totsuka, N. Tamura, H. I. Jang, S. B. Boyd, A. Sarrat, David William Casper, Kazumasa Miyano, A. Minamino, F. Nakata, M. Ishitsuka, Y. Fukuda, J. L. Stone, Kate Scholberg, T. Inagaki, Y. Takeuchi, Shinya Yamada, S. Matsuno, H. Yokoyama, Atsumu Suzuki, Shogo Nishiyama, Shigetaka Moriyama, S. Ueda, K. Hayashi, H. C. Bhang, C. K. Jung, M. Y. Pac, D. Kielczewska, E. Kearns, K. K. Shiraishi, Shoei Nakayama, Masaaki Tanaka, Masayuki Nakahata, J. S. Jang, I. Kato, A. K. Ichikawa, Takehisa Hasegawa, J. Kameda, J. Hill, Michael B. Smy, N. Sasao, J. G. Learned, Y. Obayashi, S. B. Kim, C. Saji, W. R. Kropp, E. J. Jeon, T. Iwashita, J. Zalipska, Katsuhiro Kobayashi, Yoshihiro Suzuki, Yuichi Oyama, E. Sharkey, C. O. Kim, J. Y. Kim, Itsuo Nakano, Hwangseo Park, Susumu Noda, T. Ishii, C. Yanagisawa, Toshio Namba, Kenzo Nakamura, H. Maesaka, Taichi Morita, Yusuke Koshio, R. J. Wilkes, I. T. Lim, Mark R. Vagins, R. Nambu, T. Hara, K. K. Joo, Tsuyoshi Nakaya, J. Yoo, Masato Shiozawa, and A. Ikeda

Subjects
Physics, Particle physics, Muon, Meson, FOS: Physical sciences, General Physics and Astronomy, Weinberg angle, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Pion, Neutrino, Neutrino oscillation, Electron neutrino, Lepton
Abstract

We present a search for electron neutrino appearance from accelerator produced muon neutrinos in the K2K long baseline neutrino experiment. One candidate event is found in the data corresponding to an exposure of 4.8*10^19 protons on target. The expected background in the absence of neutrino oscillations is estimated to be 2.4+-0.6 events and is dominated by mis-identification of events from neutral current pi^0 production. We exclude the \nu_\mu to \nu_e oscillations at 90% C.L. for the effective mixing angle in 2-flavor approximation of sin^2(2theta_\mu_e) (~= 1/2 sin^2 2 th_13) > 0.15 at Delta m^2_\mu_e = 2.8*10^{-3} eV^2, the best fit value of the \nu_\mu disappearance analysis in K2K. The most stringent limit of sin^2(2theta_\mu_e) < 0.09 is obtained at Delta m^2_\mu_e = 6*10^{-3} eV^2., Comment: 5 pages with 2 figures embeded in two column revtex4 style. Accepted to be published in Phys. Rev. Lett

Published
2004

8. Limits on the Neutrino Magnetic Moment using 1496 Days of Super-Kamiokande-I Solar Neutrino Data

Author

G. Guillian, Atsumu Suzuki, K. Hayashi, C. McGrew, Y. Hayato, K. Nishikawa, T. J. Haines, E. Kearns, Toshio Namba, Y. Watanabe, John G. Learned, Y. Totsuka, S. B. Kim, J. L. Stone, T. Inagaki, Kenzo Nakamura, D. Takemori, Shoji Yamamoto, C. Saji, Yusuke Koshio, H. Maesaka, G. W. Sullivan, T. Toshito, M. Earl, M. Ishitsuka, C. K. Jung, D. Kielczewska, C. W. Walter, Katsuhiro Kobayashi, M. D. Messier, H. W. Sobel, T. Hashimoto, T. Ooyabu, Masayuki Nakahata, Takaaki Kajita, C. Mauger, Shantanu Desai, S. Ueda, Michael B. Smy, H. Seo, T. Maruyama, S. Fukuda, Yoshitaka Kuno, I. Kato, A. Okada, W. Wang, Y. Ashie, H. Okazawa, Kunio Inoue, Minoru Yoshida, M. Takita, J. Y. Kim, Mikio Morii, Takehisa Hasegawa, Yuichi Oyama, Y. Obayashi, K. S. Ganezer, K. Kaneyuki, R. Nishimura, Makoto Sakuda, Magdalena Malek, Y. Fukuda, A. K. Ichikawa, Hyosun Kim, T. Ishizuka, T. Shibata, J. Zalipska, K. Martens, S. Mine, A. Minamino, T. Sasaki, J. Kameda, Y. Takeuchi, Shinya Yamada, S. Matsuno, T. Ishida, Taichi Morita, R. W. Ellsworth, L. R. Sulak, M. Ackermann, T. Kobayashi, Y. Kajiyama, Masatoshi Koshiba, Yoshihiro Suzuki, D. W. Liu, B. Viren, Alec Habig, T. Kato, C. W. Sterner, A. Kibayashi, J. Ishii, J. A. Goodman, J. P. Cravens, E. Blaufuss, W. R. Kropp, W. Gajewski, Kate Scholberg, T. Iwashita, K. Nitta, Kyoshi Nishijima, D. Turcan, Hirokazu Ishino, Y. Nakajima, K. Ishihara, David William Casper, J. Shirai, Shigetaka Moriyama, Y. Nagashima, H. Takeuchi, Masaya Hasegawa, M. Miura, Nobuyuki Sakurai, Shoei Nakayama, K. K. Shiraishi, Shigeki Tasaka, E. Sharkey, S. Dazeley, K. Washburn, S. Hatakeyama, R. Gran, C. Mitsuda, Yoshitaka Itow, R. J. Wilkes, I. T. Lim, C. Yanagisawa, J. Yoo, Kazumasa Miyano, Masato Shiozawa, Y. Choi, T. Barszczak, J. Hill, Y. Gando, T. Ishii, R. Nambu, A. Suzuki, R. Svoboda, Tsuyoshi Nakaya, W. E. Keig, and Mark R. Vagins

Subjects
Physics, Particle physics, Magnetic moment, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Solar neutrino, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, General Physics and Astronomy, Electron, Solar neutrino problem, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, Measurements of neutrino speed, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Super-Kamiokande, Neutrino oscillation
Abstract

A search for a non-zero neutrino magnetic moment has been conducted using 1496 live days of solar neutrino data from {\SK}. Specifically, we searched for distortions to the energy spectrum of recoil electrons arising from magnetic scattering due to a non-zero neutrino magnetic moment. In the absence of clear signal, we found $\mu_{\nu} \leq 3.6 \times 10^{-10}$ $\mu_{B}$ at 90% C.L. by fitting to the Super-Kamiokande day/night spectra. The fitting took into account the effect of neutrino oscillation on the shapes of energy spectra. With additional information from other solar neutrino and KamLAND experiments constraining the oscillation region, a limit of $\mu_{\nu} \leq 1.1 \times 10^{-10}$ $\mu_{B}$ at 90% C.L. was obtained., Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures

Published
2004

9. Evidence for an oscillatory signature in atmospheric neutrino oscillations

Author

Toshio Namba, J. Yoo, J. P. Cravens, Masato Shiozawa, Shantanu Desai, Atsumu Suzuki, W. Gajewski, Kate Scholberg, Y. Totsuka, H. Maesaka, T. Sasaki, E. Kearns, Mark R. Vagins, Y. Takeuchi, Shinya Yamada, E. Blaufuss, Y. Nagashima, Masaki Ishitsuka, A. L. Stachyra, J. Zalipska, C. McGrew, J. Shirai, A. Suzuki, Takaaki Kajita, R. Nishimura, Makoto Sakuda, Y. Hayato, K. Taki, R. Svoboda, G. Guillian, A. Kibayashi, E. Sharkey, S. Dazeley, Y. Watanabe, Hirokazu Ishino, L. R. Sulak, J. Kameda, Ko Okumura, C. Yanagisawa, S. Likhoded, Yoshitaka Itow, W. R. Kropp, Shoji Yamamoto, C. W. Walter, M. Goldhaber, C. Saji, Y. Kuno, M. Takita, Y. Ashie, C. W. Sterner, Tsuyoshi Nakaya, K. Nakamura, T. Toshito, K. Washburn, K. Hayashi, S. Mine, Kunio Inoue, S. Hatakeyama, R. Gran, Y. Gando, H. Okazawa, Tomoyuki Maruyama, T. Ooyabu, A. Minamino, T. Ishida, John G. Learned, H. W. Sobel, W. Wang, Masayuki Nakahata, T. Iwashita, K. Kaneyuki, Y. Fukuda, R. Nambu, A. Sarrat, D. W. Liu, T. Ishizuka, C. K. Jung, Alec Habig, S. Matsuno, S. Ueda, Minoru Yoshida, D. Takemori, D. Kielczewska, Magdalena Malek, Todd Haines, N. Tamura, Yasunari Suzuki, Y. Choi, M. D. Messier, K. Nishikawa, G. W. Sullivan, J. L. Stone, T. Inagaki, Kazumasa Miyano, Taichi Morita, R. W. Ellsworth, T. Kobayashi, C. Mauger, Takehisa Hasegawa, Masatoshi Koshiba, J. S. Jang, T. Ishii, A. Okada, I. Kato, H. G. Berns, Yusuke Koshio, John Hill, Michael B. Smy, Katsuhiro Kobayashi, J. Ishii, Y. Takenaga, H. Seo, Masaya Hasegawa, M. Miura, David William Casper, T. Harada, C. Mitsuda, R. J. Wilkes, Y. Obayashi, J. Hosaka, K. Nitta, S. Tasaka, W. E. Keig, S. B. Kim, Kyoshi Nishijima, J. Y. Kim, D. Turcan, I. T. Lim, Y. Nakajima, K. K. Shiraishi, K. Ishihara, T. Kato, Shigetaka Moriyama, Yuichi Oyama, J. A. Goodman, Shoei Nakayama, A. K. Ichikawa, and K. S. Ganezer

Subjects
Physics, Particle physics, Tamura, Norio, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, General Physics and Astronomy, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Distribution (mathematics), Measurements of neutrino speed, 田村, 詔生, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Muon neutrino, Atmospheric neutrino, Neutrino, Signature (topology), Neutrino oscillation, Energy (signal processing)
Abstract

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_mu nu_tau neutrino oscillation parameters; 1.9x10^-3 < Delta m^2 < 3.0x10^-3 eV^2 and \sin^2(2theta) > 0.90 at 90% confidence level., Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures, submitted to PRL

Published
2004

10. Antineutrino spectroscopy with large water Cerenkov detectors

Author

John F. Beacom and Mark R. Vagins

Subjects
Physics, Particle physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, General Physics and Astronomy, Nuclear physics, Supernova, Inverse beta decay, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutron, Reactor neutrino, Neutrino, Spectroscopy, Nuclear theory
Abstract

We propose modifying large water \ifmmode \check{C}\else \v{C}\fi{}erenkov detectors by the addition of 0.2% gadolinium trichloride, which is highly soluble, newly inexpensive, and transparent in solution. Since Gd has an enormous cross section for radiative neutron capture, with $\ensuremath{\sum}_{}^{}{E}_{\ensuremath{\gamma}}=8\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{M}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{V}$, this would make neutrons visible for the first time in such detectors, allowing antineutrino tagging by the coincidence detection reaction ${\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}}}_{e}+p\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{e}^{+}+n$ (similarly for ${\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}}}_{\ensuremath{\mu}}$). Taking Super-Kamiokande as a working example, dramatic consequences for reactor neutrino measurements, first observation of the diffuse supernova neutrino background, galactic supernova detection, and other topics are discussed.

Published
2003

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