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Measurement of neutrino oscillations with the MINOS detectors in the NuMI beam (2008)

Abstract
This Letter reports new results from the MINOS experiment based on a two-year exposure to muon neutrinos from the Fermilab NuMI beam. Our data are consistent with quantum-mechanical oscillations of neutrino flavor with mass splitting |Δm^2|=(2.43±0.13)×10^-3 eV^2 (68% C.L.) and mixing angle sin^2(2θ)>0.90 (90% C.L.). Our data disfavor two alternative explanations for the disappearance of neutrinos in flight: namely, neutrino decays into lighter particles and quantum decoherence of neutrinos, at the 3.7 and 5.7 standard-deviation levels, respectively.

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Download http://authors.library.caltech.edu/14108/1/ADAprl08.pdf
http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20090429-094026978
Publisher American Physical Society
Repository Caltech Authors (United States)
Type Article, PeerReviewed
Relation http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20090429-094026978
http://authors.library.caltech.edu/14108/