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Super-Kamiokande atmospheric neutrino results

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We present atmospheric neutrino results from a 79 kiloton year (1289 days) exposure of the Super-Kamiokande detector. Our data are well explained by νμντ\nu_{\mu} \to \nu_{\tau} 2-flavor oscillations. We have been attempting to discriminate between the possible oscillating partners of the muon neutrino as being either the tau neutrino or the sterile neutrino. Pure νμνs\nu_\mu\to\nu_s oscillation is disfavored at 99% C.L.. Moreover, we performed the appearance search for charged current tau neutrino interactions in the upward-going samples. Our data is consistent with ντ\nu_{\tau} appearance at roughly the two-sigma level.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ex/0105023,
  title  = {Super-Kamiokande atmospheric neutrino results},
  author = {Toshiyuki Toshito and the Super-Kamiokande collaboration},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ex/0105023},
  year   = {2007}
}

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8 pages, 4 figures, to be published in the proceedings of XXXVI th Rencontres de Moriond Electroweak Interactions and Unified Theories