Investigation of matter enhanced neutrino oscillations relevant to the solar neutrino problem

  • J. M. Losecco
  • , R. M. Bionta
  • , G. Blewitt
  • , C. B. Bratton
  • , D. Casper
  • , R. Claus
  • , B. Cortez
  • , S. Errede
  • , G. Foster
  • , W. Gajewski
  • , K. S. Ganezer
  • , M. Goldhaber
  • , T. J. Haines
  • , T. W. Jones
  • , D. Kielczewska
  • , W. R. Kropp
  • , J. G. Learned
  • , E. Lehmann
  • , H. S. Park
  • , F. Reines
  • J. Schultz, S. Seidel, E. Shumard, D. Sinclair, H. W. Sobel, J. L. Stone, L. Sulak, R. Svoboda, J. C. Van Der Velde, C. Wuest

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Abstract

We study the effect of matter enhanced neutrino oscillations on atmospheric neutrinos. A recently proposed solution to the solar neutrino problem with Δm2 = 1.1×10-4 eV2 suggests enhanced effects in the range 200 MeV-500MeV. We find no evidence of this effect for vμ↔ve mixing. Limits are set on the magnitude of the mixing angle. Our limit is sin θ v< 0.14 at 90% confidence level. The limit is dominated by statistical errors and may be improved.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)305-308
Number of pages4
JournalPhysics Letters B
Volume184
Issue number2-3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 29 1987
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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