Atmospheric neutrino oscillations from upward throughgoing muon multiple scattering in MACRO

M. Ambrosio; R. Antolini; D. Bakari; A. Baldini; G. C. Barbarino; B. C. Barish; G. Battistoni; Y. Becherini; R. Bellotti; C. Bemporad; P. Bernardini; H. Bilokon; C. Bloise; C. Bower; M. Brigida; S. Bussino; F. Cafagna; M. Calicchio; D. Campana; M. Carboni; R. Caruso; S. Cecchini; F. Cei; V. Chiarella; T. Chiarusi; B. C. Choudhary; S. Coutu; M. Cozzi; G. de Cataldo; H. Dekhissi; C. de Marzo; I. de Mitri; J. Derkaoui; M. de Vincenzi; A. di Credico; C. Favuzzi; C. Forti; P. Fusco; G. Giacomelli; G. Giannini; N. Giglietto; M. Giorgini; M. Grassi; A. Grillo; C. Gustavino; A. Habig; K. Hanson; R. Heinz; E. Iarocci; E. Katsavounidis; I. Katsavounidis; E. Kearns; H. Kim; A. Kumar; S. Kyriazopoulou; E. Lamanna; C. Lane; D. S. Levin; P. Lipari; M. J. Longo; F. Loparco; F. Maaroufi; G. Mancarella; G. Mandrioli; S. Manzoor; A. Margiotta; A. Marini; D. Martello; A. Marzari-Chiesa; M. N. Mazziotta; D. G. Michael; S. Mikheyev; P. Monacelli; T. Montaruli; M. Monteno; S. Mufson; J. Musser; D. Nicolò; R. Nolty; C. Orth; G. Osteria; O. Palamara; V. Patera; L. Patrizii; R. Pazzi; C. W. Peck; L. Perrone; S. Petrera; V. Popa; A. Rainò; J. Reynoldson; F. Ronga; A. Rrhioua; C. Satriano; E. Scapparone; K. Scholberg; A. Sciubba; P. Serra; M. Sioli; G. Sirri; M. Sitta; P. Spinelli; M. Spinetti; M. Spurio; R. Steinberg; J. L. Stone; L. R. Sulak; A. Surdo; G. Tarlè; V. Togo; M. Vakili; C. W. Walter; R. Webb

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Atmospheric neutrino oscillations from upward throughgoing muon multiple scattering in MACRO

M. Ambrosio, R. Antolini, D. Bakari, A. Baldini, G. C. Barbarino, B. C. Barish, G. Battistoni, Y. Becherini, R. Bellotti, C. Bemporad, P. Bernardini, H. Bilokon, C. Bloise, C. Bower, M. Brigida, S. Bussino, F. Cafagna, M. Calicchio, D. Campana, M. CarboniR. Caruso, S. Cecchini, F. Cei, V. Chiarella, T. Chiarusi, B. C. Choudhary, S. Coutu, M. Cozzi, G. de Cataldo, H. Dekhissi, C. de Marzo, I. de Mitri, J. Derkaoui, M. de Vincenzi, A. di Credico, C. Favuzzi, C. Forti, P. Fusco, G. Giacomelli, G. Giannini, N. Giglietto, M. Giorgini, M. Grassi, A. Grillo, C. Gustavino, A. Habig, K. Hanson, R. Heinz, E. Iarocci, E. Katsavounidis, I. Katsavounidis, E. Kearns, H. Kim, A. Kumar, S. Kyriazopoulou, E. Lamanna, C. Lane, D. S. Levin, P. Lipari, M. J. Longo, F. Loparco, F. Maaroufi, G. Mancarella, G. Mandrioli, S. Manzoor, A. Margiotta, A. Marini, D. Martello, A. Marzari-Chiesa, M. N. Mazziotta, D. G. Michael, S. Mikheyev, P. Monacelli, T. Montaruli, M. Monteno, S. Mufson, J. Musser, D. Nicolò, R. Nolty, C. Orth, G. Osteria, O. Palamara, V. Patera, L. Patrizii, R. Pazzi, C. W. Peck, L. Perrone, S. Petrera, V. Popa, A. Rainò, J. Reynoldson, F. Ronga, A. Rrhioua, C. Satriano, E. Scapparone, K. Scholberg, A. Sciubba, P. Serra, M. Sioli, G. Sirri, M. Sitta, P. Spinelli, M. Spinetti, M. Spurio, R. Steinberg, J. L. Stone, L. R. Sulak, A. Surdo, G. Tarlè, V. Togo, M. Vakili, C. W. Walter, R. Webb

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The energy of atmospheric neutrinos detected by MACRO was estimated using multiple Coulomb scattering of upward throughgoing muons. This analysis allows a test of atmospheric neutrino oscillations, relying on the distortion of the muon energy distribution. These results have been combined with those coming from the upward throughgoing muon angular distribution only. Both analyses are independent of the neutrino flux normalization and provide strong evidence, above the 4σ level, in favour of neutrino oscillations.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	35-44
Number of pages	10
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	566
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(03)00806-2
State	Published - Jul 24 2003

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We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Director and of the staff of the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and the invaluable assistance of the technical staff of the Institutions participating in the experiment. We thank the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), the US Department of Energy and the US National Science Foundation for their generous support of the MACRO experiment. We thank INFN, ICTP (Trieste), WorldLab and NATO for providing fellowships and grants (FAI) for non-Italian citizens.

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Ambrosio, M., Antolini, R., Bakari, D., Baldini, A., Barbarino, G. C., Barish, B. C., Battistoni, G., Becherini, Y., Bellotti, R., Bemporad, C., Bernardini, P., Bilokon, H., Bloise, C., Bower, C., Brigida, M., Bussino, S., Cafagna, F., Calicchio, M., Campana, D., ... Webb, R. (2003). Atmospheric neutrino oscillations from upward throughgoing muon multiple scattering in MACRO. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 566(1-2), 35-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(03)00806-2

Ambrosio, M, Antolini, R, Bakari, D, Baldini, A, Barbarino, GC, Barish, BC, Battistoni, G, Becherini, Y, Bellotti, R, Bemporad, C, Bernardini, P, Bilokon, H, Bloise, C, Bower, C, Brigida, M, Bussino, S, Cafagna, F, Calicchio, M, Campana, D, Carboni, M, Caruso, R, Cecchini, S, Cei, F, Chiarella, V, Chiarusi, T, Choudhary, BC, Coutu, S, Cozzi, M, de Cataldo, G, Dekhissi, H, de Marzo, C, de Mitri, I, Derkaoui, J, de Vincenzi, M, di Credico, A, Favuzzi, C, Forti, C, Fusco, P, Giacomelli, G, Giannini, G, Giglietto, N, Giorgini, M, Grassi, M, Grillo, A, Gustavino, C, Habig, A, Hanson, K, Heinz, R, Iarocci, E, Katsavounidis, E, Katsavounidis, I, Kearns, E, Kim, H, Kumar, A, Kyriazopoulou, S, Lamanna, E, Lane, C, Levin, DS, Lipari, P, Longo, MJ, Loparco, F, Maaroufi, F, Mancarella, G, Mandrioli, G, Manzoor, S, Margiotta, A, Marini, A, Martello, D, Marzari-Chiesa, A, Mazziotta, MN, Michael, DG, Mikheyev, S, Monacelli, P, Montaruli, T, Monteno, M, Mufson, S, Musser, J, Nicolò, D, Nolty, R, Orth, C, Osteria, G, Palamara, O, Patera, V, Patrizii, L, Pazzi, R, Peck, CW, Perrone, L, Petrera, S, Popa, V, Rainò, A, Reynoldson, J, Ronga, F, Rrhioua, A, Satriano, C, Scapparone, E, Scholberg, K, Sciubba, A, Serra, P, Sioli, M, Sirri, G, Sitta, M, Spinelli, P, Spinetti, M, Spurio, M, Steinberg, R, Stone, JL, Sulak, LR, Surdo, A, Tarlè, G, Togo, V, Vakili, M, Walter, CW & Webb, R 2003, 'Atmospheric neutrino oscillations from upward throughgoing muon multiple scattering in MACRO', Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, vol. 566, no. 1-2, pp. 35-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(03)00806-2

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Atmospheric neutrino oscillations from upward throughgoing muon multiple scattering in MACRO

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