Abstract
From an exposure of 25.5 kiloton-years of the Super-Kamiokande detector, 900 muon-like and 983 electron-like single-ring atmospheric neutrino interactions were detected with momentum pe > 100 MeV/c, pμ > 200 MeV/c, and with visible energy less than 1.33 GeV. Using a detailed Monte Carlo simulation, the ratio (μ/e)DATA/(μ/e)MC was measured to be 0.61 ± 0.03(stat.) ± 0.05(sys.), consistent with previous results from the Kamiokande, IMB and Soudan-2 experiments, and smaller than expected from theoretical models of atmospheric neutrino production.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 9-18 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics |
Volume | 433 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 6 1998 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of the Kamioka Mining and Smelting Company. The Super-Kamiokande experiment was built and operated from funding by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, and the United States Department of Energy.