Observation of tau neutrino interactions

K. Kodama; N. Ushida; C. Andreopoulos; N. Saoulidou; G. Tzanakos; P. Yager; B. Baller; D. Boehnlein; W. Freeman; B. Lundberg; J. Morfin; R. Rameika; J. C. Yun; J. S. Song; C. S. Yoon; S. H. Chung; P. Berghaus; M. Kubantsev; N. W. Reay; R. Sidwell; N. Stanton; S. Yoshida; S. Aoki; T. Hara; J. T. Rhee; D. Ciampa; C. Erickson; M. Graham; K. Heller; R. Rusack; R. Schwienhorst; J. Sielaff; J. Trammell; J. Wilcox; K. Hoshino; H. Jiko; M. Miyanishi; M. Komatsu; M. Nakamura; T. Nakano; K. Niwa; N. Nonaka; K. Okada; O. Sato; T. Akdogan; V. Paolone; C. Rosenfeld; A. Kulik; T. Kafka; W. Oliver; T. Patzak; J. Schneps

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Observation of tau neutrino interactions

K. Kodama, N. Ushida, C. Andreopoulos, N. Saoulidou, G. Tzanakos, P. Yager, B. Baller, D. Boehnlein, W. Freeman, B. Lundberg, J. Morfin, R. Rameika, J. C. Yun, J. S. Song, C. S. Yoon, S. H. Chung, P. Berghaus, M. Kubantsev, N. W. Reay, R. SidwellN. Stanton, S. Yoshida, S. Aoki, T. Hara, J. T. Rhee, D. Ciampa, C. Erickson, M. Graham, K. Heller, R. Rusack, R. Schwienhorst, J. Sielaff, J. Trammell, J. Wilcox, K. Hoshino, H. Jiko, M. Miyanishi, M. Komatsu, M. Nakamura, T. Nakano, K. Niwa, N. Nonaka, K. Okada, O. Sato, T. Akdogan, V. Paolone, C. Rosenfeld, A. Kulik, T. Kafka, W. Oliver, T. Patzak, J. Schneps

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Abstract

The DONUT experiment has analyzed 203 neutrino interactions recorded in nuclear emulsion targets. A decay search has found evidence of four tau neutrino interactions with an estimated background of 0.34 events. This number is consistent with the Standard Model expectation.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	218-224
Number of pages	7
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	504
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(01)00307-0
State	Published - Apr 12 2001

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We would like to thank the support staffs at Fermilab and the collaborating institutions. We acknowledge the support from the U.S. Department of Energy, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, the Japan-US Cooperative Research Program for High Energy Physics, the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan, the General Secretariat of Research and Technology of Greece, the Korean Research Foundation, and the DOE/OJI Program.

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Kodama, K., Ushida, N., Andreopoulos, C., Saoulidou, N., Tzanakos, G., Yager, P., Baller, B., Boehnlein, D., Freeman, W., Lundberg, B., Morfin, J., Rameika, R., Yun, J. C., Song, J. S., Yoon, C. S., Chung, S. H., Berghaus, P., Kubantsev, M., Reay, N. W., ... Schneps, J. (2001). Observation of tau neutrino interactions. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 504(3), 218-224. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(01)00307-0

Kodama, K, Ushida, N, Andreopoulos, C, Saoulidou, N, Tzanakos, G, Yager, P, Baller, B, Boehnlein, D, Freeman, W, Lundberg, B, Morfin, J, Rameika, R, Yun, JC, Song, JS, Yoon, CS, Chung, SH, Berghaus, P, Kubantsev, M, Reay, NW, Sidwell, R, Stanton, N, Yoshida, S, Aoki, S, Hara, T, Rhee, JT, Ciampa, D, Erickson, C, Graham, M, Heller, K , Rusack, R, Schwienhorst, R, Sielaff, J, Trammell, J, Wilcox, J, Hoshino, K, Jiko, H, Miyanishi, M, Komatsu, M, Nakamura, M, Nakano, T, Niwa, K, Nonaka, N, Okada, K, Sato, O, Akdogan, T, Paolone, V, Rosenfeld, C, Kulik, A, Kafka, T, Oliver, W, Patzak, T & Schneps, J 2001, 'Observation of tau neutrino interactions', Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, vol. 504, no. 3, pp. 218-224. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(01)00307-0

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