A measurement of the flux of neutrino-induced muons using the MACRO detector is presented. Different event topologies, corresponding to different neutrino parent energies can be detected. The upward throughgoing muon sample is the larger event sample. The observed upward-throughgoing muons are 26% fewer than expected and the zenith angle distribution does not fit with the expected one. Assuming neutrino oscillations, both measurements suggest maximum mixing and Dm2 of a few times 10-3 eV2. The other samples are due to the internally produced events and to upward-going stopping muons. These data show a regular deficit of observed events in each angular bin, as expected assuming neutrino oscillations with maximum mixing, in agreement with the analysis of the upward-throughgoing muon sample.

Ronga, F., Ambrosio, M., Antolini, R., Aramo, C., Auriemma, G., Baldini, A., et al. (1998). Atmospheric neutrino induced muons in the MACRO detector. NUCLEAR PHYSICS B-PROCEEDINGS SUPPLEMENTS, 77, 117-122 [10.1016/S0920-5632(99)00406-5].

Atmospheric neutrino induced muons in the MACRO detector

BUSSINO, Severino Angelo Maria;
1998-01-01

Abstract

A measurement of the flux of neutrino-induced muons using the MACRO detector is presented. Different event topologies, corresponding to different neutrino parent energies can be detected. The upward throughgoing muon sample is the larger event sample. The observed upward-throughgoing muons are 26% fewer than expected and the zenith angle distribution does not fit with the expected one. Assuming neutrino oscillations, both measurements suggest maximum mixing and Dm2 of a few times 10-3 eV2. The other samples are due to the internally produced events and to upward-going stopping muons. These data show a regular deficit of observed events in each angular bin, as expected assuming neutrino oscillations with maximum mixing, in agreement with the analysis of the upward-throughgoing muon sample.
1998
Ronga, F., Ambrosio, M., Antolini, R., Aramo, C., Auriemma, G., Baldini, A., et al. (1998). Atmospheric neutrino induced muons in the MACRO detector. NUCLEAR PHYSICS B-PROCEEDINGS SUPPLEMENTS, 77, 117-122 [10.1016/S0920-5632(99)00406-5].
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