Search for ν_μ→ν_e Oscillations in the NOMAD Experiment

Author(s)

NOMAD Collaboration
P. Astier
D. Autiero
A. Baldisseri
M. Baldo-Ceolin
M. Banner
G. Bassompierre
K. Benslama
N. Besson
I. Bird
B. Blumenfeld
F. Bobisut
J. Bouchez
S. Boyd
A. Bueno
S. Buyatov
L. Camilleri
A. Cardini
P. W. Cattaneo
V. Cavasinni
Roberto Petti, University of South CarolinaFollow
Et. Al.

Document Type

Article

Abstract

We present the results of a search for ν_µ → ν_e oscillations in the NOMAD experiment at CERN. The experiment looked for the appearance of ν_e in a predominantly ν_µ wide-band neutrino beam at the CERN SPS. No evidence for oscillations was found. The 90% confidence limits obtained are ∆m² < 0.4 eV² for maximal mixing and sin²(2θ)−3 for large ∆m². This result excludes the LSND allowed region of oscillation parameters with ∆m² ≳∆10 eV².

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2003.07.029

Publication Info

Published in Physics Letters B, Volume 570, Issue 1-2, 2003, pages 19-31.

©2003 Elsevier B.V. Open access under CC BY license

Rights

©2003 Elsevier B.V. Open access under CC BY license

APA Citation

Astier, P., D. Autiero, Baldisseri, A., M. Baldo-Ceolin, Banner, M. J., G. Bassompierre, K. Benslama, Besson, N., Bird, I. G., Blumenfeld, B., F. Bobisut, Bouchez, J., Boyd, S., Bueno, A., S.A. Bunyatov, Camilleri, L., Cardini, A., Cattaneo, P. W., Cavasinni, V., & A. Cervera-Villanueva. (2003). Search for νμ→νe oscillations in the NOMAD experiment. Physics Letters B, 570(1-2), 19–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2003.07.029