Measurement of atmospheric neutrino oscillations with the ANTARES neutrino telescope ANTARES Collaboration

Adrian-Martinez S, Al Samarai I, Albert A, Andre M, Anghinolfi M, Anton G, Anvar S, Ardid M, Astraatmadja T, Aubert JJ, Baret B, Basa S, Bertin V, Biagi S, Bigongiari C, Bogazzi C, Bou-Cabo M, Bouhou B, Bouwhuis MC, Brunner J, Busto J, Capone A, Carloganu C, Carr J, Cecchini S, Charif Z, Charvis P, Chiarusi T, Circella M, Coniglione R, Core L, Costantini H, Coyle P, Creusot A, Curtil C, De Bonis G, Decowski MP, Dekeyser I, Deschamps A, Distefano C, Donzaud C, Dornic D, Dorosti Q, Drouhin D, Eberl T, Emanuele U, Enzenhöfer A, Ernenwein JP, Escoffier S, Fehn K, Fermani P, Ferri M, Ferry S, Flaminio V, Folger F, Fritsch U, Fuda JL, Galata S, Gay P, Geyer K, Giacomelli G, Giordano V, Gleixner A, Gomez-Gonzalez JP, Graf K, Guillard G, Hallewell G, Hamal M, Van Haren H, Heijboer AJ, Hello Y, Hernandez-Rey JJ, Herold B, Hößl J, Hsu CC, De Jong M, Kadler M, Kalekin O, Kappes A, Katz U, Kavatsyuk O, Kooijman P, Kopper C, Kouchner A, Kreykenbohm I, Kulikovskiy V, Lahmann R, Lambard G, Larosa G, Lattuada D, Lefevre D, Lim G, Lo Presti D, Loehner H, Loucatos S, Louis F, Mangano S, Marcelin M, Margiotta A, Martinez-Mora JA, Meli A, Montaruli T, Morganti M, Moscoso L, Motz H, Neff M, Nezri E, Palioselitis D, Pavalas GE, Payet K, Petrovic J, Piattelli R, Popa V, Pradier T, Presani E, Racca C, Reed C, Riccobene GM, Richardt C, Richter R, Riviere C, Robert A, Roensch K, Rostovtsev A, Ruiz-Rivas J, Rujoiu M, Russo GV, Samtleben DFE, Sanchez-Losa A, Sapienza P, Schmid J, Schnabel J, Schoeck F, Schuller JP, Schuessler F, Seitz T, Shanidze R, Simeone F, Spies A, Spurio M, Steijger JJM, Stolarczyk T, Taiuti M, Tamburini C, Trovato A, Vallage B, Vallee C, Van Elewyck V, Vecchi M, Vernin R, Visser E, Wagner S, Wijnker G, Wilms J, De Wolf E, Yepes H, Zaborov D, Zornoza JD, Zuniga J (2012)

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2012

Journal

Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV

Book Volume: 714

Pages Range: 224-230

Journal Issue: 2-5

DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2012.07.002

Abstract

The data taken with the ANTARES neutrino telescope from 2007 to 2010, a total live time of 863 days, are used to measure the oscillation parameters of atmospheric neutrinos. Muon tracks are reconstructed with energies as low as 20 GeV. Neutrino oscillations will cause a suppression of vertical upgoing muon neutrinos of such energies crossing the Earth. The parameters determining the oscillation of atmospheric neutrinos are extracted by fitting the event rate as a function of the ratio of the estimated neutrino energy and reconstructed flight path through the Earth. Measurement contours of the oscillation parameters in a two-flavour approximation are derived. Assuming maximal mixing, a mass difference of Delta m(32)(2) = (3.1 +/- 0.9) . 10(-3) eV(2) is obtained, in good agreement with the world average value. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM) France (FR) National Institute for Nuclear Physics / Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) Italy (IT) Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) France (FR) University of Paris 7 - Denis Diderot / Université Paris VII Denis Diderot France (FR) National Institute for Subatomic Physics / Nationaal instituut voor subatomaire fysica (Nikhef) Netherlands (NL) National Center for Scientific Research / Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) France (FR) University of Groningen / Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Netherlands (NL) L’université Blaise Pascal (L'UBP) / Blaise Pascal University France (FR) Aix-Marseille University / Aix-Marseille Université France (FR) Spanish National Research Council / Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) Spain (ES) Polytechnic University of Valencia / Universidad Politécnica de Valencia Spain (ES) Commissariat à l'énergie atomique France (FR) Institute of Space Science (ISS) / Institutul de Științe Spațiale Romania (RO) University of Nice Sophia Antipolis / Université Nice Sophia Antipolis France (FR) Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) Netherlands (NL) Université de Strasbourg (UDS) France (FR) Mohammed First University / Université Mohammed Premier / جامعة محمد الأول Morocco (MA) Polytechnic University of Catalonia / Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Spain (ES) Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP) /Институт теоретической и экспериментальной физики Russian Federation (RU)

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APA:

Adrian-Martinez, S., Al Samarai, I., Albert, A., Andre, M., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G.,... Zuniga, J. (2012). Measurement of atmospheric neutrino oscillations with the ANTARES neutrino telescope ANTARES Collaboration. Physics Letters B, 714(2-5), 224-230. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2012.07.002

MLA:

Adrian-Martinez, S., et al. "Measurement of atmospheric neutrino oscillations with the ANTARES neutrino telescope ANTARES Collaboration." Physics Letters B 714.2-5 (2012): 224-230.

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