Measurement of atmospheric neutrino oscillations with the ANTARES neutrino telescope

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 upgoi...

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Authors: Neff, M.; Nezri, E.; Palioselitis, D.; Giordano, V.; Pavalas, G.E.; Montaruli, T.; Gómez González, J.P.; Morganti, M.; Gleixner, A; Moscoso, L.; Guillard, G.; Motz, H.; Graf, K.; Payet, K.; Petrovic, J.; Astraatmadja, T.; Adrián-Martínez, S.; Fritsch, U.; Al Samarai, Imen; Fuda, J.-L.; Albert, A.; Galata, S.; André, Michel|||0000-0002-0091-7279; Gay, P.; Anghinolfi, M.; Geyer, K.; Anton, G.; Giacomelli, G.; Anvar, S.; Ardid, M.; Richardt, C.; Richter, R.; Reed, C.; Riccobene, Giorgio; Folger, F.; Presani, E.; Flaminio, V.; Racca, C.; Ferry, s.; Popa, V.; Fehn, K.; Pradier, T.; Rivière, C.; Eberl, T.; Piatelli, P.; Emanuele, U.; Dorosti, Q.; Drouhin, D.; Escoffier, S.; Enzehöfer, A.; Ernenwein, J.-P.; Distefano, C.; Dornic, D.; Donzaud, C.; Bonis, G. De; Decowski, M.P.; Dekeyser, I.; Deschamps, A.; Costantini, H.; Coyle, Pascal; Creusot, A.; Curtil, C.; Core, L.; Coniglione, R.; Circella, M.; Charvis, Ph.; Chiarusi, T.; Cecchini, S.; Charif, Z.; Cârloganu, C.; Carr, J.; Busto, J.; Capone, A.; Wagner, S.; Visser, E.; Van Elewyck, V.; Vallée, C.; Vernin, P.; Vecchi, M.; Meli, A.; Taiuti, M.; Martinez Mora, J.A.; Tamburini, C.; Trovato, A.; Vallage, B.; Loehner, H.; Loucatos, S.; Lim, G.; Lo Presti, D.; Marcelin, M.; Margiotta, A.; Louis, F.; Zúñiga, J.; Mangano, S.; Zornoza, J.D.; Yepes, H.; Lefèvre, D.; Zaborov, D.; Lattuada, D.; Wilms, J.; de Wolf, E.; Larosa, G.; Wijnker, G.; Kreykenbohm, I.; Ruiz Rivas, J.; Kulikovskiy, V.; Rostovtsev, A.; Lahmann, R.; Russo, G.V.; Lambard, G.; Rujoiu, M.; Sánchez Losa, A.; Kooijman, P.; Samtleben, D.F.E.; Kopper, C.; Schmidt, J.; Kouchner, A.; Sapienza, P.; Kappes, A.; Kalekin, O.; Kavatsyuk, O.; Robert, A.; Katz, U.; Roensch, K.; Bouwhuis, M.C.; Bouhou, B.; Bou-Cabo, M.; Spies, A.; de Jong, M.; Bogazzi, C.; Simeone, F.; Kadler, M.; Bigongiari, C.; Shanidze, R.; Höbl, J.; Biagi, S.; Hsu, C.C.; Schüssler, F.; Bertin, V.; Hernández Rey, J.J.; Basa, S.; Stolarczyk, Th.; Herold, B.; Baret, B.; Steijger, J.J.M.; Aubert, J.-J.; Spurio, M.; Brunner, J.; Hello, Y.; Heijboer, A.J.; Schöck, F.; van Haren, H.; Schuller, J.-P.; Hamal, M.; Hallewell, G.; Schnabel, J.
Format: Article
Publication date:2012
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repository:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/16722
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/16722
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2012.07.002
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Neutrino astrophysics
Neutrinos
ANTARES
Neutrino oscillations
Neutrino telescope
Partícules (Física nuclear)
Neutrins
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física
Summary: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 m2 32 = (3.1 ± 0.9) · 10−3 eV2 is obtained, in good agreement with the world average value.

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