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Search for muon neutrino and antineutrino oscillations in the mass range 15<Δm 2<1,000 eV2/c4

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Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields

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A search for inclusive muon-neutrino (v µ) and muon-antineutrino\((\bar v_\mu )\) oscillations has been performed in the Fermilab narrow band neutrino beam using two detectors running simultanously at two distances from the neutrino source. The data show no evidence for either neutrino or antineutrino oscillations and rule out oscillations ofv µ or\(\bar v_\mu \) into any other single type of neutrino for 15<Δm 2<1,000 eV2/c4 and sin2(2θ)>0.02–0.40.

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  1. F. Borcherding

    Present address: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, 60510, Batavia, IL, USA

  2. N. Giokaris

    Present address: Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, 46556, Notre Dame, IN, USA

  3. M. Ruiz

    Present address: Department of Physics, University of Florida, 32611, Gainesville, FL, USA

  4. R. Zhu & B. Jin

    Present address: Institute for High Energy Physics, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China

  5. D. Levinthal

    Present address: Department of Physics, Florida State University, 32306, Tallahassee, FL, USA

  6. K. Lang

    Present address: Insitute of Nuclear Studies, Warsaw, Poland

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, 14627, Rochester, NY, USA

    I. E. Stockdale, A. Bodek, F. Borcherding, N. Giokaris & K. Lang

  2. Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, 60637, Chicago, IL, USA

    D. Garfinkle, F. S. Merritt, M. Oreglia & P. Reutens

  3. Physics Department, Columbia University, 10027, New York, NY, USA

    P. S. Auchincloss, R. Blair, C. Haber, M. Ruiz, F. Sciulli, M. H. Shaevitz, W. H. Smith & R. Zhu

  4. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, 60510, Batavia, IL, USA

    R. Coleman, H. E. Fisk, B. Jin, D. Levinthal, W. Marsh, P. A. Rapidis, H. B. White & D. Yovanovitch

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Stockdale, I.E., Bodek, A., Borcherding, F. et al. Search for muon neutrino and antineutrino oscillations in the mass range 15<Δm 2<1,000 eV2/c4 . Z. Phys. C - Particles and Fields 27, 53–56 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01642480

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