Current NuMI/MINOS Oscillation Results
A. Habig (for the MINOS Collaboration)
TL;DR
The MINOS experiment measures muon neutrino disappearance and searches for electron neutrino appearance over 735 km to improve understanding of neutrino oscillations and the elusive theta_13 angle.
Contribution
This paper reports initial results from MINOS, providing precise measurements of muon neutrino disappearance and exploring electron neutrino appearance to probe theta_13.
Findings
Initial muon neutrino disappearance results
Search for electron neutrino appearance
Constraints on neutrino oscillation parameters
Abstract
The MINOS experiment is now making precise measurements of the nu_mu disappearance oscillations seen in atmospheric neutrinos, and will extend our reach towards the so far unseen theta_13 by looking for nu_e appearance in the nu_mu beam. It does so by using the intense, well-understood NuMI neutrino beam created at Fermilab and observing it 735 km away at the Soudan Mine in Northeast Minnesota. Results from MINOS' first two years of operations will be presented.
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Taxonomy
TopicsPlasma Diagnostics and Applications