Neutrino-induced muons observed with MINOS
A. Habig (for the MINOS Collaboration)
TL;DR
The MINOS experiment's Far Detector has successfully observed neutrino-induced muons, enabling the first underground measurement of muon charge and neutrino versus anti-neutrino discrimination on an event basis.
Contribution
This work reports the first underground measurement of muon charge and neutrino versus anti-neutrino discrimination using a large magnetic detector.
Findings
Detection of numerous neutrino-induced muons.
First determination of muon charge underground.
Ability to distinguish neutrinos from anti-neutrinos event-by-event.
Abstract
The Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search (MINOS) experiment's Far Detector has been operational since July 2003, taking cosmic ray and atmospheric neutrino data from its location in the Soudan Mine Underground Lab. Numerous neutrino-induced muons have been observed. The detector's magnetic field allows the first determination by a large underground detector of muon charge and thus neutrino versus anti-neutrino on an event by event basis.
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Taxonomy
TopicsMuon and positron interactions and applications · Neutrino Physics Research · Particle Detector Development and Performance