First Measurement of Electron Neutrino Appearance in NOvA

P, Adamson and Giri, Anjan Kumar and et al, . (2016) First Measurement of Electron Neutrino Appearance in NOvA. Physical Review Letters, 116 (15). ISSN 0031-9007

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Abstract

We report results from the first search for nu(mu) -> nu(e) transitions by the NOvA experiment. In an exposure equivalent to 2.74 x 10(20) protons on target in the upgraded NuMI beam at Fermilab, we observe 6 events in the Far Detector, compared to a background expectation of 0.99 +/- 0.11 (syst) events based on the Near Detector measurement. A secondary analysis observes 11 events with a background of 1.07 +/- 0.14 (syst). The 3.3 sigma excess of events observed in the primary analysis disfavors 0.1 pi < delta(CP) < 0.5 pi in the inverted mass hierarchy at the 90% C.L.

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Giri, Anjan KumarUNSPECIFIED
Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: ELASTIC TRACKING; OSCILLATIONS; ALGORITHM; MATTER
Subjects: Physics
Divisions: Department of Physics
Depositing User: Team Library
Date Deposited: 09 May 2016 07:03
Last Modified: 11 Sep 2017 10:35
URI: http://raiith.iith.ac.in/id/eprint/2330
Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.151806
OA policy: http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0031-9007/
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