Event excess in the MiniBooNE search for ν̄μ→ν̄e oscillations

Authors

A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
C. E. Anderson, Yale University
S. J. Brice, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
B. C. Brown, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
L. Bugel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
J. M. Conrad, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
R. Dharmapalan, The University of Alabama
Z. Djurcic, Argonne National Laboratory
B. T. Fleming, Yale University
R. Ford, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
F. G. Garcia, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
G. T. Garvey, Los Alamos National Laboratory
J. Mirabal, Los Alamos National Laboratory
J. Grange, University of Florida
J. A. Green, Indiana University Bloomington
R. Imlay, Louisiana State University
R. A. Johnson, University of Cincinnati
G. Karagiorgi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
T. Katori, Indiana University Bloomington
T. Kobilarcik, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
S. K. Linden, Yale University
W. C. Louis, Los Alamos National Laboratory
K. B.M. Mahn, Columbia University
W. Marsh, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
C. Mauger, Los Alamos National Laboratory
W. Metcalf, Louisiana State University
G. B. Mills, Los Alamos National Laboratory
C. D. Moore, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
J. Mousseau, University of Florida
R. H. Nelson, University of Colorado Boulder
V. Nguyen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
P. Nienaber, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
J. A. Nowak, Louisiana State University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-26-2010

Abstract

The MiniBooNE experiment at Fermilab reports results from a search for ν̄μ→ν̄e oscillations, using a data sample corresponding to 5.66×1020 protons on target. An excess of 20.9±14.0 events is observed in the energy range 475

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Physical Review Letters

Recommended Citation

Aguilar-Arevalo, A., Anderson, C., Brice, S., Brown, B., Bugel, L., Conrad, J., Dharmapalan, R., Djurcic, Z., Fleming, B., Ford, R., Garcia, F., Garvey, G., Mirabal, J., Grange, J., Green, J., Imlay, R., Johnson, R., Karagiorgi, G., Katori, T., Kobilarcik, T., Linden, S., Louis, W., Mahn, K., Marsh, W., Mauger, C., Metcalf, W., Mills, G., Moore, C., Mousseau, J., Nelson, R., Nguyen, V., Nienaber, P., & Nowak, J. (2010). Event excess in the MiniBooNE search for ν̄μ→ν̄e oscillations. Physical Review Letters, 105 (18) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.181801