Authors
S Fukuda, Y Fukuda, M Ishitsuka, Y Itow, T Kajita, J Kameda, K Kaneyuki, K Kobayashi, Y Koshio, M Miura, S Moriyama, M Nakahata, S Nakayama, Y Obayashi, A Okada, K Okumura, N Sakurai, M Shiozawa, Y Suzuki, H Takeuchi, Y Takeuchi, T Toshito, Y Totsuka, S Yamada, M Earl, A Habig, E Kearns, MD Messier, K Scholberg, JL Stone, LR Sulak, CW Walter, M Goldhaber, T Barszczak, D Casper, W Gajewski, WR Kropp, S Mine, LR Price, M Smy, HW Sobel, MR Vagins, KS Ganezer, WE Keig, RW Ellsworth, S Tasaka, A Kibayashi, JG Learned, S Matsuno, D Takemori, Y Hayato, T Ishii, T Kobayashi, K Nakamura, Y Oyama, A Sakai, Makoto Sakuda, O Sasaki, M Kohama, AT Suzuki, T Inagaki, K Nishikawa, TJ Haines, E Blaufuss, BK Kim, R Sanford, R Svoboda, ML Chen, JA Goodman, G Guillian, GW Sullivan, J Hill, CK Jung, K Martens, M Malek, C Mauger, C McGrew, E Sharkey, B Viren, C Yanagisawa, M Kirisawa, S Inaba, C Mitsuda, K Miyano, H Okazawa, C Saji, M Takahashi, M Takahata, Y Nagashima, K Nitta, M Takita, M Yoshida, SB Kim, T Ishizuka, M Etoh, Y Gando, T Hasegawa, K Inoue, K Ishihara, T Maruyama, J Shirai, A Suzuki, M Koshiba, Y Hatakeyama, Y Ichikawa, M Koike, K Nishijima, H Fujiyasu, H Ishino, M Morii, Y Watanabe, U Golebiewska, D Kielczewska, SC Boyd, AL Stachyra, RJ Wilkes, KK Young, Super-Kamiokande Collaboration
Publication date
2000/11/6
Journal
Physical review letters
Volume
85
Issue
19
Pages
3999
Publisher
American Physical Society
Description
The previously published atmospheric neutrino data did not distinguish whether muon neutrinos were oscillating into tau neutrinos or sterile neutrinos, as both hypotheses fit the data. Using data recorded in 1100 live days of the Super-Kamiokande detector, we use three complementary data samples to study the difference in zenith angle distribution due to neutral currents and matter effects. We find no evidence favoring sterile neutrinos, and reject the hypothesis at the 99% confidence level. On the other hand, we find that oscillation between muon and tau neutrinos suffices to explain all the results in hand.
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