What the Atmospheric Neutrino Anomaly is Not

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1998-09-23

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9809499v1

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

11 pages 4 figures

Scientific paper

The atmospheric neutrino anomaly is the apparent reduction of the $\nu_{\mu}/\nu_{e}$ ratio observed in underground detectors. It represents either a reduction in the muon neutrino interaction rate or an excess of the electron neutrino interaction rate, or both. Unable to answer the question of ``What else could it be?'' this paper explores a number of alternatives which do not seem to be viable. Various methods to reduce the apparent muon rate or to increase the apparent electron rate are discussed. Perhaps our bias that the interactions are due to neutrinos of atmospheric origin is incorrect. Both of these assumptions need to be confirmed. Efforts to reduce uncertainties in the estimated atmospheric neutrino flux would also help to narrow the possibilities further.

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