Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Experiment
Scientific paper
1998-12-11
Phys.Rev.Lett.82:2644-2648,1999
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
8 pages w/ 3 figures new version contains minor fixes, as it appears in PRL
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.2644
A total of 614 upward through-going muons of minimum energy 1.6 GeV are observed by Super-Kamiokande during 537 detector live days. The measured muon flux is 1.74+/-0.07(stat.)+/-0.02(sys.)x10^{-13}cm^{-2}s^{-1}sr^{-1} compared to an expected flux of 1.97+/-0.44(theo.)x10^{-13}cm^{-2}s^{-1}sr^{-1}. The absolute measured flux is in agreement with the prediction within the errors. However, the zenith angle dependence of the observed upward through-going muon flux does not agree with no-oscillation predictions. The observed distortion in shape is consistent with the \nu_\mu <-> \nu_\tau oscillation hypothesis with \sin^22\theta > 0.4 and 1x10^{-3} < \Delta m^2 < 1x10^{-1} eV^{2} at 90% confidence level.
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