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Indication of electron neutrino appearance from an accelerator-produced off-axis muon neutrino beam.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Abe, K 
Abgrall, N 
Ajima, Y 
Aihara, H 
Albert, JB 

Abstract

The T2K experiment observes indications of ν(μ) → ν(e) appearance in data accumulated with 1.43×10(20) protons on target. Six events pass all selection criteria at the far detector. In a three-flavor neutrino oscillation scenario with |Δm(23)(2)| = 2.4×10(-3)  eV(2), sin(2)2θ(23) = 1 and sin(2)2θ(13) = 0, the expected number of such events is 1.5±0.3(syst). Under this hypothesis, the probability to observe six or more candidate events is 7×10(-3), equivalent to 2.5σ significance. At 90% C.L., the data are consistent with 0.03(0.04) < sin(2)2θ(13) < 0.28(0.34) for δ(CP) = 0 and a normal (inverted) hierarchy.

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T2K Collaboration

Journal Title

Phys Rev Lett

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Journal ISSN

0031-9007
1079-7114

Volume Title

107

Publisher

American Physical Society (APS)

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