Measurement of neutrino velocity with the MINOS detectors and NuMI neutrino beam

Adamson, P. et al. (2007) Measurement of neutrino velocity with the MINOS detectors and NuMI neutrino beam. Physical Review D, 76(7), 072005. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.76.072005)

Abstract

The velocity of a ∼3  GeV neutrino beam is measured by comparing detection times at the near and far detectors of the MINOS experiment, separated by 734 km. A total of 473 far detector neutrino events was used to measure (v−c)/c=5.1±2.9×10−5 (at 68% C.L.). By correlating the measured energies of 258 charged-current neutrino events to their arrival times at the far detector, a limit is imposed on the neutrino mass of mν<50  MeV/c2 (99% C.L.).

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Litchfield, Dr Phillip
• Authors: Adamson, P., Andreopoulos, C., Arms, K. E., Armstrong, R., Auty, D. J., Avvakumov, S., Ayres, D. S., Baller, B., Barish, B., Barnes, P. D., Barr, G., Barrett, W. L., Beall, E., Becker, B. R., Belias, A., Bergfeld, T., Bernstein, R. H., Bhattacharya, D., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bock, B., Bock, G. J., Boehm, J., Boehnlein, D. J., Bogert, D., Border, P. M., Bower, C., Buckley-Geer, E., Cabrera, A., Chapman, J. D., Cherdack, D., Childress, S., Choudhary, B. C., Cobb, J. H., Coleman, S. J., Culling, A. J., de Jong, J. K., De Santo, A., Dierckxsens, M., Diwan, M. V., Dorman, M., Drakoulakos, D., Durkin, T., Erwin, A. R., Escobar, C. O., Evans, J. J., Falk Harris, E., Feldman, G. J., Fields, T. H., Fitzpatrick, T., Ford, R., Frohne, M. V., Gallagher, H. R., Giurgiu, G. A., Godley, A., Gogos, J., Goodman, M. C., Gouffon, P., Gran, R., Grashorn, E. W., Grossman, N., Grzelak, K., Habig, A., Harris, D., Harris, P. G., Hartnell, J., Hartouni, E. P., Hatcher, R., Heller, K., Holin, A., Howcroft, C., Hylen, J., Indurthy, D., Irwin, G. M., Ishitsuka, M., Jaffe, D. E., James, C., Jenner, L., Jensen, D., Joffe-Minor, T., Kafka, T., Kang, H. J., Kasahara, S. M. S., Kim, M. S., Koizumi, G., Kopp, S., Kordosky, M., Koskinen, D. J., Kotelnikov, S. K., Kreymer, A., Kumaratunga, S., Lang, K., Lebedev, A., Lee, R., Ling, J., Liu, J., Litchfield, P. J., Litchfield, R.P., Lucas, P., Luebke, W., Mann, W. A., Marchionni, A., Marino, A. D., Marshak, M. L., Marshall, J. S., Mayer, N., McGowan, A. M., Meier, J. R., Merzon, G. I., Messier, M. D., Michael, D. G., Milburn, R. H., Miller, J. L., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Mislivec, A., Miyagawa, P. S., Moore, C. D., Morfín, J., Mualem, L., Mufson, S., Murgia, S., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Newman, H. B., Nichol, R. J., Nicholls, T. C., Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P., Oliver, W. P., Osiecki, T., Ospanov, R., Paley, J., Paolone, V., Para, A., Patzak, T., Pavlović, Ž., Pearce, G. F., Peck, C. W., Perry, C., Peterson, E. A., Petyt, D. A., Ping, H., Piteira, R., Pittam, R., Plunkett, R. K., Rahman, D., Rameika, R. A., Raufer, T. M., Rebel, B., Reichenbacher, J., Reyna, D. E., Rosenfeld, C., Rubin, H. A., Ruddick, K., Ryabov, V. A., Saakyan, R., Sanchez, M. C., Saoulidou, N., Saranen, D., Schneps, J., Schreiner, P., Semenov, V. K., Seun, S.-M., Shanahan, P., Smart, W., Smirnitsky, V., Smith, C., Sousa, A., Speakman, B., Stamoulis, P., Symes, P. A., Tagg, N., Talaga, R. L., Tetteh-Lartey, E., Thomas, J., Thompson, J., Thomson, M. A., Thron, J. L., Tinti, G., Trostin, I., Tsarev, V. A., Tzanakos, G., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Verebryusov, V., Viren, B., Ward, C. P., Ward, D. R., Watabe, M., Weber, A., Webb, R. C., Wehmann, A., West, N., White, C., Wojcicki, S. G., Wright, D. M., Wu, Q. K., Yang, T., Yumiceva, F. X., Zheng, H., Zois, M., and Zwaska, R.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy
• Journal Name: Physical Review D
• Publisher: American Physical Society
• ISSN: 1550-7998
• ISSN (Online): 1550-2368
• Published Online: 15 October 2007