Unexplained excess of electron-like events from a 1-GeV neutrino beam

UNSPECIFIED (2009) Unexplained excess of electron-like events from a 1-GeV neutrino beam. Physical review letters, 102 (10): 101802. ISSN 1079-7114

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Abstract

The MiniBooNE Collaboration observes unexplained electronlike events in the reconstructed neutrino energy range from 200 to 475 MeV. With 6.46×1020 protons on target, 544 electronlike events are observed in this energy range, compared to an expectation of 415.2±43.4 events, corresponding to an excess of 128.8±20.4±38.3 events. The shape of the excess in several kinematic variables is consistent with being due to either νe and ν̅ e charged-current scattering or νμ neutral-current scattering with a photon in the final state. No significant excess of events is observed in the reconstructed neutrino energy range from 475 to 1250 MeV, where 408 events are observed compared to an expectation of 385.9±35.7 events.

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Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Physical review letters
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© 2009 The American Physical Society
Uncontrolled Keywords:
/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3100
Subjects:
?? physics and astronomy(all) ??
ID Code:
66795
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Deposited On:
26 Sep 2013 13:53
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Yes
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