Measurement of the flux and zenith-angle distribution of upward through-going muons in Kamiokande II+III

dc.creatorKamiokande Collaboration
dc.creatorHatakeyama, S.
dc.date1998-06-30
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:32:18Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T10:32:18Z
dc.descriptionThe flux of upward through-going muons of minimum (mean) threshold energy > 1.6 (3.0) GeV is measured, based on a total of 372 events observed by the Kamiokande II+III detector during 2456 detector live days. The observed muon flux was (1.94+-0.10(stat.)+0.07-0.06(sys.))*10^-13 /cm^2/s/sr, which is compared to an expected value of (2.46+-0.54(theo.))*10^-13/cm^2/s/sr. The observation is in agreement with the prediction within the errors. The zenith angle dependence of the observed upward through-going muons supports the previous indication of neutrino oscillations made by Kamiokande using sub- and multi-GeV atmospheric neutrino events.
dc.description9 pages with 3 eps figures, uses psfig.sty and revtex, submitted to PRL
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/9806038
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/9806038
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.Lett.81:2016-2019,1998
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.2016
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/178712
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Experiment
dc.titleMeasurement of the flux and zenith-angle distribution of upward through-going muons in Kamiokande II+III
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