A critical appraisal of the LSND anomaly
| dc.creator | Boyko, I. | |
| dc.date | 2008-10-08 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T10:08:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T10:08:31Z | |
| dc.description | The so-called 'LSND anomaly', a 3.8 sigma excess of anti-nu_e events interpreted as originating from anti-nu_mu -> anti-nu_e oscillation, gave rise to many theoretical speculations. The MiniBooNE Collaboration reported inconsistency of this interpretation with the findings from their search for nu_mu -> nu_e oscillations. Yet the origin of the LSND anomaly was never clarified. A critical issue is the prediction of the background anti-nu_e flux that was used in the analysis of the LSND experiment. For this, decisive input comes from pion spectra measured with the HARP large-angle spectrometer under conditions that closely resemble the LSND situation: a proton beam with 800 MeV kinetic energy hitting a water target. | |
| dc.description | Proceedings of the 34th International Conference on High Energy Physics | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/0810.1398 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/0810.1398 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/171018 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Experiment | |
| dc.title | A critical appraisal of the LSND anomaly | |
| dc.type | text |