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The Atmospheric Neutrino Anomaly: Muon Neutrino Disappearance

2000/07/27 by John G. Learned, J. G. Learned, Learned, John G.
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #Neutrino Physics Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #astro-ph #hep-ex #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-ex/0007056

42 pages including 24 figures, Chapter in Current Aspects of Neutrino Physics

arxiv created 2000/07/27 · openalex publication_date 2000/07/27 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

With the 1998 announcement of new evidence for muon neutrino disappearance observed by the Super-Kamiokande experiment, the more than a decade old atmospheric neutrino anomaly moved from a possible indication for neutrino oscillations to an almost inescapable implication. The evidence from all experiments is reviewed, and indications are presented that the oscillations are probably between muon and tau neutrinos with nearly maximal mixing. Implications and future directions in neutrino oscillations research are discussed.

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