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

S. Hatakeyama; T. Hara; Y. Fukuda; T. Hayakawa; K. Inoue; K. Ishihara; H. Ishino; S. Joukou; T. Kajita; S. Kasuga; Y. Koshio; T. Kumita; K. Matsumoto; M. Nakahata; K. Nakamura; K. Okumura; A. Sakai; M. Shiozawa; J. Suzuki; Y. Suzuki; T. Tomoeda; Y. Totsuka; K. S. Hirata; K. Kihara; Y. Oyama; M. Koshiba; K. Nishijima; T. Horiuchi; K. Fujita; M. Koga; T. Maruyama; A. Suzuki; M. Mori; T. Suda; A. T. Suzuki; T. Ishizuka; K. Miyano; H. Okazawa; Y. Nagashima; M. Takita; T. Yamaguchi; Y. Hayato; K. Kaneyuki; T. Suzuki; Y. Takeuchi; T. Tanimori; S. Tasaka; E. Ichihara; S. Miyamoto; K. Nishikawa

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.2016

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

S. Hatakeyama, T. Hara, Y. Fukuda, T. Hayakawa, K. Inoue, K. Ishihara, H. Ishino, S. Joukou, T. Kajita, S. Kasuga, Y. Koshio, T. Kumita, K. Matsumoto, M. Nakahata, K. Nakamura, K. Okumura, A. Sakai, M. Shiozawa, J. Suzuki, Y. SuzukiT. Tomoeda, Y. Totsuka, K. S. Hirata, K. Kihara, Y. Oyama, M. Koshiba, K. Nishijima, T. Horiuchi, K. Fujita, M. Koga, T. Maruyama, A. Suzuki, M. Mori, T. Suda, A. T. Suzuki, T. Ishizuka, K. Miyano, H. Okazawa, Y. Nagashima, M. Takita, T. Yamaguchi, Y. Hayato, K. Kaneyuki, T. Suzuki, Y. Takeuchi, T. Tanimori, S. Tasaka, E. Ichihara, S. Miyamoto, K. Nishikawa

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The 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 Φ_obs = [1.94 + ± 0.01(stat.)^+0.07_0.06sys.]×10⁻¹³cm⁻²s⁻¹sr⁻¹, which is compared to an expected value of Φ_theo = [2.46 + ± 0.54(theo.)]×10⁻¹³cm⁻²s⁻¹sr⁻¹. 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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2016-2019
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	81
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.2016
Publication status	Published - Sept 7 1998
Externally published	Yes

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Hatakeyama, S., Hara, T., Fukuda, Y., Hayakawa, T., Inoue, K., Ishihara, K., Ishino, H., Joukou, S., Kajita, T., Kasuga, S., Koshio, Y., Kumita, T., Matsumoto, K., Nakahata, M., Nakamura, K., Okumura, K., Sakai, A., Shiozawa, M., Suzuki, J., ... Nishikawa, K. (1998). Measurement of the flux and zenith-angle distribution of upward through-going muons in kamiokande II + III. Physical Review Letters, 81(10), 2016-2019. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.2016

Hatakeyama, S, Hara, T, Fukuda, Y, Hayakawa, T, Inoue, K, Ishihara, K, Ishino, H, Joukou, S, Kajita, T, Kasuga, S, Koshio, Y, Kumita, T, Matsumoto, K, Nakahata, M, Nakamura, K, Okumura, K, Sakai, A, Shiozawa, M, Suzuki, J, Suzuki, Y, Tomoeda, T, Totsuka, Y, Hirata, KS, Kihara, K, Oyama, Y, Koshiba, M, Nishijima, K, Horiuchi, T, Fujita, K, Koga, M, Maruyama, T, Suzuki, A, Mori, M, Suda, T, Suzuki, AT, Ishizuka, T, Miyano, K, Okazawa, H, Nagashima, Y, Takita, M, Yamaguchi, T, Hayato, Y, Kaneyuki, K, Suzuki, T, Takeuchi, Y, Tanimori, T, Tasaka, S, Ichihara, E, Miyamoto, S & Nishikawa, K 1998, 'Measurement of the flux and zenith-angle distribution of upward through-going muons in kamiokande II + III', Physical Review Letters, vol. 81, no. 10, pp. 2016-2019. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.2016

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