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New MACRO results on atmospheric neutrino oscillations

G. Giacomelli, A. Margiotta

hep-exarXiv:hep-ex/0407023

Abstract

The final results of the MACRO experiment on atmospheric neutrino oscillations are presented and discussed. The data concern different event topologies with average neutrino energies of ~3 and ~50 GeV. Multiple Coulomb Scattering of the high energy muons in absorbers was used to estimate the neutrino energy of each event. The angular distributions, the L/Enu distribution, the particle ratios and the absolute fluxes all favour numu --> nutau oscillations with maximal mixing and Delta m2 =0.0023 eV2. A discussion is made on the Monte Carlos used for the atmospheric neutrino flux. Some results on neutrino astrophysics are also briefly discussed.

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