Study of neutron background in the atmospheric neutrino sample in Kamiokande

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; T. Horiuchi; K. Nishijima; K. Fujita; S. Hatakeyama; M. Koga; T. Maruyama; A. Suzuki; M. Mori; T. Suda; A. T. Suzuki; T. Ishizuka; K. Miyano; H. Okazawa; T. Hara; 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:10.1016/S0370-2693(96)01264-6

Study of neutron background in the atmospheric neutrino sample in Kamiokande

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. TotsukaK. S. Hirata, K. Kihara, Y. Oyama, M. Koshiba, T. Horiuchi, K. Nishijima, K. Fujita, S. Hatakeyama, M. Koga, T. Maruyama, A. Suzuki, M. Mori, T. Suda, A. T. Suzuki, T. Ishizuka, K. Miyano, H. Okazawa, T. Hara, 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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Neutron background in the atmospheric neutrino sample was studied based on the vertex position distribution of the fully contained π₀ events. No evidence for the background contamination was observed. The neutron contamination in the sub-GeV e-like sample was less than 1.2% at 90% C.L.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	397-401
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	388
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(96)01264-6
Publication status	Published - 1996 Nov 14

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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., ... Nishikawa, K. (1996). Study of neutron background in the atmospheric neutrino sample in Kamiokande. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 388(2), 397-401. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(96)01264-6

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, Horiuchi, T, Nishijima, K, Fujita, K, Hatakeyama, S, Koga, M, Maruyama, T, Suzuki, A, Mori, M, Suda, T, Suzuki, AT, Ishizuka, T, Miyano, K, Okazawa, H, Hara, T, Nagashima, Y, Takita, M, Yamaguchi, T, Hayato, Y, Kaneyuki, K, Suzuki, T, Takeuchi, Y, Tanimori, T, Tasaka, S, Ichihara, E, Miyamoto, S & Nishikawa, K 1996, 'Study of neutron background in the atmospheric neutrino sample in Kamiokande', Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, vol. 388, no. 2, pp. 397-401. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(96)01264-6

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