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Precision measurement of the speed of propagation of neutrinos using the MINOS detectors

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Stefania Romisch, P Adamson, I Anghel, Neil Ashby, A Aurisano, G. Barr, M. Bishai, A. Blake, C. M. Castromonte, S. Childress, M. Christensen, J. A. Coelho, L. Corwin, D. Cronin-Hennessy, J. K. de Jong, A. V. Devan, N. E. Devenish, M. V. Diwan, C. O. Escobar, J. J. Evans, E. Falk, G. J. Feldman, Blair Fonville, M. V. Frohne, H. R. Gallagher, R. A. Gomes, M. C. Goodman, P. Gouffon, N. Graf, R. Gran, K. Grzelak, A. Habig, S. R. Hahn, J. Hartnell, R. Hatcher, Jonathan Hirschauer, A. Holin, J. Huang, J. Hylen, G M. Irwin, Z. isvan, C. James, Steven R. Jefferts, D. Jensen, T. Kafka, S. M. Kasahara, G. Koizumi, M. Kordosky, A. Kreymer, K. Lang, J. Ling, P. J. Litchfield, P. Lucas, W. A. Mann, M. L. Marshak, Demetrios Matsakis, N. Mayer, Angela Mckinley, C. McGivern, M. M. Medeiros, R. Mehdiyev, J Meier, M. D. Messier, W. H. Miller, S. R. Mishra, Stephen Mitchell, S. Moed Sher, C. D. Moore, L. Mualem, J. A. Musser, D. Naples, J. K. Nelson, H. Newman, R. J. Nichol, J. A. Nowak, J. C. O'Conner, M. Orchanian, R. B. Pahlka, J. Paley, Thomas E. Parker, R. B. Patterson, G. Pawloski, A. Perch, S. Phan-Budd, R. K. Plunkett, N. Poonthattatil, Ed Powers, X. Qiu, A. Radovick, B. Rebel, K. Ridl, C. Rosenfeld, H. A. Rubin, M. C. Sanchez, J. Schneps, A. Schreckenberger, P. Schreiner, R. Sharma, A, Sousa, N. Tagg, R, L. Talaga, J. Thomas, M. A. Thomson, X. Tian, A. Timmons, S. C. Tognini, R. Toner, D. Torretta, J. Urheim, P. Vahle, B. Viren, A. Weber, R. C. Webb, C. White, L. Whitehead, L. H. Whitehead, S. G. Wojcicki, J. Wright, Victor S. Zhang, R. Zwaska

Abstract

We report a two-detector measurement of the propagation speed of neutrinos over a baseline of 734 km. The measurement was made with the NuMI beam at Fermilab between the near and far MINOS detectors. The fractional difference between the neutrino speed and the speed of light is determined to be (v/c -1) = (1.0 ± 1.1) x 10-6.
Citation
Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology)
Volume
92

Keywords

GPS, neutrinos, synchronization, time of flight, timing, TWSTFT

Citation

Romisch, S. , Adamson, P. , Anghel, I. , Ashby, N. , Aurisano, A. , Barr, G. , Bishai, M. , Blake, A. , Castromonte, C. , Childress, S. , Christensen, M. , Coelho, J. , Corwin, L. , Cronin-Hennessy, D. , de, J. , Devan, A. , Devenish, N. , Diwan, M. , Escobar, C. , Evans, J. , Falk, E. , Feldman, G. , Fonville, B. , Frohne, M. , Gallagher, H. , Gomes, R. , Goodman, M. , Gouffon, P. , Graf, N. , Gran, R. , Grzelak, K. , Habig, A. , Hahn, S. , Hartnell, J. , Hatcher, R. , Hirschauer, J. , Holin, A. , Huang, J. , Hylen, J. , Irwin, G. , isvan, Z. , James, C. , Jefferts, S. , Jensen, D. , Kafka, T. , Kasahara, S. , Koizumi, G. , Kordosky, M. , Kreymer, A. , Lang, K. , Ling, J. , Litchfield, P. , Lucas, P. , Mann, W. , Marshak, M. , Matsakis, D. , Mayer, N. , Mckinley, A. , McGivern, C. , Medeiros, M. , Mehdiyev, R. , Meier, J. , Messier, M. , Miller, W. , Mishra, S. , Mitchell, S. , Moed, S. , Moore, C. , Mualem, L. , Musser, J. , Naples, D. , Nelson, J. , Newman, H. , Nichol, R. , Nowak, J. , O'Conner, J. , Orchanian, M. , Pahlka, R. , Paley, J. , Parker, T. , Patterson, R. , Pawloski, G. , Perch, A. , Phan-Budd, S. , Plunkett, R. , Poonthattatil, N. , Powers, E. , Qiu, X. , Radovick, A. , Rebel, B. , Ridl, K. , Rosenfeld, C. , Rubin, H. , Sanchez, M. , Schneps, J. , Schreckenberger, A. , Schreiner, P. , Sharma, R. , , A. , Tagg, N. , Thomas, J. , Thomson, M. , Tian, X. , Timmons, A. , Tognini, S. , Toner, R. , Torretta, D. , Urheim, J. , Vahle, P. , Viren, B. , Weber, A. , Webb, R. , White, C. , Whitehead, L. , Whitehead, L. , Wojcicki, S. , Wright, J. , Zhang, V. and Zwaska, R. (2015), Precision measurement of the speed of propagation of neutrinos using the MINOS detectors, Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology) (Accessed November 11, 2024)

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Created September 17, 2015, Updated February 19, 2017