Atmospheric neutrino oscillation analysis with improved event reconstruction in Super-Kamiokande IV



Jiang, M, Abe, K, Bronner, C, Hayato, Y, Ikeda, M, Iyogi, K, Kameda, J, Kato, Y, Kishimoto, Y, Marti, Ll
et al (show 156 more authors) (2019) Atmospheric neutrino oscillation analysis with improved event reconstruction in Super-Kamiokande IV. PROGRESS OF THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS, 2019 (5).

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Abstract

A new event reconstruction algorithm based on a maximum likelihood method has been developed for Super-Kamiokande. Its improved kinematic and particle identification capabilities enable the analysis of atmospheric neutrino data in a detector volume 32% larger than previous analyses and increases sensitivity to the neutrino mass hierarchy. Analysis of a 253.9 kton-year exposure of the Super-Kamiokande IV atmospheric neutrino data has yielded a weak preference for the normal hierarchy, disfavoring the inverted hierarchy at 74% assuming oscillations at the best fit of the analysis.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: 42 pages, 28 figures, submitted to PTEP
Uncontrolled Keywords: hep-ex, hep-ex
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 25 Jul 2019 11:34
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2023 00:36
DOI: 10.1093/ptep/ptz015
Open Access URL: https://academic.oup.com/ptep/article/2019/5/053F0...
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3050323