Limits on neutrino oscillations from the CHOOZ experiment
M. Apollonio
,
A. Baldini
,
C. Bemporad
,
E. Caffau
,
F. Cei
,
Y. Déclais
(1)
,
H. de Kerret
(2)
,
B. Dieterle
,
A. Etenko
,
J. George
,
G. Giannini
,
M. Grassi
,
Y. Kozlov
,
W. Kropp
,
D. Kryn
(2)
,
M. Laiman
,
C-E. Lane
,
B. Lefievre
(2)
,
I. Machulin
,
A. Martemyanov
,
V. Martemyanov
,
L. Mikaelian
,
D. Nicolo
,
M. Obolensky
(2)
,
R. Pazzi
,
G. Pieri
,
L. Price
,
S. Riley
,
R. Reeder
,
A. Sabelnikov
,
G. Santin
,
M. Skorokhvatov
,
H. Sobel
,
J. Steele
,
R. Steinberg
,
S. Sukhotin
,
S. Tomshaw
,
D. Veron
(2)
,
V. Vyrodov
(2)
M. Apollonio
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A. Baldini
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C. Bemporad
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E. Caffau
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F. Cei
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B. Dieterle
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A. Etenko
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J. George
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G. Giannini
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M. Grassi
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Y. Kozlov
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W. Kropp
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M. Laiman
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C-E. Lane
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I. Machulin
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A. Martemyanov
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V. Martemyanov
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L. Mikaelian
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D. Nicolo
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R. Pazzi
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G. Pieri
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L. Price
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S. Riley
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R. Reeder
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A. Sabelnikov
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G. Santin
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M. Skorokhvatov
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H. Sobel
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J. Steele
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R. Steinberg
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S. Sukhotin
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S. Tomshaw
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Abstract
We present new results based on the entire CHOOZ data sample. We find (at 90% confidence level) no evidence for neutrino oscillations in the anti_nue disappearance mode, for the parameter region given by approximately Delta m**2 > 7 x 10**-4 eV^2 for maximum mixing, and sin**2(2 theta) = 0.10 for large Delta m**2. Lower sensitivity results, based only on the comparison of the positron spectra from the two different-distance nuclear reactors, are also presented; these are independent of the absolute normalization of the anti_nue flux, the cross section, the number of target protons and the detector efficiencies.