Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1854546 Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics 2011 4 Pages PDF
Abstract
Neutrinos are allowed to mix and to oscillate among their flavor. Muon and tau in particular oscillate at largest values. Last Minos experiment claimed MINOS Collaboration [12] possible difference among their matter and anti-matter masses, leading to a first violation of the most believed CPT symmetry. Isotropically born atmospheric muon neutrino at Eνμ≃20-80GeV, while upgoing, they might be partially suppressed by mixing in analogy to historical SuperKamiokande muon neutrino disappearance into tau, leading to large-scale anisotropy signals. Here, we show an independent muon rate foreseen in Deep Core based on observed SK signals extrapolated to Deep Core mass and its surrounding. Our rate prediction partially differ from previous ones. The νμ, ν̄μ disappearance into ντ, ν̄τ is leading to a μ, μ̄ anisotropy in vertical upgoing muon track: in particular along channel 3-5 we expect a huge rate (nearly ten thousand of events) of neutral current events, charged current electron and inclined crossing muons. Moreover, at channel 6-9 we expect a severe suppression of the rate due to muon disappearance (in CPT conserved frame). A CPT violation may induce a suppression of vertical upgoing tracks because of larger ν̄μ reduction for Eν̄μ≥35GeV, corresponding to channel 9-10, and an amplified rate of events between channels 4-5-6.
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