Published January 1999 | Version v1
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The measurement of upward going muons using the MACRO detector

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The upward-going muon flux (Eμ > 1 GeV) has been measured with the underground detector MACRO at LNGS. The total number of measured events is compatible at the 8% c.l. with the expected one. Moreover, the zenith angular distribution of the measured flux does not match the expectation showing a deficit in the vertical direction where the apparatus performance is best known. Assuming an oscillation hypothesis with parameters in the range recently suggested to solve the atmospheric neutrino problem, the agreement increases, but not significantly. The results of an indirect dark matter search for a signal of WIMPs from the core of the Sun and of the Earth are given. Neutrino astronomy with MACRO is giving interesting results regarding possible high energy neutrino emission from pointlike sources and coincidences of neutrino events with γ-ray bursts

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S092056329800454X;

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Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B, Proceedings Supplements
Journal Volume
70
Journal Issue
1-3
Journal Page Range
p. 367-370
ISSN
0920-5632
CODEN
NPBSE7

Conference

Title
5. international workshop on topics in astroparticle and underground physics
Acronym
TAUP 97
Dates
7-11 Sep 1997
Place
L'Aquilla (Italy)

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Copyright (c) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.