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Abstract

We present here the final results of experiments searching for neutrino oscillations, carried out by the CHARM Collaboration. The data — taking took place in 1983. The first experiment was performed by exposing two detectors simultaneously to the CERN PS low energyv µ beam. In the second experiment the full CHARM detector was exposed to the wide-band horn-focusedv µ beam of the CERN SPS. Complete details of the experiments and data reduction are presented. No statistically significant signals for neutrino oscillations were observed. Our 90% CL limits in the appearance experiment (v µrarrv e ) exclude Deltam 2gE0.19 eV2 for complete mixing (sin22theta=1), and sin22thetagE0.008 for the region Deltam 2gE30 eV2. These results, and the limits observed for (v µrarrv x ) (disappearance of (v µ), are in agreement with those of most other experiments but exclude part of the region previously reported as a possible indication ofv µrarrv e oscillations.
On leave of absence from Weizmann Institute, Rehovoth, Israel
Supported by Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie, Bonn, FRG

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