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M. Yoshida

Kaneka (United States)

ORCID: 0000-0003-2664-072X

Publishes on Neutrino Physics Research, Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena. 92 papers and 9.6k citations.

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Evidence for Oscillation of Atmospheric Neutrinos
Y. Fukuda, T. Hayakawa, E. Ichihara et al.|Physical Review Letters|1998
Cited by 5.1kOpen Access

We present an analysis of atmospheric neutrino data from a 33.0 kton yr (535-day) exposure of the Super-Kamiokande detector. The data exhibit a zenith angle dependent deficit of muon neutrinos which is inconsistent with expectations based on calculations of the atmospheric neutrino flux. Experimental biases and uncertainties in the prediction of neutrino fluxes and cross sections are unable to explain our observation. The data are consistent, however, with two-flavor ${\ensuremath{\nu}}_{\ensuremath{\mu}}\ensuremath{\leftrightarrow}{\ensuremath{\nu}}_{\ensuremath{\tau}}$ oscillations with ${sin}^{2}2\ensuremath{\theta}>0.82$ and $5\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}4}<\ensuremath{\Delta}{m}^{2}<6\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}1{0}^{\ensuremath{-}3}\mathrm{eV}{}^{2}$ at 90% confidence level.

Measurements of the Solar Neutrino Flux from Super-Kamiokande's First 300 Days
Y. Fukuda, T. Hayakawa, E. Ichihara et al.|Physical Review Letters|1998
Cited by 767Open Access

The first results of the solar neutrino flux measurement from Super-Kamiokande are presented. The results shown here are obtained from data taken between 31 May 1996, and 23 June 1997. Using our measurement of recoil electrons with energies above 6.5 MeV, we infer the total flux of ${}^{8}\mathrm{B}$ solar neutrinos to be $2.42\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.06(\mathrm{stat}{)}_{\ensuremath{-}0.07}^{+0.10}(\mathrm{syst})\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{6}\mathrm{cm}{}^{\ensuremath{-}2}{\mathrm{s}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$. This result is consistent with the Kamiokande measurement and is 36% of the flux predicted by the BP95 solar model. The flux is also measured in 1.5 month subsets and shown to be consistent with a constant rate.

Constraints on Neutrino Oscillations Using 1258 Days of Super-Kamiokande Solar Neutrino Data
Satoshi Fukuda, Y. Fukuda, M. Ishitsuka et al.|Physical Review Letters|2001
Cited by 650Open Access

We report the result of a search for neutrino oscillations using precise measurements of the recoil electron energy spectrum and zenith angle variations of the solar neutrino flux from 1258 days of neutrino-electron scattering data in Super-Kamiokande. The absence of significant zenith angle variation and spectrum distortion places strong constraints on neutrino mixing and mass difference in a flux-independent way. Using the Super-Kamiokande flux measurement in addition, two allowed regions at large mixing are found.

Measurement of the Solar Neutrino Energy Spectrum Using Neutrino-Electron Scattering
Y. Fukuda, T. Hayakawa, E. Ichihara et al.|Physical Review Letters|1999
Cited by 354Open Access

A measurement of the energy spectrum of recoil electrons from solar neutrino scattering in the Super-Kamiokande detector is presented. The results shown here were obtained from 504 days of data taken between 31 May 1996 and 25 March 1998. The shape of the measured spectrum is compared with the expectation for solar ${}^{8}\mathrm{B}$ neutrinos. The comparison takes into account both kinematic and detector related effects in the measurement process. The spectral shape comparison between the observation and the expectation gives a ${\ensuremath{\chi}}^{2}$ of 25.3 with 15 degrees of freedom, corresponding to a $4.6%$ confidence level.