Toward the confirmation of atmospheric neutrino oscillations

Abstract

The atmospheric muon neutrino deficit, which was possible evidence of ${\nu }_{\mu }\leftrightarrow {\nu }_{\tau }$ oscillation, was reported by the Kamiokande experiment from 1988. Many experimental efforts were made to examine the Kamiokande results. Experiments which contributed to the confirmation of ${\nu }_{\mu }\leftrightarrow {\nu }_{\tau }$ oscillation are reviewed. Especially, long-baseline neutrino-oscillation experiments are described in detail.

arXiv comment15 pages, 11 figures, accepted by Prog. Theor. Exp. Phys. as a paper for "A special issue in memory of Masatoshi Koshiba, a pioneer in experimental particle physics and astrophysics"

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