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With the announcement of new evidence for muon neutrino disappearance observed by the super-Kamiokande experiment, the more than a decade old atmospheric neutrino anomaly moved from a possible indication for neutrino oscillations to an apparently inescapable fact. The evidence is reviewed, and new indications are presented that the oscillations are probably between muon and tau neutrinos. Implications and future directions are discussed.
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Learned, J.G. Results from atmospheric neutrinos. Pramana - J Phys 55, 3–18 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12043-000-0079-0
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