%0 Conference Paper
%A Ahrens, J.
%A Kelley, J. L.
%A DESY
%T Testing Alternative Oscillation Scenarios with Atmospheric Neutrinos Using AMANDA-II Data from 2000 to 2003
%C Ciudad de Mexico
%I Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
%M PHPPUBDB-5425
%P 55-58
%D 2007
%X The AMANDA-II neutrino telescope detects upward-going atmospheric muon neutrinos penetratingthe Earth from the Northern Hemisphere via the Cherenkov light of neutrino-induced muons,allowing the reconstruction of the original neutrino direction. Due to the high energy threshold of about 50 GeV, the declination spectrum is minimally affected by standard neutrino oscillations; however, alternative oscillation models predicting subdominant effects can be tested and constrained. Of particular interest are models that allow one to test Lorentz invariance and the equivalence principle. Using the AMANDA-II data from the years 2000 to 2003, a sample of 3401 candidate neutrino-induced events was selected. No indication for alternative oscillation effects was found. For maximal mixing angles, an upper limit is set on both the Lorentz violation parameter δc/c and the equivalence principle violation parameter 2 - φ - δγ of 5.3 × 10−27 at the 90
%B 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference
%C 3 Jul 2007 - 11 Jul 2007, Merida (Mexico)
Y2 3 Jul 2007 - 11 Jul 2007
M2 Merida, Mexico
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)8
%9 Contribution to a conference proceedings
%R 10.1142/9789812779519_0035
%U https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/83053