The Results of MINOS and the Future with MINOS+

Figure 18

(a) show the 68% and 90% confidence limits on and for the normal hierarchy (top) and inverted hierarchy (bottom). At each point in this parameter space, the likelihood function is maximised with respect to , , and the systematic parameters constraints in the fit. The likelihood surface is calculated relative to the overall best fit, which is indicated by the star. (b) show the 1D likelihood profiles as a function of and for each hierarchy. The horizontal dotted lines indicate the 68% and 90% confidence limits.

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