A search forν µ →ν e oscillations was conducted by the Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center usingν µ from µ + decay at rest. A total excess of 87.9 ± 22.4 ± 6.0 events consistent withν e p → e + n scattering was observed above the expected background. This excess corresponds to an oscillation probability of (0.264 ± 0.067 ± 0.045)%, which is consistent with an earlier analysis. In conjunction with other known limits on neutrino oscillations, the LSND data suggest that neutrino oscillations occur in the 0.2 − 10 eV 2 /c 4 ∆m 2 range, indicating a neutrino mass greater than 0.4 eV/c 2 .2

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