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Title: Further observation of dimuon production by neutrinos

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. Lett., v. 35, no. 18, pp. 1199-1202

By using a quadrupole focused neutrino beam, 61 events with two muons in the final state have been observed at Fermilab. These include seven $mu$$sup - $$mu$$sup -$ events. A comparison of the event rate in two targets of different hadron absorption length indicates that attributing the events to $pi$ or K leptonic decay is ruled out by 4.0 standard deviations. No trimuon events were observed; this circumstance, combined with lepton conservation, indicates an unobserved neutral lepton is present in most of the events. (AIP)

Research Organization:
Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
NSA Number:
NSA-33-015727
OSTI ID:
4084099
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. Lett., v. 35, no. 18, pp. 1199-1202, Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 30-JUN-76
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English