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Vector-meson dominance calculations for the anti $nu$ bar anomaly and dimuon production

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev., D, v. 12, no. 9, pp. 2628-2631
OSTI ID:4070563
We test quantitatively the hypothesis that the Fermilab anomaly in inclusive anti $nu$N $Yields$ $mu$$sup +$X distributions comes from charm production via intermediate vector (V) and axial-vector (A) charmed mesons. Theoretical predictions from this mechanism are integrated over the experimental $nu$ and anti $nu$ spectra, including a scaling background calculated from the parton model. This mechanism can approximately account for the high-y anti $nu$N data with an effective charm production threshold W/sub th/ = 4 GeV and F*N total cross sections of order 10 mb. Better agreement is secured with a higher threshold W/sub th/ = 6 GeV and higher charmed meson--nucleon cross sections. Unsuppressed weak current couplings to charmed D* mesons could enhance the vector- meson-dominance effect. The v and p distributions of the fast $mu$$sup -$ in the dimuon events are consistent with this F* vector dominance contribution. (AIP)
Research Organization:
Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
NSA Number:
NSA-33-021406
OSTI ID:
4070563
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev., D, v. 12, no. 9, pp. 2628-2631, Journal Name: Phys. Rev., D, v. 12, no. 9, pp. 2628-2631; ISSN PRVDA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English