Neutrino (antineutrino) disintegration of the deuteron and the structure of the neutral weak current

Journal Article · Mon Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1975 · Phys. Rev., D, v. 12, no. 11, pp. 3673-3681

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.12.3673· OSTI ID:4074961

Ali, A; Dominguez, C A

We study the neutrino (antineutrino) disintegration of the deuteron with the view of determining the isospin and Lorentz character of the neutral weak current. Neutrino-induced transition rates between the $sup 3$S $Yields$ $sup 1$S, $sup 3$S $Yields$ $sup 1$P, and $sup 3$S $Yields$ $sup 3$P of the neutron-- proton system are derived for the most general form of the neutral weak current, valid up to intermediate neutrino energies (0--500 MeV). Explicit results are presented for the Weinberg--Salam model, the Beg--Zee model, and the case of an isoscalar neutral weak current. It is argued that this process can be, in principle, used to distinguish between the various assignments of the Lorentz and isospin properties of the hadronic neutral weak current. (AIP)

• Research Organization: Departamento de Fisica, Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Apdo. Postal 14-740, Mexico 14, D.F. and Physics Department, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey 07030
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• NSA Number: NSA-33-021408
• OSTI ID: 4074961
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev., D, v. 12, no. 11, pp. 3673-3681, Journal Name: Phys. Rev., D, v. 12, no. 11, pp. 3673-3681; ISSN PRVDA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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