Cosmic ray neutrino-induced muon spectrum and the inelastic neutrino cross section at high energies

Conference · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1973

OSTI ID:4077698

Bergeson, H E; Cassiday, G L; Hendricks, M B

The results of a measurement of the integral energy distribution of the neutrino-induced muon flux deep underground using the Utah neutrino detector are reported. By comparing the observed and expected distributions, lower limits are set on the saturation energy E$sub 0$ of the total neutrino-nucleon cross section or, equivalently, on the mass M/sub w/ of the intermediate vector boson if scale invariance of the inelastic structure function $nu$$W$$sub 2$ is assumed. At the 1, 2, and 3 sigma levels of confidence M/sub w/ is greater than 8.5, 4.5, 2.8 GeV or E$sub 0$ is greater than 230, 165, 25 GeV respectively. (auth)

• Research Organization: Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City; Denver Univ., Colo. (USA)
• NSA Number: NSA-33-021071
• OSTI ID: 4077698
• Report Number(s): CONF-730804--P3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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GEV RANGE 01-10
GEV RANGE 10-100
GEV RANGE 100-1000
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N58100* --Physics (Atmospheric)--Auroral & Ionospheric Phenomena
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