Prompt {nu}{sub {tau}} fluxes in present and future {tau} neutrino experiments

Journal Article · Sat Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1997 · Physical Review, D

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.55.1297· OSTI ID:450538

Gonzalez-Garcia, M C ^[1]; Gomez-Cadenas, J J ^[2]

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1. Theory Division, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23 (Switzerland)
2. PPE Division, NOMAD experiment, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23 (Switzerland)

We use a nonperturbative QCD approach, the quark-gluon string model, to compute the {tau}-neutrino fluxes produced by fixed target pA collisions (where A is a target material) for incident protons of energies ranging from 120 to 800 GeV. The purpose of this calculation is to estimate {ital in a consistent way} the prompt background for the {nu}{sub {mu}}({nu}{sub e}){leftrightarrow}{nu}{sub {tau}} oscillation search in the on-going {nu}{sub {mu}}({nu}{sub e}){leftrightarrow}{nu}{sub {tau}} oscillation search experiments CHORUS and NOMAD, as well as the expected prompt background in future experiments, such as COSMOS at Fermilab and a possible second-generation {nu}{sub {mu}}({nu}{sub e}){leftrightarrow}{nu}{sub {tau}} search experiment at the CERN SPS. In addition, we compute the number of {nu}{sub {tau}} interactions expected by the experiment E872 at Fermilab. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}

• OSTI ID: 450538
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D, Journal Name: Physical Review, D Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 55; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

66 PHYSICS
GLUONS
NEUTRINO OSCILLATION
PARTICLE PRODUCTION
PROTON REACTIONS
QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS
QUARK MODEL
STRING MODELS
TAU NEUTRINOS