Prompt neutrino production from 400 GeV protons on tungsten targets

Thesis/Dissertation · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:5410935

Wang, E M

A sample of neutrino events found in a prompt neutrino experiment performed at Fermilab is analyzed. The experiment was designed to study neutrinos from the decay of massive or shortlived particles. A beam of 400 GeV protons was allowed to impinge on a thick tungsten target. The detector, a 52 metric ton fiducial mass lead-scintillator calorimeter located 56m downstream from the target, was set to trigger on no incoming tracks and either energy deposition or an outgoing muon. Data runs were taken with a full density and a 1/3 density tungsten target. The prompt flux is found by extrapolation to infinite target density and by subtraction of calculated backgrounds. The total event sample is divided into two parts; a 1-Mu (single muon events) sample and a 0-Mu (muonless events) sample. Then, a charged current muon and charged current electron neutrino sample are derived. The energy and transverse momentum distributions of prompt neutrino events are presented. By attributing the flux of these prompt events to D anti D production, and assuming a production model a fit to the best model and a total production cross section are obtained. In addition, limits are set on the diffractive production of charm.

• Research Organization: Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5410935
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
ACCELERATORS
BARYON REACTIONS
BASIC INTERACTIONS
BOSONS
CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS
CHARM PARTICLES
CROSS SECTIONS
CYCLIC ACCELERATORS
D MESONS
DATA
DECAY
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ELEMENTS
ENERGY RANGE
ENERGY SPECTRA
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FERMILAB ACCELERATOR
FERMIONS
GEV RANGE
GEV RANGE 100-1000
HADRON REACTIONS
HADRONS
INFORMATION
INTERACTIONS
LEPTONIC DECAY
LEPTONS
LINEAR MOMENTUM
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MESONS
METALS
NEUTRINOS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEON REACTIONS
NUMERICAL DATA
PARTICLE DECAY
PARTICLE PRODUCTION
PROTON REACTIONS
PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS
SPECTRA
SYNCHROTRONS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
TRANSVERSE MOMENTUM
TUNGSTEN
WEAK INTERACTIONS
WEAK PARTICLE DECAY