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Measurement of the scaling x and y distributions of neutral and charged current nu/sub. mu. / interactions

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OSTI ID:5540774
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We report on a joint study of the neutral and charged current reactions nu/sub ..mu../ + Ne ..-->.. h + nu/sub ..mu../ and nu/sub ..mu../ + Ne h + ..mu../sup -/. With the aim to obtain distributions in the scaling variables x and y. The experiment was performed at the FNAL narrow band neutrino beam (neutrino energies up to 240 GeV; mean energy: 60 GeV) and used the 15-foot bubble chamber filled with a heavy neon-hydrogen mix (59 atomic percent of neon) to detect neutrino interactions. The narrow band beam allows one to determine the four-momentum of the incoming neutrino from the radial position of the interaction vertex. The bubble chamber, on the other hand, permits one to detect the detailed composition of the final state hadronic system, h, and to reconstruct its four-momentum. From these the four-momentum of the outgoing lepton can be reconstructed on an event-by-event basis. The quality of the lepton reconstruction can be studied on charged current events for the outgoing lepton, the ..mu../sup -/, is detected. The data sample consists of 950 nu/sub ..mu../ interaction candidates within a reduced fiducial volume which was chosen to insure a good containment of the hadronic shower and to improve the event reconstruction.

Research Organization:
Columbia Univ., New York (USA); Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA); Rutgers--the State Univ., New Brunswick, NJ (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH00016
OSTI ID:
5540774
Report Number(s):
BNL-33750; CONF-830718-14; ON: DE84002860
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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645101 -- High Energy Physics-- Particle Interactions & Properties-Experimental-- Electromagnetic Interactions & Properties
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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
CHARGED-CURRENT INTERACTIONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ELEMENTS
FERMIONS
FLUIDS
GASES
INTERACTIONS
LEPTON REACTIONS
LEPTON-BARYON INTERACTIONS
LEPTON-HADRON INTERACTIONS
LEPTON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
LEPTONS
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MUON NEUTRINOS
MUONS
MUONS MINUS
NEON
NEUTRAL-CURRENT INTERACTIONS
NEUTRINO REACTIONS
NEUTRINO-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
NEUTRINOS
NONMETALS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
RARE GASES