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Measurement of inverse muon decay /nu//sub /mu//+e/r arrow//mu//sup /minus//+/nu//sub e/ at Fermilab Tevatron energies 15--600 GeV

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)
We report on a measurement of inverse muon decay /nu//sub /mu//+e/r arrow//mu//sup /minus//+/nu//sub e/ at the Fermilab Tevatron. A sample of 1151 inverse-/mu/-decay events, produced by neutrinos with laboratory energy in the range 15/le//ital E//sub /nu///le/600 GeV, is extracted. We measure the rate of this reaction with respect to the /nu//sub /mu//-/ital N/ charged-current interaction to be (0.125/plus minus/0.009(stat)/plus minus/0.003(syst))/times/10/sup /minus/2/. The measurement supports /ital V/---/ital A/ structure of the weak current, left-handed two-component neutrinos, and a cross section rising linearly with respect to the center-of-mass energy.
Research Organization:
Columbia University, New York, New York 10027(US); University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637; Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois 60510
OSTI ID:
5961058
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 63:2; ISSN PRLTA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English