Prompt neutrino production in a beam dump experiment

Thesis/Dissertation · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:5986820

Crisler, M B

The flux of prompt electron and muon neutrinos produced by 400 GeV protons on nuclear targets has been measured at FERMILAB. The ratios of prompt electron to muon neutrino events and of prompt muon neutrino to anti-neutrino events were found to be consistant with unity. Assuming that the charm production cross section varies as A zeta, it was found that zeta = .731 +/- .045. For one set of assumptions, the production cross section for charmed D mesons was found to be 118 +/- 54 ..mu..b.

• Research Organization: Ohio State Univ., Columbus (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5986820
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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645102 -- High Energy Physics-- Particle Interactions & Properties-Experimental-- Weak Interactions & Properties
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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
ACCELERATORS
BARYON REACTIONS
BOSONS
BRANCHING RATIO
CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS
CHARM PARTICLES
CHARMED MESON RESONANCES
CROSS SECTIONS
CYCLIC ACCELERATORS
D RESONANCES
DATA
DECAY
ELECTRON NEUTRINOS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ENERGY RANGE
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FERMILAB ACCELERATOR
FERMIONS
GEV RANGE
GEV RANGE 100-1000
HADRON REACTIONS
HADRONS
INFORMATION
LEPTONS
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MESON RESONANCES
MESONS
MUON NEUTRINOS
NEUTRINOS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEON REACTIONS
NUMERICAL DATA
PARTICLE DECAY
PARTICLE PRODUCTION
PROTON REACTIONS
RESONANCE PARTICLES
SYNCHROTRONS
WEAK PARTICLE DECAY