Emission of heavy neutrinos in muon capture

Journal Article · Fri Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1983 · Phys. Rev. D; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.27.1644· OSTI ID:6082936

Deutsch, J P; Lebrun, M; Prieels, R

The possible use of various muon-capture observables is assessed in the search for heavy neutrinos mixed in the dominant variety. Existing data on the triton recoil spectrum measured in the reaction ..mu../sup -/+/sup 3/He..--> nu../sub ..mu../+/sup 3/H readily allow the exclusion of the emission of heavy neutrinos of mass m/sub nuj/ between 60 and 72 MeV/c/sup 2/ with probability higher than Vertical BarU/sub muj/Vertical Bar/sup 2/approx. =0.01. This complements limits on Vertical BarU/sub muj/Vertical Bar/sup 2/ obtained from the reactions ..pi --> mu nu../sub ..mu../ and K..--> mu nu../sub ..mu../.

• Research Organization: Institut de Physique, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Chemin du Cyclotron 2, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
• OSTI ID: 6082936
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. D; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. D; (United States) Vol. 27:7; ISSN PRVDA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
CAPTURE
CHARGED PARTICLES
CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
EMISSION
FERMIONS
HELIUM 3 TARGET
INTERACTIONS
LEPTON REACTIONS
LEPTON-BARYON INTERACTIONS
LEPTON-HADRON INTERACTIONS
LEPTON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
LEPTONS
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MUON REACTIONS
MUON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
MUONS
MUONS MINUS
NEUTRINOS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
PARTICLE PRODUCTION
PROBABILITY
RECOILS
TARGETS
TRITONS