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Dimuon production by neutrinos in the Fermilab 15-foot bubble chamber

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6136847

In a 326,000 picture exposure of the Fermilab 15' Neon-Hydrogen Bubble Chamber to the Quadrupole Triplet Neutrino Beam, 62 dimuon candidates have been found: 0 ..mu../sup +/..mu../sup -/, 54 ..mu../sup -/..mu../sup +/ and ..mu../sup +/..mu../sup -/, and 8 ..mu../sup -/..mu../sup -/. The ..mu../sup -/..mu../sup -/ candidates are consistent with background. The ratio of opposite-sign dimuon events to single muon events is (0.39 +- 0.10) x 10/sup -2/ for a muon momentum cut of 4 GeV/c. There are 10 V/sup 0/ in the opposite-sign dimuon events, yielding a neutral strange particle rate per event of 0.6 +- 0.3.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AI22-80PC30032
OSTI ID:
6136847
Report Number(s):
UH-511-350-79; ON: DE81025785
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English