Coherent production of single pions and [rho] mesons in charged-current interactions of neutrinos and antineutrinos on neon nuclei at the Fermilab Tevatron

Journal Article · Thu Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1993 · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.47.2661· OSTI ID:6655253

Willocq, S; Aderholz, M; Akbari, H; Allport, P P; Badyal, S K; Ballagh, H C; Barth, M; Bingham, H H; Brucker, E B; Burnstein, R A; Cence, R J; Chatterjee, T K; Clayton, E F; Corrigan, G; De Prospo, D; Devanand,; De Wolf, E; Faulkner, P J.W.; Foeth, H; Fretter, W B ; Gupta, V K; Hanlon, J; Harigel, G; Harris, F A; Jacques, P; Jain, V; Jones, G T; Jones, M D; Kafka, T; Kalelkar, M; Kohli, J M; Koller, E L; Krawiec, R J; Lauko, M; Lys, J E; Marage, P; Milburn, R H; Mittra, I S; Mobayyen, M M; Moreels, J; Morrison, D R.O.; Myatt, G; Nailor, P; Naon, R; Napier, A; Passmore, D; Peters, M W; Peterson, V Z; Plano, R; Rao, N K; Rubin, H A; Sacton, J; Sambyal, S S; Schmitz, N; Schneps, J; Singh, J B; Singh, S; Smart, W; Stamer, P; Varvell, K E; Verluyten, L; Wachsmuth, H; Wainstein, S; Yost, G P ^[1]

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1. University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States) University of Birmingham, Birmingham B152TT; United Kingdom; Inter-Univ

The coherent production of [pi] and [rho] mesons in [nu][sub [mu]]([bar [nu]][sub [mu]])--neon charged-current interactions has been studied using the Fermilab 15-foot bubble chamber filled with a heavy Ne-H[sub 2] mix and exposed to the Teva- tron quadrupole triplet (anti)neutrino beam. The [nu][sub [mu]] ([bar [nu]][sub [mu]]) beam had an average energy of 80 GeV (70 GeV). From a sample corresponding to approximately 28 000 charged-current interactions, net signals of (53[plus minus]9) [mu][sup [plus minus]][pi][sup [minus plus]] coherent events and (19[plus minus]7) [mu][sup [plus minus]][pi][sup [minus plus]][pi][sup 0] coherent events are extracted. For [ital E][gt]10 GeV, the coherent pion production cross section is determined to be (3.2[plus minus]0.7)[times]10[sup [minus]38] cm[sup 2] per neon nucleus whereas the coherent [rho] production cross section is (2.1[plus minus]0.8)[times]10[sup [minus]38] cm[sup 2] per neon nucleus. These cross sections and the kinematical characteristics of the coherent events at [vert bar][ital t][vert bar][lt]0.1 GeV[sup 2] are found to be in general agreement with the predictions of a model based on the hadron dominance and, in the pion case, on the partially conserved axial-vector current hypothesis. Also discussed is the coherent production of systems consisting of three pions.

• OSTI ID: 6655253
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States) Vol. 47:7; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
ANTINEUTRINO-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
BOSONS
BUBBLE CHAMBERS
CROSS SECTIONS
DATA
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ELEMENTS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FLUIDS
GAS TRACK DETECTORS
GASES
HADRONS
HYDROGEN
INFORMATION
INTERACTIONS
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LEPTON-HADRON INTERACTIONS
LEPTON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MESONS
NEON
NEUTRINO-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
NONMETALS
NUMERICAL DATA
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
PARTICLE KINEMATICS
PARTICLE PRODUCTION
PCAC THEORY
PIONS
PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS
RADIATION DETECTORS
RARE GASES
RHO-770 MESONS
VECTOR MESONS