Neutral strange particle production in neutrino and antineutrino charged-current interactions on neon

Journal Article · Thu Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1994 · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.50.6691· OSTI ID:6865578

DeProspo, D; Kalelkar, M; Aderholz, M; Akbari, H; Allport, P P; Ammosov, V V; Andryakov, A; Asratyan, A; Badyal, S K; Ballagh, H C; Baton, J; Barth, M; Bingham, H H; Brucker, E B; Burnstein, R A; Cence, R J; Chatterjee, T K; Clayton, E F; Corrigan, G; Coutures, C ; Devanand,; De Wolf, E; Ermolov, P; Erofeeva, I; Faulkner, P J.W.; Foeth, H; Fretter, W B; Gapienko, G; Gupta, V K; Hanlon, J; Harigel, G; Harris, F A; Ivanilov, A; Jabiol, M; Jacques, P; Jain, V; Jones, G T; Jones, M D; Kafka, T; Kaftanov, V; Kasper, P; Kobrin, V; Kohli, J M; Koller, E L; Korablev, V; Kubantsev, M; Lauko, M; Lukina, O; Lys, J E; Lyutov, S; Marage, P; Milburn, R H; Mittra, I S; Mobayyen, M M; Moreels, J; Morrison, D R.O.; Moskalev, V; Murzin, V; Myatt, G; Nailor, P; Naon, R; Napier, A; Neveu, M; Passmore, D; Peters, M W; Peterson, V Z; Plano, R; Rao, N K; Rubin, H A; Ryasakov, S; Sacton, J; Sambyal, S S; Schmitz, N; Schneps, J; Singh, J B

A study has been made of neutral strange particle production in [nu][sub [mu]][ital Ne] and [bar [nu]][sub [mu]][ital Ne] charged-current interactions at a higher energy than any previous study. The experiment was done at the Fermilab Tevatron using the 15-ft. bubble chamber, and the data sample consists of 814(154) observed neutral strange particles from 6263(1115) [nu]([bar [nu]]) charged-current events. For the [nu] beam (average event energy [l angle][ital E][sub [nu]][r angle]=150 GeV), the average multiplicities per charged-current event have been measured to be 0.408[plus minus]0.048 for [ital K][sup 0], 0.127[plus minus]0.014 for [Lambda], and 0.015[plus minus]0.005 for [bar [Lambda]], which are significantly greater than for lower-energy experiments. The dependence of rates on kinematical variables has been measured, and shows that both [ital K][sup 0] and [Lambda] production increase strongly with [ital E][sub [nu]], [ital W][sup 2], [ital Q][sup 2], and [ital y][sub [ital B]]. Compared to lower-energy experiments, single-particle distributions indicate that there is much more [ital K][sup 0] production for [ital x][sub [ital F]][gt][minus]0.2, and the enhanced [Lambda] production spans most of the kinematic region. [bar [Lambda]] production is mostly in the region [vert bar][ital x][sub [ital F]][vert bar][lt]0.3. The Lund model is shown to be in qualitative agreement with the data, but does not reproduce single-particle distributions in detail. For [ital x][sub [ital F]][gt][minus]0.2 there is a significant excess of [Lambda] production over the model's prediction. The [Lambda] hyperons are found to be polarized in the production plane.

• OSTI ID: 6865578
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States) Vol. 50:11; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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