Evidence of coherent $K^{+}$ meson production in neutrino-nucleus scattering

Wang, Z.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.061802

Title: Evidence of coherent $$K^{+}$$ meson production in neutrino-nucleus scattering

Journal Article · Fri Aug 05 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.061802· OSTI ID:1275504

Wang, Z. ^[1]

Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY (United States). et al.

Neutrino-induced charged-current coherent kaon production ν_μA→μ^-K⁺A is a rare, inelastic electroweak process that brings a K⁺ on shell and leaves the target nucleus intact in its ground state. This process is significantly lower in rate than the neutrino-induced charged-current coherent pion production because of Cabibbo suppression and a kinematic suppression due to the larger kaon mass. We search for such events in the scintillator tracker of MINERvA by observing the final state K⁺, μ^-, and no other detector activity, and by using the kinematics of the final state particles to reconstruct the small momentum transfer to the nucleus, which is a model-independent characteristic of coherent scattering. Furthermore, we find the first experimental evidence for the process at 3σ significance.

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Research Organization:: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Contributing Organization:: MINERvA Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11359

OSTI ID:: 1275504

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1283432

Report Number(s):: FERMILAB-PUB-16-282-ND; arXiv:1606.08890; 1473763

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 117, Issue 6; ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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