Prompt {nu}{sub {tau}} fluxes in present and future {tau} neutrino experiments
- Theory Division, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23 (Switzerland)
- PPE Division, NOMAD experiment, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23 (Switzerland)
We use a nonperturbative QCD approach, the quark-gluon string model, to compute the {tau}-neutrino fluxes produced by fixed target pA collisions (where A is a target material) for incident protons of energies ranging from 120 to 800 GeV. The purpose of this calculation is to estimate {ital in a consistent way} the prompt background for the {nu}{sub {mu}}({nu}{sub e}){leftrightarrow}{nu}{sub {tau}} oscillation search in the on-going {nu}{sub {mu}}({nu}{sub e}){leftrightarrow}{nu}{sub {tau}} oscillation search experiments CHORUS and NOMAD, as well as the expected prompt background in future experiments, such as COSMOS at Fermilab and a possible second-generation {nu}{sub {mu}}({nu}{sub e}){leftrightarrow}{nu}{sub {tau}} search experiment at the CERN SPS. In addition, we compute the number of {nu}{sub {tau}} interactions expected by the experiment E872 at Fermilab. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}
- OSTI ID:
- 450538
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review, D, Vol. 55, Issue 3; Other Information: PBD: Feb 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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