Spin-one W-boson production via muon beams

W bosons may be produced by muon beams in the reactions μ+Z→ν+Z+W (projectile fragmentation) and μ+p→μ+n+W (target fragmentation). Using a model where we introduce strong-interaction effects via phenomenological form factors, we study in this paper the target-fragmentation process, concentrating on energies and W-boson masses appropriate to NAL. We give total cross sections and angular and energy distributions for the W boson and the final muon and compare these results with those obtained in the projectile-fragmentation reaction. Our calculation includes the possibility of an anomalous magnetic moment for the W boson.