Published 2011 | Version v1
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Charm dimuon production in neutrino-nucleon interactions in the NOMAD experiment

Creators

  • 1. Univ. of South Carolina, SC (United States)
  • 2. Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research, Dubna (Russian Federation)

Description

We present our new measurement of charm dimuon production in neutrino-iron interactions based upon the full statistics collected by the NOMAD experiment. After background subtraction we observe 15,340 charm dimuon events, providing the largest sample currently available. The analysis exploits the large inclusive charged current sample (about 9 million events after all analysis cuts) to constrain the total systematic uncertainty to ∼2%. The extraction of strange sea and charm production parameters is also discussed

Availability note (English)

Available online: http://www1.jinr.ru/Pepan_letters/panl_2011_7/10_Petti.pdf

Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://www1.jinr.ru/Pepan_letters/panl_2011_7/10_Petti.pdf;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Pis'ma v Zhurnal 'Fizika Ehlementarnykh Chastits i Atomnogo Yadra'
Journal Volume
8
Journal Issue
7/170
Series
Proceedings of the School. Edited by A.N.Vall and D.V.Naumov
Journal Page Range
p. 1252-1261
ISSN
1814-5957

Conference

Title
International Baikal summer school on physics of elementary particles and astrophysics 2010
Original Conference Title
Mezhdunarodnaya bajkal'skaya letnyaya shkola po fizike ehlementarnykh chastits i astrofizike 2010
Dates
6-14 Jul 2010
Place
Bolshie Koty, Irkutsk Region (Russian Federation)

INIS

Country of Publication
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR)
Country of Input or Organization
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR)
INIS RN
43080950
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
C QUARKS; CROSS SECTIONS; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; ENERGY SPECTRA; MUON DETECTION; MUON PAIRS; NEUTRINO REACTIONS; PAIR PRODUCTION; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; SHOWER COUNTERS; SOLID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS
Descriptors DEC
CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION; CHARM PARTICLES; DETECTION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; INTERACTIONS; LEPTON REACTIONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; QUARKS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SPECTRA

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract BMBF 05 6DO52; RF 02.740.11.5220; Grant PHY-9526278; RFBR 10-02-00395-a
Notes
18 refs., 7 figs., 1 tab.