Published May 1995 | Version v1
Journal article

Spin alignment and parity violation effects in p0 production in neutrino and antineutrino charged-current interactions

  • 1. Institut Fiziki Vysokikh Ehnergij, Protvino (Russian Federation)
  • 2. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Physik, Muenchen (Germany)
  • 3. Institut Teoreticheskoj i Ehksperimental'noj Fiziki, Moscow (Russian Federation)
  • 4. Institute of Nuclear Physics, Cracow (Poland)
  • 5. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Bari (Italy). Ist. e Sezione di Fisica
  • 6. Rutherford Appleton Lab., Chilton (United Kingdom)
  • 7. Birmingham Univ. (United Kingdom)
  • 8. Interuniversity Inst. for High Energies, Brussels (Belgium)
  • 9. European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva (Switzerland)

Description

Most of the measured events on hydrogen, deuterium and neon targets from BEBC at CERN and the 15-foot Bubble Chamber at Fermilab are combined to measure spin-density matrix elements for ρ0 production in the current-fragmentation region in neutrino and antineutrino charged-current interactions. The spin-alignment parameter η is found to be 0.08 ± 0.11 for neutrino and 0.41 ± 0.11 for antineutrino interactions. The parity-odd density matrix element Im(ρ10 + ρ-10) is consistent with zero in both reactions. In the combined neutrino and antineutrino data an indication of parity violation is observed: Imρ1-1 = 0.38 ± 0.16 at xB > 0.2, Q2 > 8 GeV2 and z > 0.6. (orig.)

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Journal Title
Zeitschrift fuer Physik. C, Particles and Fields
Journal Volume
66
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 583-590.
ISSN
0170-9739
CODEN
ZPCFD2

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