Published April 1993 | Version v1
Journal article

New results on inverse muon decay and low multiplicity reactions

Creators

  • 1. Dipt. di Fisica, Univ. di Ferrara (Italy)
  • 2. Inter-Univ. Inst. for Nuclear Science (Belgium)
  • 3. National Foundation for Scientific Research (Germany)
  • 4. DESY - Inst. fuer Hochenergiephysik, Zeuthen (Germany)
  • 5. YEFAM (Turkey)
  • 6. Univ. di Ferrara e Ist. Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) (Italy)
  • 7. Univ. 'La Sapienza' e Ist. Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Rome (Italy)
  • 8. Univ. e Ist. Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Naples (Italy)
  • 9. Sektion Physik der Univ. Muenchen (Germany)
  • 10. Inst. for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow (Russian Federation)
  • 11. Univ. Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium)
  • 12. 2. Inst. fuer Experimentalphysik, Univ. Hamburg (Germany)
  • 13. CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)
  • 14. Inter-Univ. Inst. for High Energies (ULB-VUB), Brussels (Belgium)

Description

New results on inverse muon decay and coherent charged pion production by neutrinos are presented. The data come from the CHARM-II neutrino detector operated at the CERN wide-band neutrino beam. High-statistics data samples of 14500 inverse muon decay events and 3500 νμe elastic scattering events allow the determination of the electroweak parameters from the ratio of the cross-sections of neutral-to-charged-current neutrino electron scattering. The best fit values of the electroweak mixing angle sin2 θW and the relative coupling strength ρ of neutral and charged current are: sin2 θW = 0.237±0.014 and ρ = 0.987±0.042. In the second topic, coherent single charged pion production was measured in neutrino and antineutrino beams. The measured cross-sections, averaged over the wide-band beam spectra and the glass target nuclei composition, are: σ(νμA → μ-π+A) = (51±10) x 10-40 cm2 nucleus and σ( anti νμA → μ+π-A) = (43±9) x 10-40 cm2 nucleus. The energy dependence shows the expected flattering of the cross-sections at high energy. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B, Proceedings Supplements
Journal Volume
31
Journal Page Range
p. 293-300.
ISSN
0920-5632
CODEN
NPBSE7

Conference

Title
15. international conference on neutrino physics and astrophysics (Neutrino-15).
Dates
7-12 Jun 1992.
Place
Granada (Spain).

Optional Information

Collaborations
CHARM II Collaboration.