Muon - electron final states in neutrino interactions
Bross, Alan David
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Title
Muon - electron final states in neutrino interactions
Author(s)
Bross, Alan David
Issue Date
1977
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
O'Halloran, T.A.
Department of Study
Physics
Discipline
Physics
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
muon-electron final states
neutrino interactions
Alternating Gradient Synchrotron
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Language
en
Abstract
In an experiment carried out at the Brookhaven National Laboratory Alternating Gradient Synchrotron, we have observed eight candidates for the reaction
vu + N + -> u + e + anything
with a total background of 1.5 ± 0.6 events. The detector consisted of twenty-eight optical spark chambers interspersed with liquid and plastic scintillation counters. Events classified as muon electron final states are required to have a long noninteracting straight track in conjunction with an electromagnetic shower characteristic of that produced by an electron. Background processes are discussed and the total muon -electron background calculated.
The ratio of the number. of muon electron candidates to all charged currrnt events, corrected for the percentage of the neutrino beam above threshold, is
[equation]
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