Charged ρ-meson production in neutrino-induced reactions at < E ν >≈ 10 GeV
Abstract
The production of charged ρ mesons on nuclei and nucleons is investigated in charged current neutrino interactions at moderate energies (< E > ≈ 10 GeV), using the data obtained with SKAT bubble chamber. No strong nuclear effects are observed in ρ + and ρ - production. The fractions of charged and neutral pions originating from ρ decays are obtained and compared with higher-energy data. From analysis of the obtained and available data on ρ + and K*+(892) neutrino production, the strangeness suppression factor is extracted: λ s = 0.18 ± 0.03. Estimation is obtained for cross section of coherent ρ + neutrino production on nuclei.
- Publication:
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Physics of Atomic Nuclei
- Pub Date:
- February 2011
- DOI:
- 10.1134/S1063778811020025
- arXiv:
- arXiv:0801.3590
- Bibcode:
- 2011PAN....74..221A
- Keywords:
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- High Energy Physics - Experiment
- E-Print:
- 7 pages, 6 figures