Yield of prompt like-sign dimuons from neutrino interactions Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • We present data on the production by neutrinos of a prompt - signal with a rate relative to the -+ rate (single charm production) of 0.07 0.04, 0.12 0.03, and 0.12 0.03 for p>5, >10, and >15 GeV/c, respectively. The energy dependence of the ratio Npr ( - )N(-) is also presented. Like-sign dimuon data from various experiments are summarized and discussed. Our observed - rate is roughly two orders of magnitude larger than that expected from leading-order quantum-chromodynamic calculations of associated charm production. 1981 The American Physical Society.

published proceedings

  • Physical Review D

author list (cited authors)

  • Trinko, T., Benvenuti, A., Cline, D., Heagy, S. M., Reeder, D. D., Winn, D. R., ... Imlay, R.

citation count

  • 19

complete list of authors

  • Trinko, T||Benvenuti, A||Cline, D||Heagy, SM||Reeder, DD||Winn, DR||Bobisut, F||Cooper, PS||Gilchriese, MGD||Mann, AK||Johnson, ME||Lundy, R||Mori, S||Stefanski, R||McIntyre, P||Rich, JA||Ling, TY||Imlay, R

publication date

  • May 1981