W - Z Interference in Neutrino - Nucleus Scattering

Sep 22, 1987
14 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 37 (1988) 2419
Report number:
  • ITP-SB-87-59,
  • FERMILAB-PUB-87-124-T

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Abstract: (APS)
The creation of muon pairs by (anti)neutrinos in the Coulomb field of the nucleus provides a direct test of the interference between the intermediate-vector-boson amplitudes, as predicted by the weak-interaction theory. This paper summarizes the main features of the above process and discusses the feasibility of measuring the W-Z interference by searching for recoilless dimuon events using fine-grained counter neutrino detectors. The result from an earlier experiment which searched for this process is discussed in the context of the present calculation.
  • NEUTRINO NUCLEUS: NUCLEAR REACTION
  • ANTINEUTRINO NUCLEUS: NUCLEAR REACTION
  • MUON: PAIR PRODUCTION
  • PAIR PRODUCTION: MUON
  • INTERFERENCE: (Z0 W)
  • CROSS SECTION
  • EFFECT: COULOMB
  • SCATTERING AMPLITUDE
  • APPROXIMATION: LEADING LOGARITHM
  • FEYNMAN GRAPH