Muon - electron final states in neutrino interactions

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]

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Physics

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Bross, Alan David

Contributors dc:contributor

• O'Halloran, T.A.

• muon-electron final states
• neutrino interactions
• Alternating Gradient Synchrotron
• Brookhaven National Laboratory

Statement dc:rights

• 1977 Alan David Bross

Language dc:language

en

Identifier

252857

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/25624