Measurement of the νμ and νμ nucleon charged-current total cross sections, and the ratio of νμ neutron to νμ proton charged-current total cross sections

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Nuclear Physics B

Volume 239, Issue 2, 9 July 1984, Pages 301-310

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Abstract

The total ν_μ and $ν_{μ}$ nucleon charged-current cross sections have been measured in BEBC filled with deuterium and exposed to the wide-band neutrino and antineutrino beams at the CERN-SPS. Assuming a linear energy dependence for the cross sections, σ = aE(−_ν, we obtained the coefficients $a_{νN= 0.62 ± 0.05anda_{νN}= 0.33 ± 0.03} (in units of 10^{−38} cm^{2} /GeV)$ , where the quoted error is mainly systematic. The ratio of the cross sections is $σ_{νN} /σ_{νN} = 0.53 ± 0.03$ .

We also determined the ratio of the charged-current cross section for neutrino interactions on neutrons and protons R = σ_νn/σ_νp = 2.10 ± 0.08 (statistical) ±0.22 (sysetmatic). The dependence of R on the variables x, y and E_ν is discussed.

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