Prompt tau-neutrino fluxes in present and future tau-neutrino experiments

We use a nonperturbative QCD approach, the quark-gluon string model, to compute the τ -neutrino fluxes produced by fixed target pA collisions (where A is a target material) for incident protons of energies ranging from 120 to 800 GeV. The purpose of this calculation is to estimate in a consistent wa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: González García, Ma. Concepción, Gómez Cadenas, Juan José, 1960-
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1996
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/12495
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/12495
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Partícules (Física nuclear)
Teoria de camps (Física)
Neutrins
Particles (Nuclear physics)
Field theory (Physics)
Neutrinos
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Sumario:We use a nonperturbative QCD approach, the quark-gluon string model, to compute the τ -neutrino fluxes produced by fixed target pA collisions (where A is a target material) for incident protons of energies ranging from 120 to 800 GeV. The purpose of this calculation is to estimate in a consistent way the prompt background for the ν μ ( ν e ) ↔ ν τ oscillation search in the on-going ν μ ( ν e ) ↔ ν τ oscillation search experiments CHORUS and NOMAD, as well as the expected prompt background in future experiments, such as COSMOS at Fermilab and a possible second-generation ν μ ( ν e ) ↔ ν τ search experiment at the CERN SPS. In addition, we compute the number of ν τ interactions expected by the experiment E872 at Fermilab.