A new measurement of the cross section of the inverse muon decay reaction νμ + e− → μ− + νe

Authors :: Geiregat, D.
Vilain, P.
Wilquet, G.
Bergsma, F.
Binder, U.
Burkard, H.
Eisenberg, Y.
Flegel, W.
Grote, H.
Mouthuy, T.
Øveras, H.
Panman, J.
Santacesaria, R.
Winter, K.
Zacek, G.
Zacek, V.
Beyer, R.
Blobel, V.
Büsser, F. W.
Foos, C.
Gerland, L.
Layda, T.
Niebergall, F.
Raëdel, G.
Stahëlin, P.
Tadsen, A.
Voss, T.
Delbar, T.
Favart, D.
Gregoire, G.
Knoops, E.
Gorbunov, P.
Grigoriev, E.
Khovansky, V.
Maslennikov, A.
Rosanov, A.
Lippich, W.
Nathaniel, A.
Staude, A.
Caria, M.
Eckart, B.
Ereditato, A.
Gorini, E.
Grancagnolo, F.
Iasevoli, R.
Palladino, V.
Strolin, P.
Capone, Antonio
DE PEDIS, D.
DI CAPUA, E.
Dore, Ubaldo
Loverre, Pier Ferruccio
RAMBALDI FRENKEL, A.
Piredda, G.
Zanello, D.
Source :: Physics Letters B. 247:131-136
Publication Year :: 1990
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 1990.
Abstract: We have measured the cross section for inverse muon decay in the CERN neutrino wide band beam. From 4808 events observed in the CHARM II detector we derived for the Born term of the asymptotic cross section slope the result (18.16±1.36) × 10 −42 cm 2 GeV −1 . This cross section is in good agreement with the standard model prediction and allows to constrain the scalar coupling of the electron and muon to their neutrinos to | g LL S | 2

Subjects :: Physics
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Particle physics
Muon
Large Hadron Collider
Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors
Electron
Standard Model
Nuclear physics
Cross section (physics)
High Energy Physics::Experiment
Charm (quantum number)
Neutrino
Particle Physics - Experiment
Beam (structure)

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