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Experimental Study of Trimuon Events in Neutrino Charged-Current Interactions
This paper reports on a study of trimuon events induced by neutrino interactions in the CHORUS calorimeter exposed to the CERN SPS wide-band nu_mu beam. Among the multimuon events produced in the calorimeter, 42 mu- mu- mu+ events were selected and their kinematical properties investigated. In the p...
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Acceso en línea: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2004.06.081 http://cds.cern.ch/record/777241 |
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author | Kayis-Topaksu, A Onengüt, G Van Dantzig, R De Jong, M Konijn, J Melzer, O Oldeman, R G C Pesen, E Van der Poel, C A F J Visschers, J L Güler, M Köse, U Serin-Zeyrek, M Kama, S Sever, R Tolun, P Zeyrek, M T Catanesi, M G De Serio, M Ieva, M Muciaccia, M T Radicioni, E Simone, S Bülte, A Winter, Klaus Van de Vyver, B Vilain, P Wilquet, G Saitta, B Di Capua, E Ogawa, S Shibuya, H Artamonov, A V Brunner, J Chizhov, M Cussans, D G Doucet, M Fabre, Jean-Paul Hristova, I R Kawamura, T Kolev, D Litmaath, M Meinhard, H Panman, J Papadopoulos, I M Ricciardi, S Rozanov, A Saltzberg, D Tsenov, R V Uiterwijk, J W E Zucchelli, P Goldberg, J Chikawa, M Arik, E Song, J S Yoon, C S Kodama, K Ushida, N Aoki, S Hara, T Delbar, T Favart, D Grégoire, G Kalinin, S Makhlyoueva, I V Gorbunov, P Khovanskii, V D Shamanov, V V Tsukerman, I Bruski, N Frekers, D Rondeshagen, D Wolff, T Hoshino, K Kawada, J Komatsu, M Miyanishi, M Nakamura, M Nakano, T Narita, K Niu, K Niwa, K Nonaka, N Sato, O Toshito, T Buontempo, S Cocco, A G D'Ambrosio, N De Lellis, G De Rosa, G Di Capua, F Ereditato, A Fiorillo, G Marotta, A Messina, M Migliozzi, P Pistillo, C Santorelli, R Scotto-Lavina, L Strolin, P Tioukov, V Nakamura, K Okusawa, T Dore, U Loverre, P F Ludovici, L Maslennikov, A L Righini, P Rosa, G Santacesaria, R Satta, A Spada, F R Barbuto, E Bozza, C Grella, G Romano, G Sirignano, C Sorrentino, S Sato, Y Tezuka, I |
author_facet | Kayis-Topaksu, A Onengüt, G Van Dantzig, R De Jong, M Konijn, J Melzer, O Oldeman, R G C Pesen, E Van der Poel, C A F J Visschers, J L Güler, M Köse, U Serin-Zeyrek, M Kama, S Sever, R Tolun, P Zeyrek, M T Catanesi, M G De Serio, M Ieva, M Muciaccia, M T Radicioni, E Simone, S Bülte, A Winter, Klaus Van de Vyver, B Vilain, P Wilquet, G Saitta, B Di Capua, E Ogawa, S Shibuya, H Artamonov, A V Brunner, J Chizhov, M Cussans, D G Doucet, M Fabre, Jean-Paul Hristova, I R Kawamura, T Kolev, D Litmaath, M Meinhard, H Panman, J Papadopoulos, I M Ricciardi, S Rozanov, A Saltzberg, D Tsenov, R V Uiterwijk, J W E Zucchelli, P Goldberg, J Chikawa, M Arik, E Song, J S Yoon, C S Kodama, K Ushida, N Aoki, S Hara, T Delbar, T Favart, D Grégoire, G Kalinin, S Makhlyoueva, I V Gorbunov, P Khovanskii, V D Shamanov, V V Tsukerman, I Bruski, N Frekers, D Rondeshagen, D Wolff, T Hoshino, K Kawada, J Komatsu, M Miyanishi, M Nakamura, M Nakano, T Narita, K Niu, K Niwa, K Nonaka, N Sato, O Toshito, T Buontempo, S Cocco, A G D'Ambrosio, N De Lellis, G De Rosa, G Di Capua, F Ereditato, A Fiorillo, G Marotta, A Messina, M Migliozzi, P Pistillo, C Santorelli, R Scotto-Lavina, L Strolin, P Tioukov, V Nakamura, K Okusawa, T Dore, U Loverre, P F Ludovici, L Maslennikov, A L Righini, P Rosa, G Santacesaria, R Satta, A Spada, F R Barbuto, E Bozza, C Grella, G Romano, G Sirignano, C Sorrentino, S Sato, Y Tezuka, I |
author_sort | Kayis-Topaksu, A |
collection | CERN |
description | This paper reports on a study of trimuon events induced by neutrino interactions in the CHORUS calorimeter exposed to the CERN SPS wide-band nu_mu beam. Among the multimuon events produced in the calorimeter, 42 mu- mu- mu+ events were selected and their kinematical properties investigated. In the past, several groups collected a sample of about one hundred events of this type but their source was largely unknown. Taking advantage of experimental data presently available on the production and muonic branching ratios of light neutral mesons and resonances, we make absolute predictions for the expected rates in our experiment. Detailed Monte Carlo simulations described in this article show that more than half of the trimuon events can be attributed to this source. Muons from pi- and K- decays in charm dimuon events are responsible for an additional ~25% contribution to the total mu- mu- m+ rate. The remaining 25% of events are likely to come from the internal bremsstrahlung of virtual photons into muon pair. Associated-charm production with subsequent decays of both charmed particles into muons is a negligible source of trimuon events. |
id | cern-777241 |
institution | Organización Europea para la Investigación Nuclear |
language | eng |
publishDate | 2004 |
record_format | invenio |
spelling | cern-7772412019-09-30T06:29:59Zdoi:10.1016/j.physletb.2004.06.081http://cds.cern.ch/record/777241engKayis-Topaksu, AOnengüt, GVan Dantzig, RDe Jong, MKonijn, JMelzer, OOldeman, R G CPesen, EVan der Poel, C A F JVisschers, J LGüler, MKöse, USerin-Zeyrek, MKama, SSever, RTolun, PZeyrek, M TCatanesi, M GDe Serio, MIeva, MMuciaccia, M TRadicioni, ESimone, SBülte, AWinter, KlausVan de Vyver, BVilain, PWilquet, GSaitta, BDi Capua, EOgawa, SShibuya, HArtamonov, A VBrunner, JChizhov, MCussans, D GDoucet, MFabre, Jean-PaulHristova, I RKawamura, TKolev, DLitmaath, MMeinhard, HPanman, JPapadopoulos, I MRicciardi, SRozanov, ASaltzberg, DTsenov, R VUiterwijk, J W EZucchelli, PGoldberg, JChikawa, MArik, ESong, J SYoon, C SKodama, KUshida, NAoki, SHara, TDelbar, TFavart, DGrégoire, GKalinin, SMakhlyoueva, I VGorbunov, PKhovanskii, V DShamanov, V VTsukerman, IBruski, NFrekers, DRondeshagen, DWolff, THoshino, KKawada, JKomatsu, MMiyanishi, MNakamura, MNakano, TNarita, KNiu, KNiwa, KNonaka, NSato, OToshito, TBuontempo, SCocco, A GD'Ambrosio, NDe Lellis, GDe Rosa, GDi Capua, FEreditato, AFiorillo, GMarotta, AMessina, MMigliozzi, PPistillo, CSantorelli, RScotto-Lavina, LStrolin, PTioukov, VNakamura, KOkusawa, TDore, ULoverre, P FLudovici, LMaslennikov, A LRighini, PRosa, GSantacesaria, RSatta, ASpada, F RBarbuto, EBozza, CGrella, GRomano, GSirignano, CSorrentino, SSato, YTezuka, IExperimental Study of Trimuon Events in Neutrino Charged-Current InteractionsParticle Physics - ExperimentThis paper reports on a study of trimuon events induced by neutrino interactions in the CHORUS calorimeter exposed to the CERN SPS wide-band nu_mu beam. Among the multimuon events produced in the calorimeter, 42 mu- mu- mu+ events were selected and their kinematical properties investigated. In the past, several groups collected a sample of about one hundred events of this type but their source was largely unknown. Taking advantage of experimental data presently available on the production and muonic branching ratios of light neutral mesons and resonances, we make absolute predictions for the expected rates in our experiment. Detailed Monte Carlo simulations described in this article show that more than half of the trimuon events can be attributed to this source. Muons from pi- and K- decays in charm dimuon events are responsible for an additional ~25% contribution to the total mu- mu- m+ rate. The remaining 25% of events are likely to come from the internal bremsstrahlung of virtual photons into muon pair. Associated-charm production with subsequent decays of both charmed particles into muons is a negligible source of trimuon events.CERN-PH-EP-2004-029oai:cds.cern.ch:7772412004-06-25 |
spellingShingle | Particle Physics - Experiment Kayis-Topaksu, A Onengüt, G Van Dantzig, R De Jong, M Konijn, J Melzer, O Oldeman, R G C Pesen, E Van der Poel, C A F J Visschers, J L Güler, M Köse, U Serin-Zeyrek, M Kama, S Sever, R Tolun, P Zeyrek, M T Catanesi, M G De Serio, M Ieva, M Muciaccia, M T Radicioni, E Simone, S Bülte, A Winter, Klaus Van de Vyver, B Vilain, P Wilquet, G Saitta, B Di Capua, E Ogawa, S Shibuya, H Artamonov, A V Brunner, J Chizhov, M Cussans, D G Doucet, M Fabre, Jean-Paul Hristova, I R Kawamura, T Kolev, D Litmaath, M Meinhard, H Panman, J Papadopoulos, I M Ricciardi, S Rozanov, A Saltzberg, D Tsenov, R V Uiterwijk, J W E Zucchelli, P Goldberg, J Chikawa, M Arik, E Song, J S Yoon, C S Kodama, K Ushida, N Aoki, S Hara, T Delbar, T Favart, D Grégoire, G Kalinin, S Makhlyoueva, I V Gorbunov, P Khovanskii, V D Shamanov, V V Tsukerman, I Bruski, N Frekers, D Rondeshagen, D Wolff, T Hoshino, K Kawada, J Komatsu, M Miyanishi, M Nakamura, M Nakano, T Narita, K Niu, K Niwa, K Nonaka, N Sato, O Toshito, T Buontempo, S Cocco, A G D'Ambrosio, N De Lellis, G De Rosa, G Di Capua, F Ereditato, A Fiorillo, G Marotta, A Messina, M Migliozzi, P Pistillo, C Santorelli, R Scotto-Lavina, L Strolin, P Tioukov, V Nakamura, K Okusawa, T Dore, U Loverre, P F Ludovici, L Maslennikov, A L Righini, P Rosa, G Santacesaria, R Satta, A Spada, F R Barbuto, E Bozza, C Grella, G Romano, G Sirignano, C Sorrentino, S Sato, Y Tezuka, I Experimental Study of Trimuon Events in Neutrino Charged-Current Interactions |
title | Experimental Study of Trimuon Events in Neutrino Charged-Current Interactions |
title_full | Experimental Study of Trimuon Events in Neutrino Charged-Current Interactions |
title_fullStr | Experimental Study of Trimuon Events in Neutrino Charged-Current Interactions |
title_full_unstemmed | Experimental Study of Trimuon Events in Neutrino Charged-Current Interactions |
title_short | Experimental Study of Trimuon Events in Neutrino Charged-Current Interactions |
title_sort | experimental study of trimuon events in neutrino charged-current interactions |
topic | Particle Physics - Experiment |
url | https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2004.06.081 http://cds.cern.ch/record/777241 |
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