Experimental Test of the {PCAC} Hypothesis in Charged Current Neutrino and Anti-neutrino Interactions on Protons

The Birmingham-CERN-London-Munich-Oxford-London & WA21 collaborations Jones, G.T. ; Jones, R.W.L. ; Kennedy, B.W. ; et al.
Z.Phys.C 37 (1987) 25-38, 1987.
Inspire Record 248866 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.15696

Data obtained with the bubble chamber BEBC at CERN are used for the first significant test of Adler's prediction for the neutrino and antineutrino-proton scattering cross sections at vanishing four-momentum transfer squaredQ2. An Extended Vector Meson Dominance Model (EVDM) is applied to extrapolate Adler's prediction to experimentally accessible values ofQ2. The data show good agreement with Adler's prediction forQ2→0 thus confirming the PCAC hypothesis in the kinematical region of high leptonic energy transfer ν>2 GeV. The good agreement of the data with the theoretical predictions also at higherQ2, where the EVDM terms are dominant, also supports this model. However, an EVDM calculation without PCAC is clearly ruled out by the data.

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Total Cross-sections for $\nu_\mu$ and $\bar{\nu}_\mu$ Charged Current Interactions Between 20-{GeV} and 200-{GeV}

The Aachen-Bonn-CERN-Democritos-London-Oxford-Saclay collaboration Bosetti, P. ; Deden, H. ; Fritze, P. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 110 (1982) 167-172, 1982.
Inspire Record 169123 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.30976

Exposures of the Ne/H 2 filled Big European Bubble Chamber (BEBC) to a dichromatic neutrino (antineutrino) beam produced by 400 GeV protons of the CERN SPS yielded ∼ 3100 events with a negative, and ∼ 1100 with a positive, muon. The neutrino flux is determined from the muon flux in the shielding. Assuming a linear energy dependence of the cross section, the values σ E between 20 and 200 GeV are found to be 0.657 ± 0.012 (stat.) ± 0.027 (syst.) and 0.309 ± 0.009 (stat.) ± 0.013 (syst.) cm 2 (GeV nucleon) −1 , for neutrinos and antineutrinos, respectively. The scaling variable q 2 E decreases significantly with increasing energy both for neutrinos and antineutrinos.

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Measured charged current total cross section.

Measured charged current total cross section.

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Total Cross-Sections for Charged Current Neutrino and anti-neutrino Interactions in BEBC in the Energy Range 20-GeV to 200-GeV

The Aachen-Bonn-CERN-London-Oxford-Saclay collaboration Bosetti, P.C. ; Deden, H. ; Deutschmann, M. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 70 (1977) 273, 1977.
Inspire Record 121301 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.27526

The charged-current cross sections for neutrinos and antineutrinos on nucleons in the energy range 20–200 GeV are given. Taken in conjunction with the previous Gargamelle results, they show that σ E is almost constant with energy for antineutrinos, and falls with energy for neutrinos. The value of 〈q 2 〉 E decreases with energy for both neutrinos and antineutrinos, and these deviations from exact Bjorken scaling are consistent with those observed in electron and muon inelastic scattering. We find no evidence for new heavy quark states with right-handed coupling.

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Measured charged current total cross section.

Measured charged current total cross section.