Study of electron-neutrino electron elastic scattering at LAMPF

Allen, R.C. ; Chen, H.H. ; Doe, P.J. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.D 47 (1993) 11-28, 1993.
Inspire Record 33287 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.22728

Neutrino-electron elastic scattering was observed with a 15-ton fine-grained tracking calorimeter exposed to electron neutrinos from muon decay at rest. The measured νee−→νee− elastic scattering rate of 236±35 events yields the total elastic scattering cross section 10.0±1.5(stat)±0.9(syst)×10−45 cm2×[Eν (MeV)], and a model-independent measurement of the strength of the destructive interference between the charged and neutral currents, I=−1.07±0.21, that agrees well with the standard model (SM) prediction I=−1.08. The agreement between the measured electroweak parameters and SM expectations is used to place limits on neutrino properties, such as neutrino flavor-changing neutral currents and neutrino electromagnetic moments. Limits are placed on the masses of new bosons that interact with leptons: for a neutral tensor boson, MT>105 GeV; for a neutral (pseudo)scalar boson, MP,S>47 GeV; for a charged Higgs boson, Mχ+>87 GeV; and for a purely left-handed charged (neutral) vector boson, Mx>239 (119) GeV.

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Measurement of Interference Between $W$ and $Z$ Exchange in $\nu_e$ Electron Scattering

Allen, R.C. ; Chen, H.H. ; Doe, P.J. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 64 (1990) 1330, 1990.
Inspire Record 283094 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.19968

A measurement of the reaction νe+e−→νe+e− was performed using a beam-stop source of νe. Based upon 234±35 events, we obtain a cross section of σ(νee)=[9.9±1.5(stat)±1.0(syst)]×10−42 cm2 ×[Eν (GeV)]. This reaction is mediated by the exchange of W and Z bosons and is thus sensitive to the interference between them. This interference is measured to be -1.07±0.17(stat)±0.11(syst), consistent with the destructive interference (-1.08) predicted by the standard model.

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First Observation and Cross-section Measurement of $\nu_e e^- \to \nu_e e^-$

Allen, R.C. ; Bharadwaj, V. ; Brooks, G.A. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 55 (1985) 2401, 1986.
Inspire Record 215874 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.20326

We report the first observation and cross-section measurement of νe+e−→νe+e−. Using neutrinos of energy less than 53 MeV, we observed 63±17 events consistent with ν+e−→ν+e−, of which 51±17 events are assigned to νe+e−→νe+e−. The resulting cross section, {[8.9±3.2(statistical) ±1.5(systematic)]×10−45 cm2/MeV} Eν, agrees with standard electroweak theory, rules out constructive interference between weak charged-current and neutral-current interactions, and begins to indicate the existence of interference between these two interactions.

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