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Calculated cross-sections for neutrino production of the intermediate boson

Вычисленные попеаечные сечения для нейтринного рождения промежуточного бозона

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Summary

Cross-sections for neutrino production of the (hypothetical) intermediate boson of weak interactions, the W-boson, are calculated. The W-boson production reaction\(v_\ell + {\mathcal{N}} \to \ell + W + {\mathcal{N}}^ * \) and\(v_\ell + {\mathcal{N}} \to \ell + W + \Gamma \), where ℓ is a charged lepton (electron or muon) andv , its corresponding neutrino;\({\mathcal{N}}\), a nucleon;\({\mathcal{N}}^ * \), a nucleon resonance; and Γ, a nonresonant nucleon state, are considered in addition to the reactions\(v_\ell + {\mathcal{N}} \to \ell + W + {\mathcal{N}}\), andv +Z+ℓ+W+Z, where Z is a nucleus of chargeZ. The cross-sections are calculated up to large incident-neutrino energies,i.e. to regions where these (nonasymptotic) cross-sections increase ≈ proportional toE ν, the incident-neutrino energy. Cross-sections up to this energy region are necessary for deducing a reliable lower limit onM w, the W-boson mass, from the observation of a horizontal flux of muons deep undergound.

Riassunto

Si calcolano le sezioni d'urto per la produzione di neutrini del bosone intermedio (ipotetico) delle interazioni deboli, il bosone W. Si considerano le reazioni di produzione del bosone W\(v_\ell + {\mathcal{N}} \to \ell + W + {\mathcal{N}}^ * \), dove ℓ è un leptone carico (elettrone o muone) e\(v_\ell + {\mathcal{N}} \to \ell + W + \varphi \) il neutrino corrispondente,\({\mathcal{N}}\) un nucleone,\({\mathcal{N}}^ * \) una risonanza nucleonica, e Г uno stato nucleonico non risonante, oltre a {ie612-4} ev +Z→ℓ+ℓ+W+Z, dove Z è un nucleo di caricaZ. Si calcolano le sezioni d'urto fino a grandi energie del neutrino incidente, fino a regioni cioè in cui queste sezioni d'urto (non asintotiche) aumentano in modo circa proporzionale aE ν, l'energia del neutrino in cidente. Le sezioni d'urto fino a questa regione di energia sono necessarie per dedurre un limite inferiore attendibile perM w, la massa del bosone W, dall'osservazione di un flusso orizzontale di muoni in profondità sotto terra.

Резюме

Вычисляются поперечные сечения для нейтринного рождения (гипотетического) промежутодного бозона слабых взаимодействий, Щ-бозона. В дополнение к реакциям\(v_\ell + {\mathcal{N}} \to \ell + W + {\mathcal{N}}\) иv +Z→ℓ+ℓ+W+Z, где ℓ есть заряженный лептон (электрон или мюон),v −—соответствующее нейтрино, З—ядро с зарядомZ и\({\mathcal{N}}\)—нуклон; рассматриваются реакции рождения Щ-бозона\(v_\ell + {\mathcal{N}} \to \ell + W + {\mathcal{N}}^ * \), и\(v_\ell + {\mathcal{N}} \to \ell + W + \Gamma \), где\({\mathcal{N}}^ * \) есть нуклонный резонанс и Г—нерезонансное нуклонное состояние. Поперечные сечения вычисляются вплоть до энергий падающего нейтрино, т.е. до областей, где эти (неасимптотические) поперечные сечения увеличиваются пропорциональноE ν, энергии падающего нейтрино. Поперечные сечения вплоть до этой области энергий являются необходимыми для вывода разумного нижнего предела наM w, массу Щ-бозона, исходя из наблюдения горизонтального потока мюонов глубоко под землей.

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Chen, H.H. Calculated cross-sections for neutrino production of the intermediate boson. Nuovo Cimento A (1965-1970) 69, 585–612 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02819089

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