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Coherent production ofρ mesons in charged current antineutrino-neon interactions in BEBC

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Coherent production ofρ mesons in charged current antineutrino interactions on neon nuclei is studied in the BEBC bubble chamber exposed to the CERN SPS wide band beam. The cross section is measured to be (95±25)·10−40 cm2 per neon nucleus, averaged over the beam energy spectrum. The distributions of kinematical variables and the absolute value of the cross section are in agreement with theoretical predictions based on the CVC hypothesis and the vector meson dominance model.

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BEBC WA59 Collaboration., Marage, P., Aderholz, M. et al. Coherent production ofρ mesons in charged current antineutrino-neon interactions in BEBC. Z. Phys. C - Particles and Fields 35, 275–282 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01570761

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