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Prompt neutrino results from a proton beam dump experiment

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Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields

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A study of prompt neutrino events from 400 GeV protons on a beam-dump is presented. The ratio of electron- to muon-neutrino rates is 0.86±0.14, in agreement withe−μ universality. The anti-neutrino to neutrino flux ratio is\(\bar v_\mu /v_\mu = 0.81 \pm 0.19\). The absolute rates and distributions observed are shown to be in quantitative agreement with the known properties of charmedquark production in hadron collisions.

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Supported by the Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologic, Bonn, FRG

Supported by the Polish Ministry for Education under the grant CPBP 01.06

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Berge, P., Dydak, F., Guyot, C. et al. Prompt neutrino results from a proton beam dump experiment. Z. Phys. C - Particles and Fields 56, 175–180 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01555511

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