Neutrino tridents and W-Z interference

S. R. Mishra et al.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 66, 3117 – Published 17 June 1991
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Abstract

We present a measurement of neutrino tridents, muon pairs induced by neutrino scattering in the Coulomb field of a target nucleus, in the Columbia-Chicago-Fermilab-Rochester neutrino experiment at the Fermilab Tevatron. The observed number of tridents after geometric and kinematic corrections, 37.0±12.4, supports the standard-model prediction of 45.3±2.3 events. This is the first demonstration of the W-Z destructive interference from neutrino tridents, and rules out, at 99% C.L., the V-A prediction without the interference.

  • Received 12 February 1991

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.3117

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Vol. 66, Iss. 24 — 17 June 1991

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