Observation of New-Particle Production by High-Energy Neutrinos and Antineutrinos

A. Benvenuti, D. Cline, W. T. Ford, R. Imlay, T. Y. Ling, A. K. Mann, F. Messing, R. Orr, D. D. Reeder, C. Rubbia, R. Stefanski, L. Sulak, and P. Wanderer
Phys. Rev. Lett. 34, 419 – Published 17 February 1975
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Abstract

We have observed fourteen events in which two muons are produced by high-energy neutrino and antineutrino interactions. The absence of trimuon events and the observed characteristics of the dimuon events require the existence of one or more new massive particles that decay through the weak interaction. The new particle mass is estimated to lie between 2 and 4 GeV.

  • Received 13 January 1975

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.34.419

©1975 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

A. Benvenuti, D. Cline, W. T. Ford, R. Imlay, T. Y. Ling, A. K. Mann, F. Messing, R. Orr, D. D. Reeder, C. Rubbia, R. Stefanski, L. Sulak, and P. Wanderer

  • Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, and Department of Physics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19174, and Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510

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Massive-Particle Production in Neutrino Scattering

John M. LoSecco
Phys. Rev. Lett. 36, 336 (1976)

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Vol. 34, Iss. 7 — 17 February 1975

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