Abstract
We use a nonperturbative QCD approach, the quark-gluon string model, to compute the -neutrino fluxes produced by fixed target collisions (where is a target material) for incident protons of energies ranging from 120 to 800 GeV. The purpose of this calculation is to estimate in a consistent way the prompt background for the oscillation search in the on-going oscillation search experiments CHORUS and NOMAD, as well as the expected prompt background in future experiments, such as COSMOS at Fermilab and a possible second-generation search experiment at the CERN SPS. In addition, we compute the number of interactions expected by the experiment E872 at Fermilab.
- Received 13 August 1996
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.55.1297
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