Leading order analysis of neutrino induced dimuon events in the CHORUS experiment


Kayis-Topaksu A., Onengut G., van Dantzig R., de Jong M., Oldeman R. G. C., Guler A., ...More

NUCLEAR PHYSICS B, vol.798, pp.1-16, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 798
  • Publication Date: 2008
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2008.02.013
  • Journal Name: NUCLEAR PHYSICS B
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1-16
  • Çukurova University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

We present a leading order QCD analysis of a sample of neutrino induced charged-current events with two muons in the final state originating in the lead-scintillating fibre calorimeter of the CHORUS detector. The results are based on a sample of 8910 neutrino and 430 antineutrino induced opposite-sign dimuon events collected during the exposure of the detector to the CERN Wide Band Neutrino Beam between 1995 and 1998. The analysis yields a value of the charm quark mass of m(c) = (1.26 +/- 0.16 +/- 0.09) GeV/c(2) and a value of the ratio of the strange to non-strange sea in the nucleon Of K = 0.33 +/- 0.05 +/- 0.05, improving the results obtained in similar analyses by previous experiments. (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.