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The A - dependence of rho^0 neutrinoproduction on nuclei

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

The A - dependence of rho^0 meson production in neutrino-induced reactions is investigated for the first time, using the data obtained with SKAT bubble chamber. The nuclear medium influence on the rho^0 total yield and inclusive distributions (on z = E_rho/nu and Feynman x_F variables) is found to be approximately the same as for pions. It is shown, that these distributions, with increasing A, tend to shift toward smaller values of z and x_F, thus indicating on an increasing role of secondary intranuclear interactions. The predictions of a simplified model incorporating the latter are found to be in qualitative agreement with experimental data.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ex/0512016,
  title  = {The A - dependence of rho^0 neutrinoproduction on nuclei},
  author = {N. M. Agababyan and V. V. Ammosov and M. Atayan and N. Grigoryan and H. Gulkanyan and A. A. Ivanilov and Zh. Karamyan and V. A. Korotkov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ex/0512016},
  year   = {2007}
}

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5 pages, 7 figures