Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2006-08-10
Phys.Lett.B647:452-459,2007
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Revised version. 8 pages, 3 figures. The abstract has been changed and discussion extended
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.physletb.2007.02.051
A potential way to distinguish tau-neutrinos from antineutrinos, below the tau-production threshold, but above the pion production one, is presented. It is based on the different behavior of the neutral current pion production off the nucleon, depending on whether it is induced by neutrinos or antineutrinos. This procedure for distinguishing tau-neutrinos from antineutrinos neither relies on any nuclear model, nor it is affected by any nuclear effect (distortion of the outgoing nucleon waves, etc...). We show that neutrino-antineutrino asymmetries occur both in the totally integrated cross sections and in the pion azimuthal differential distributions. To define the asymmetries for the latter distributions we just rely on Lorentz-invariance. All these asymmetries are independent of the lepton family and can be experimentally measured by using electron or muon neutrinos, due to the lepton family universality of the neutral current neutrino interaction. Nevertheless and to estimate their size, we have also used the chiral model of hep-ph/0701149 at intermediate energies. Results are really significant since the differences between neutrino and antineutrino induced reactions are always large in all physical channels.
Hernandez Eduardo
Nieves Juan
Valverde M.
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