PCAC and the Deficit of Forward Muons in pi^+ Production by Neutrinos

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2006-06-18

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0606185v2

Phys.Lett.B657:207-209,2007

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

4 pages including 1 figure, changes in abstract and text; version to appear in Phys.Lett. B

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.physletb.2007.10.025

The K2K experiment, using a fine-grained detector in a neutrino beam of energy $ \sim 1.3 \mathrm{GeV}$ has observed two-track events that can be interpreted as a coherent reaction $\nu_\mu + \N \to \mu^- + \N + \pi^+ (\N = \rm{C}^{12})$ or an incoherent process $\nu_\mu + (p,n) \to \mu^- + \pi^+ + (p,n)$, the final nucleon being unobserved. The data show a significant deficit of forward-going muons in the interval $Q^2 \lesssim 0.1 \rm{GeV}^2$, where a sizeable coherent signal is expected. We attempt an explanantion of this effect, using a PCAC formula that includes the effect of the non-vanishing muon mass. A suppression of about 25 % is caused by a destructive interference of the axial vector and pseudoscalar (pion-exchange) amplitudes. The incoherent background is also reduced by 10 - 15 %. As a consequence the discrepancy between theory and observation is significantly reduced.

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