Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2001-01-29
AIP Conf.Proc. 570 (2001) 489-493
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
a talk given at SPIN2000 (Osaka) symposium, October 16-21 (5 pages)
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.1384107
The Lambda polarization in muon neutrino charged current interactions has been measured in the NOMAD experiment. We observe negative polarization along the W - boson direction which is enhanced in the target fragmentation region: Px (xF < 0) = -0.21 +/- 0.04(stat) +/- 0.02(sys). In the current fragmentation region we find: Px (xF > 0) = -0.09 +/- 0.06(stat) +/- 0.03(sys). These results provide a test of different models describing the nucleon spin composition and the spin transfer mechanisms. A significant transverse polarization (in the direction orthogonal to the Lambda production plane) has been observed for the first time in a neutrino experiment: Py = -0.22 +/- 0.03(stat) +/- 0.01(sys). The dependence of the absolute value of Py on the Lambda transverse momentum with respect to the hadronic jet direction is in qualitative agreement with the results from unpolarized hadron-hadron experiments.
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