Pion production in proton collisions with light nuclei: implications for atmospheric neutrinos

1999/11/17 by Ralph Engel, T. K. Gaisser, T.K Gaisser +1 · 4 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Neutrino Physics Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0370-2693(99)01418-5

published as Phys.Lett.B472:113-118,2000 · latex, 13 pages, 6 figures

arxiv created 1999/11/17 · openalex publication_date 2000/01/01 · arxiv updated 2011/05/12 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Differences among calculations of the atmospheric neutrino beam can be traced in large part to differences in the representation of pion production by protons interacting with nuclei in the atmosphere. In this paper we review the existing data with the goal of determining the regions of phase space in which new measurements could help to improve the input to the calculations.

Citations

• Observation of a small atmospheric vμ/ve ratio in Kamiokande

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