Measurement of topological muonic branching ratios of charmed hadrons produced in neutrino-induced charged-current interactions

Kayis Topaksu, A.; Önengüt, G.; van Dantzig, R.; de Jong, M.; Oldeman, R. G. C.; Güler, M.; Köse, U.; Tolun, P.; Catanesi, M. G.; Muciaccia, M. T.; Winter, K.; Van de Vyver, B.; Vilain, P.; Wilquet, G.; Saitta, B.; Di Capua, E.; Ogawa, S.; Shibuya, H.; Hristova, I. R.; Kawamura, T.; Kolev, D.; Meinhard, H.; Panman, J.; Rozanov, A.; Tsenov, R.; Uiterwijk, J. W. E.; Zucchelli, P.; Goldberg, J.; Chikawa, M.; Song, J. S.; Yoon, C. S.; Kodama, K.; Ushida, N.; Aoki, S.; Hara, T.; Delbar, T.; Favart, D.; Grégoire, G.; Kalinin, S.; Makhlioueva, I.; Artamonov, A.; Gorbunov, P.; Khovansky, V.; Shamanov, V.; Tsukerman, I.; Bruski, N.; Frekers, D.; Hoshino, K.; Kawada, J.; Komatsu, M.; Miyanishi, M.; Nakamura, M.; Nakano, T.; Narita, K.; Niu, K.; Niwa, K.; Nonaka, N.; Sato, O.; Toshito, T.; Buontempo, S.; Cocco, A. G.; D'Ambrosio, N.; De Lellis, G.; De Rosa, G.; DI CAPUA, Francesco; Fiorillo, Giuliana; Marotta, A.; Messina, M.; Migliozzi, P.; Scotto Lavina, L.; Strolin, P.; Tioukov, V.; Okusawa, T.; Dore, U.; Loverre, P. F.; Ludovici, L.; Rosa, G.; Santacesaria, R.; Satta, A.; Spada, F. R.; Barbuto, E.; Bozza, C.; Grella, G.; Romano, G.; Sirignano, C.; Sorrentino, S.; Sato, Y.; Tezuka, I.

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2005.08.082

From 1994 to 1997, the emulsion target of the CHORUS detector was exposed to the wideband neutrino beam of the CERN SPS. In total about 100 000 charged-current neutrino interactions were located in the nuclear emulsion target and fully reconstructed. From this sample of events based on the data acquired by new automatic scanning systems, 2013 charm-decay events were selected by a pattern recognition program. They were confirmed as decays through visual inspection. Based on these events, the effective branching ratio of charmed particles into muons was determined to be B̄μ=[7. 3±0.8(stat)±0.2(syst)]×10-2. In addition, the muonic branching ratios are presented for dominating charm-decay topologies. Normalization of the muonic decays to charged-current interactions provides σμ-μ+/σcc=[3.16±0.34(stat) ±0.09(syst)]×10-3. Selecting only events with visible energy greater than 30 GeV gives a value of B̄μ that is less affected by the charm production threshold and quasi-elastic Λc + production. Combining this value with the current average of B̄μ×|Vcd|2 at the leading order yields the value of |Vcd|LO=0. 236±0.016.

Measurement of topological muonic branching ratios of charmed hadrons produced in neutrino-induced charged-current interactions / Kayis Topaksu, A.; Önengüt, G.; van Dantzig, R.; de Jong, M.; Oldeman, R. G. C.; Güler, M.; Köse, U.; Tolun, P.; Catanesi, M. G.; Muciaccia, M. T.; Winter, K.; Van de Vyver, B.; Vilain, P.; Wilquet, G.; Saitta, B.; Di Capua, E.; Ogawa, S.; Shibuya, H.; Hristova, I. R.; Kawamura, T.; Kolev, D.; Meinhard, H.; Panman, J.; Rozanov, A.; Tsenov, R.; Uiterwijk, J. W. E.; Zucchelli, P.; Goldberg, J.; Chikawa, M.; Song, J. S.; Yoon, C. S.; Kodama, K.; Ushida, N.; Aoki, S.; Hara, T.; Delbar, T.; Favart, D.; Grégoire, G.; Kalinin, S.; Makhlioueva, I.; Artamonov, A.; Gorbunov, P.; Khovansky, V.; Shamanov, V.; Tsukerman, I.; Bruski, N.; Frekers, D.; Hoshino, K.; Kawada, J.; Komatsu, M.; Miyanishi, M.; Nakamura, M.; Nakano, T.; Narita, K.; Niu, K.; Niwa, K.; Nonaka, N.; Sato, O.; Toshito, T.; Buontempo, S.; Cocco, A. G.; D'Ambrosio, N.; De Lellis, G.; De Rosa, G.; DI CAPUA, Francesco; Fiorillo, Giuliana; Marotta, A.; Messina, M.; Migliozzi, P.; Scotto Lavina, L.; Strolin, P.; Tioukov, V.; Okusawa, T.; Dore, U.; Loverre, P. F.; Ludovici, L.; Rosa, G.; Santacesaria, R.; Satta, A.; Spada, F. R.; Barbuto, E.; Bozza, C.; Grella, G.; Romano, G.; Sirignano, C.; Sorrentino, S.; Sato, Y.; Tezuka, I.. - In: PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B. - ISSN 0370-2693. - 626:1-4(2005), pp. 24-34. [10.1016/j.physletb.2005.08.082]