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Nuclear Attenuation of Fast Hadrons Produced in Charged-Current Neutrino and Antineutrino Interactions in Neon

WA59 Collaboration, W. Burkot, T. Coghen, J. Czyzewski, W. Wittek, M. Aderholz, J. Guy, G. T. Jones, U. F. Katz, P. Marage, D. R. O. Morrison, G. Myatt, N. Schmitz, W. Venus

hep-exarXiv:hep-ex/9612015

Abstract

The production of hadrons in charged-current (anti)neutrino interactions is studied with the bubble chamber BEBC exposed ot the CERN (anti)neutrino wide-band beam. Fast-hadron production in a neon target is found to be attennuated as compared to that in a hydrogen target. This feature is discussed within the theoretical models based on the idea of a hadron formation length. The experimental results favour the `constituent' over the `yo-yo' length concept, and suggest a quark cross-section in the order of 3mb.

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