### On search for a new light gauge boson from $\pi^{0}(\eta)\to\gamma + X$ decays in neutrino experimentsOn search for a new light gauge boson from $\pi^{0}(\eta)\to\gamma + X$ decays in neutrino experiments

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 Author Gninenko, S. N. ♦ Krasnikov, N. V. Source arXiv.org Content type Text File Format PDF Date of Submission 1998-02-20 Language English
 Subject Domain (in DDC) Computer science, information & general works ♦ Natural sciences & mathematics ♦ Physics Subject Keyword High Energy Physics - Phenomenology ♦ physics:hep-ph Abstract It is shown that a new light gauge boson $X$ which might be produced in the decays of pseudoscalar mesons $\pi^{0}(\eta)\to\gamma + X$ could be effectively searched for in neutrino experiments via the Primakoff effect, in the process of $X + Z\to \pi^{0}(\eta) + Z$ conversion in the external Coulomb field of a nucleus. An estimate of the $X\to \pi^{0}$ conversion rate for the NOMAD neutrino detector at CERN is given. Description Reference: Phys.Lett. B427 (1998) 307-313 Educational Use Research Learning Resource Type Article Page Count 9