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suyver
Mar16-04, 06:10 AM
Hi!

I have a beautiful picture of some interaction that I want to explain with the standard model. I think it's probably a famous one, but I have no idea where & when I found it. If anybody recognises this data, then I'd be very happy to hear what it is...

For now, I am guessing something like:

\nu_\mu+p\rightarrow e^++e^-+\mu^-+n+K^0

The neutron will be invisible and the kaon later decays into

K^0\rightarrow\pi^++\pi^-

What do you think, is this reasonable?

Any other suggestions as to what may be going on here will be appreciated!

suyver
Mar16-04, 06:12 AM
Oeps, I forgot to attach the picture.
Here it is:

http://www.phys.uu.nl/~suyver/Interaction.jpg

cookiemonster
Mar16-04, 06:15 AM
Edit: Nevermind, click and drag, click and drag...

cookiemonster

suyver
Mar16-04, 06:19 AM
How about now?

cookiemonster
Mar16-04, 06:23 AM
Works fine. Don't even have to click and drag.

Unfortunately, I don't know anything about the Standard Model, much less its experiments. I just like looking at pretty pictures. Sorry!

cookiemonster

suyver
Mar16-04, 06:29 AM
Here is the same picture, but now attached to the forum.

Additional info: the beam (I guess neutrino's?) comes from the left and I guess that it hits a stationary target.

selfAdjoint
Mar16-04, 09:32 AM
Well the interaction could be part of the one that showed non-conservation of parity. Your kaon decays into two pions, but there are other decays that go into three particles, something that couldn't happen if parity were conserved.