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First measurements of \(K^\star(892)^\pm\) mesons production properties and their spin alignment in \(\nu_\mu\) charged current (CC) and neutral current (NC) interactions are presented. The analysis of the full data sample of the NOMAD experiment is performed in different kinematic regions. For \({K^\star}^+\) and \({K^\star}^-\) mesons produced in \(\nu_\mu\) CC interactions and decaying into \(K^0 \pi^\pm\) we have found the following yields per event: \((2.6\pm0.2(\text{stat.})\pm0.2(\text{syst.}))\%\) and \((1.6\pm0.1(\text{stat.})\pm0.1(\text{syst.}))\%\) respectively, while for the \({K^\star}^+\) and \({K^\star}^-\) mesons produced in \(\nu\text{NC}\) interactions the corresponding yields per event are: \((2.5\pm0.3(\text{stat.})\pm0.3(\text{syst.}))\%\) and \((1.0\pm0.3(\text{stat.})\pm0.2(\text{syst.}))\%\). The results obtained for the \(\rho_{00}\) parameter, \(0.40\pm0.06(\text{stat.})\pm0.03(\text{syst.})\) and \(0.28\pm0.07(\text{stat.})\pm0.03(\text{syst.})\) for \(K^\star(892)^+\) and \(K^\star(892)^-\) produced in \(\nu_\mu\) CC interactions, are compared to theoretical predictions tuned on LEP measurements in \(e^+e^-\) annihilation at the \(Z^0\) pole. For \(K^\star(892)^+\) mesons produced in \(\nu\text{NC}\) interactions the measured \(\rho_{00}\) parameter is \(0.66\pm0.10(\text{stat.})\pm0.05(\text{syst.})\).
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The Nomad Collaboration. Production properties of \(K^\star(892)^\pm\) vector mesons and their spin alignment as measured in the NOMAD experiment. Eur. Phys. J. C 46, 69–79 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2006-02500-4
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