Intermediate Boson. I. Theoretical Production Cross Sections in High-Energy Neutrino and Muon Experiments

We present here the theoretical total cross sections for $W$-boson production in the reactions $\nu +Z\to Z+W+\mu$ and $\mu +Z\to Z+W+\nu$ for a variety of $Z$. The emphasis is on the energies and corresponding $W$-boson masses pertinent to the National Accelerator Laboratory. The effects of the $W\text{'}\mathrm{s}$ anomalous magnetic moment, the nucleon Fermi motion, the Pauli exclusion principle, inelastic channels (in particular, deep-inelastic ones), and the problem of incoherent versus coherent production are all discussed. We also give a critique of some recent high-energy compilations.