ArgoNeuT · 2017

Measurement of νμ\nu_{\mu} and νˉμ\bar{\nu}_{\mu} neutral current π0γγ\pi^{0} \rightarrow \gamma\gamma production in the ArgoNeuT detector

Phys.Rev.D 96 012006 · 10.1103/PhysRevD.96.012006

Measurements

CurrentFlavorTargetTopologyTypeObservablesEnergy
NCνμ, ν̄μArNC1π0totalcross section and kinematic distributionsmean energies: numu=9.6GeV, numubar=3.6GeV

Abstract

The ArgoNeuT collaboration reports the first measurement of neutral current π0\pi^{0} production in νμ\nu_{\mu}-argon and νˉμ\bar{\nu}_{\mu}-argon scattering. This measurement was performed using the ArgoNeuT liquid argon time projection chamber deployed at Fermilab's NuMI neutrino beam with an exposure corresponding to 1.2×1020\times 10^{20} protons-on-target from the Fermilab Main Injector and a mean energy for νμ\nu_{\mu} of 9.6~GeV and for νˉμ\bar{\nu}_{\mu} of 3.6~GeV. We compare the measured cross section and kinematic distributions to predictions from the GENIE and NuWro neutrino interaction event generators.

Citation

@article{ArgoNeuT:2015ldo,
    author = "Acciarri, R. and others",
    collaboration = "ArgoNeuT",
    title = "{Measurement of $\nu_{\mu}$ and $\bar{\nu}_{\mu}$ neutral current $\pi^{0} \rightarrow \gamma\gamma$ production in the ArgoNeuT detector}",
    eprint = "1511.00941",
    archivePrefix = "arXiv",
    primaryClass = "hep-ex",
    reportNumber = "FERMILAB-PUB-15-479-ND",
    doi = "10.1103/PhysRevD.96.012006",
    journal = "Phys. Rev. D",
    volume = "96",
    number = "1",
    pages = "012006",
    year = "2017"
}