BEBC · 1986

Measurement of Total Cross-sections for Neutrino and Anti-neutrino Charged Current Interactions in Hydrogen and Neon

Phys.Lett.B 173 211 · 10.1016/0370-2693(86)90248-0

Measurements

Current	Flavor	Target	Topology	Type	Observables	Energy
CC	νμ, ν̄μ	H2, Ne	Inclusive	total	total CC cross sections on hydrogen and neon (and their ratio)	high-energy (CERN SPS WBB, 20-300 GeV)

Abstract

BEBC filled in turn with hydrogen, and with a neon-hydrogen mixture, was exposed to the CERN SPS wide band neutrino and antineutrino beams. The ratios of the charged-current cross sections per nucleon, σ(νH 2 ) σ(ν Ne ) and σ( ν H 2 ) σ( ν Ne ) , between 20 and 300 GeV were found to be 0.656 ± 0.020 and 1.425 ± 0.052, respectively. Multiplying these ratios by the revised cross sections in neon, σ(ν Ne ) E = (0.723 ± 0.038) × 10 −38 cm 2 / GeV per nucleon and σ( ν Ne ) E = (0.351 ± 0.019) × 10 −38 cm 2 / GeV per nucleon, and their ratio, σ( ν Ne ) σ(ν Ne ) = 0.485 ± 0.020 ,, yields values for the total charged-current cross sections on protons, σ(νp)/ E and σ( ν p ) E , of (0.474 ± 0.029) × 10 −38 cm 2 /GeV and (0.500 ± 0.032) × 10 −38 cm 2 /GeV. respectively, and a value for the ratio σ( ν p ) σ(ν p ) of 1.053 ± 0.066.

Citation

@article{BEBCWA21:1986pvd,
  collaboration = "BEBC",
  title = "{Measurement of Total Cross-sections for Neutrino and Anti-neutrino Charged Current Interactions in Hydrogen and Neon}",
  doi = "10.1016/0370-2693(86)90248-0",
  journal = "Phys.Lett.B",
  volume = "173",
  pages = "211",
  year = "1986",
}