MINERvA · 2019

Measurement of Quasielastic-Like Neutrino Scattering at Eν3.5\langle{E_\nu}\rangle \sim 3.5 GeV on a Hydrocarbon Target

Phys.Rev.D 99 012004 · 10.1103/PhysRevD.99.012004

Measurements

CurrentFlavorTargetTopologyTypeObservablesEnergy
CCνμCHCC0πdouble-diffdouble-differential cross section (muon pT, pL)peak energy ~3.5GeV

Abstract

MINERvA presents a new analysis of neutrino induced quasielastic-like interactions in a hydrocarbon tracking target. We report a double-differential cross section using the muon transverse and longitudinal momentum. In addition, differential cross sections as a function of the square of the four-momentum transferred and the neutrino energy are calculated using a quasielastic hypothesis. Finally, an analysis of energy deposited near the interaction vertex is presented. These results are compared to modified GENIE predictions as well as a NuWro prediction. All results use a dataset produced by 3.34×10203.34\times10^{20} protons on target creating a neutrino beam with a peak energy of approximately 3.5 GeV

Citation

@article{MINERvA:2018hqn,
    author = "Ruterbories, D. and others",
    collaboration = "MINERvA",
    title = "{Measurement of Quasielastic-Like Neutrino Scattering at $\langle{E_\nu}\rangle  \sim 3.5$ GeV on a Hydrocarbon Target}",
    eprint = "1811.02774",
    archivePrefix = "arXiv",
    primaryClass = "hep-ex",
    reportNumber = "FERMILAB-PUB-18-618-ND",
    doi = "10.1103/PhysRevD.99.012004",
    journal = "Phys. Rev. D",
    volume = "99",
    number = "1",
    pages = "012004",
    year = "2019"
}