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MINERvA · 2022

Measurement of inclusive charged-current νμ scattering on hydrocarbon at ⟨Eν⟩∼6  GeV with low three-momentum transfer

Phys.Rev.D 106 032001 · 10.1103/PhysRevD.106.032001

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Measurements

CurrentFlavorTargetTopologyTypeObservablesEnergy
CCνμCHInclusivedouble-diffdouble differential cross sections (q, Eavail)|q|<1.2GeV

Abstract

The \minerva experiment reports double-differential cross-section measurements for νμ\nu_{\mu}-carbon interactions with three-momentum transfer ∣q⃗∣<1.2|\vec{q}| < 1.2 GeV obtained with medium energy exposures in the NuMI beam. These measurements are performed as a function of the three-momentum transfer and an energy transfer estimator called the available energy defined as the energy that would be visible in the detector. The double differential cross sections are compared to the GENIE and NuWro predictions along with the modified version of GENIE which incorporates new models for better agreement with earlier measurements from MINERvA. In these measurements, the quasi-elastic, resonance, and multi-nucleon knockout processes appear at different kinematics in this two-dimensional space. The results can be used to improve models for neutrino interactions needed by neutrino oscillation experiments.

Citation

@article{MINERvA:2021wjs,
    author = "Ascencio, M. V. and others",
    collaboration = "MINERvA",
    title = "{Measurement of inclusive charged-current \ensuremath{\nu}\ensuremath{\mu} scattering on hydrocarbon at \ensuremath{\langle}E\ensuremath{\nu}\ensuremath{\rangle}\ensuremath{\sim}6\,\,GeV with low three-momentum transfer}",
    eprint = "2110.13372",
    archivePrefix = "arXiv",
    primaryClass = "hep-ex",
    reportNumber = "FERMILAB-PUB-21-553-ND",
    doi = "10.1103/PhysRevD.106.032001",
    journal = "Phys. Rev. D",
    volume = "106",
    number = "3",
    pages = "032001",
    year = "2022"
}