MINOS · 2010

Neutrino and Antineutrino Inclusive Charged-current Cross Section Measurements with the MINOS Near Detector

Phys.Rev.D 81 072002 · 10.1103/PhysRevD.81.072002

arXiv:0910.2201 Journal INSPIRE All papers

Measurements

Current	Flavor	Target	Topology	Type	Observables	Energy
CC	νμ, ν̄μ	Fe	Inclusive	ratio	total cross section and ratio	E: 3-50GeV for numu, 5-50GeV for numubar

Abstract

The energy dependence of the neutrino-iron and antineutrino-iron inclusive charged-current cross sections and their ratio have been measured using a high-statistics sample with the MINOS Near Detector exposed to the NuMI beam from the Main Injector at Fermilab. Neutrino and antineutrino fluxes were determined using a low hadronic energy subsample of charged-current events. We report measurements of neutrino-Fe (antineutrinoFe) cross section in the energy range 3-50 GeV (5-50 GeV) with precision of 2-8% (3-9%) and their ratio which is measured with precision 2-8%. The data set spans the region from low energy, where accurate measurements are sparse, up to the high-energy scaling region where the cross section is well understood.

Citation

@article{MINOS:2009ugl,
    author = "Adamson, P. and others",
    collaboration = "MINOS",
    title = "{Neutrino and Antineutrino Inclusive Charged-current Cross Section Measurements with the MINOS Near Detector}",
    eprint = "0910.2201",
    archivePrefix = "arXiv",
    primaryClass = "hep-ex",
    reportNumber = "FERMILAB-PUB-09-468-E",
    doi = "10.1103/PhysRevD.81.072002",
    journal = "Phys. Rev. D",
    volume = "81",
    pages = "072002",
    year = "2010"
}