T2K · 2015

Measurement of the νμ\nu_{\mu} charged current quasielastic cross section on carbon with the T2K on-axis neutrino beam

Phys.Rev.D 91 112002 · 10.1103/PhysRevD.91.112002

Measurements

CurrentFlavorTargetTopologyTypeObservablesEnergy
CCνμCCCQEtotaltotal cross sectionmean energies 1.94GeV and 0.93GeV

Abstract

We report a measurement of the νμ\nu_\mu charged current quasi-elastic cross-sections on carbon in the T2K on-axis neutrino beam. The measured charged current quasi-elastic cross-sections on carbon at mean neutrino energies of 1.94 GeV and 0.93 GeV are (11.95±0.19(stat.)1.47+1.82(syst.))×1039cm2/neutron(11.95\pm 0.19(stat.)_{-1.47}^{+1.82} (syst.))\times 10^{-39}\mathrm{cm}^2/\mathrm{neutron} and (10.64±0.37(stat.)1.65+2.03(syst.))×1039cm2/neutron(10.64\pm 0.37(stat.)_{-1.65}^{+2.03} (syst.))\times 10^{-39}\mathrm{cm}^2/\mathrm{neutron}, respectively. These results agree well with the predictions of neutrino interaction models. In addition, we investigated the effects of the nuclear model and the multi-nucleon interaction.

Citation

@article{T2K:2015ujp,
    author = "Abe, K. and others",
    collaboration = "T2K",
    title = "{Measurement of the $\nu_{\mu}$ charged current quasielastic cross section on carbon with the T2K on-axis neutrino beam}",
    eprint = "1503.07452",
    archivePrefix = "arXiv",
    primaryClass = "hep-ex",
    doi = "10.1103/PhysRevD.91.112002",
    journal = "Phys. Rev. D",
    volume = "91",
    number = "11",
    pages = "112002",
    year = "2015"
}