T2K · 2020

First measurement of the charged current νμ\overline{\nu}_{\mu} double differential cross section on a water target without pions in the final state

Phys.Rev.D 102 012007 · 10.1103/PhysRevD.102.012007

Measurements

CurrentFlavorTargetTopologyTypeObservablesEnergy
CCν̄μH2OCC0πdouble-diffdouble-differential cross section

Abstract

This paper reports the first differential measurement of the charged-current νμ\overline{\nu}_{\mu} interaction cross section on water with no pions in the final state. The unfolded flux-averaged measurement using the T2K off-axis near detector is given in double differential bins of μ+\mu^+ momentum and angle. The integrated cross section in a restricted phase space is σ=(1.11±0.18)×1038\sigma=\left(1.11\pm0.18\right)\times10^{-38} cm2^{2} per water molecule. Comparisons with several nuclear models are also presented.

Citation

@article{T2K:2019ddy,
    author = "Abe, K. and others",
    collaboration = "T2K",
    title = "{First measurement of the charged current $\overline{\nu}_{\mu}$ double differential cross section on a water target without pions in the final state}",
    eprint = "1908.10249",
    archivePrefix = "arXiv",
    primaryClass = "hep-ex",
    doi = "10.1103/PhysRevD.102.012007",
    journal = "Phys. Rev. D",
    volume = "102",
    number = "1",
    pages = "012007",
    year = "2020"
}