T2K · 2021

First T2K measurement of transverse kinematic imbalance in the muon-neutrino charged-current single-π+\pi^+ production channel containing at least one proton

Phys.Rev.D 103 112009 · 10.1103/PhysRevD.103.112009

Measurements

CurrentFlavorTargetTopologyTypeObservablesEnergy
CCνμCHCC1π+single-diffdifferential cross sections vs kinematic imbalance

Abstract

This paper reports the first T2K measurement of the transverse kinematic imbalance in the single-π+\pi^+ production channel of neutrino interactions. We measure the differential cross sections in the muon-neutrino charged-current interaction on hydrocarbon with a single π+\pi^+ and at least one proton in the final state, at the ND280 off-axis near detector of the T2K experiment. The extracted cross sections are compared to the predictions from different neutrino-nucleus interaction event generators. Overall, the results show a preference for models which have a more realistic treatment of nuclear medium effects including the initial nuclear state and final-state interactions.

Citation

@article{T2K:2021naz,
    author = "Abe, K. and others",
    collaboration = "T2K",
    title = "{First T2K measurement of transverse kinematic imbalance in the muon-neutrino charged-current single-$\pi^+$ production channel containing at least one proton}",
    eprint = "2102.03346",
    archivePrefix = "arXiv",
    primaryClass = "hep-ex",
    doi = "10.1103/PhysRevD.103.112009",
    journal = "Phys. Rev. D",
    volume = "103",
    number = "11",
    pages = "112009",
    year = "2021"
}