Measurement of \nu_\mu and \bar\nu_\mu induced neutral current single $$\pi^0$$ production cross sections on mineral oil at E_\nu~O(1 GeV)
MiniBooNE reports the first absolute cross sections for neutral current single {pi}{sup 0} production on CH{sub 2} induced by neutrino and antineutrino interactions measured from the largest sets of NC {pi}{sup 0} events collected to date. The principal result consists of differential cross sections measured as functions of {pi}{sup 0} momentum and {pi}{sup 0} angle averaged over the neutrino flux at MiniBooNE. We find total cross sections of (4.76 {+-} 0.05{sub stat} {+-} 0.40{sub sys}) x 10{sup -40} cm{sup 2}/nucleon at a mean energy of <E{sub {nu}}> = 808 MeV and (1.48 {+-} 0.05{sub stat} {+-} 0.14{sub sys}) x 10{sup -40} cm{sup 2}/nucleon at a mean energy of <E{sub {nu}}> = 664 MeV for {nu}{sub {mu}} and {bar {nu}}{sub {mu}} induced production, respectively. In addition, we have included measurements of the neutrino and antineutrino total cross sections for incoherent exclusive NC 1{pi}{sup 0} production corrected for the effects of final state interactions to compare to prior results.
- Research Organization:
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- OSTI ID:
- 969522
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-PUB-09-583-E; arXiv eprint number arXiv:0911.2063; TRN: US1000323
- Journal Information:
- Phys.Rev.D81:013005,2010, Journal Name: Phys.Rev.D81:013005,2010
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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