Cross sections for and induced pion production on hydrocarbon in the few-GeV region using MINERvA
Abstract
Separate samples of charged-current pion production events representing two semi-inclusive channels νμ–CC(π+) and ν¯μ–CC(π0) have been obtained using neutrino and antineutrino exposures of the MINERvA detector. Distributions in kinematic variables based upon μ±-track reconstructions are analyzed and compared for the two samples. The differential cross sections for muon production angle, muon momentum, and four-momentum transfer Q2 are reported, and cross sections versus neutrino energy are obtained. Comparisons with predictions of current neutrino event generators are used to clarify the role of the Δ(1232) and higher-mass baryon resonances in CC pion production and to show the importance of pion final-state interactions. For the νμ–CC(π+) [ν¯μ–CC(π0)] sample, the absolute data rate is observed to lie below (above) the predictions of some of the event generators by amounts that are typically 1-to- 2σ. Furthermore, the generators are able to reproduce the shapes of the differential cross sections for all kinematic variables of either data set.
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- Research Org.:
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- Contributing Org.:
- MINERvA Collaboration
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1332092
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1319967
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-PUB-16-228-ND; arXiv:1606.07127
Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010; PRVDAQ; 1471834
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review D
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 94; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
Citation Formats
McGivern, C. L., Le, T., Eberly, B., Aliaga, L., Altinok, O., Bellantoni, L., Bercellie, A., Betancourt, M., Bodek, A., Bravar, A., Budd, H., Cai, T., Carneiro, M. F., Christy, M. E., da Motta, H., Dytman, S. A., Díaz, G. A., Endress, E., Felix, J., Fields, L., Fine, R., Galindo, R., Gallagher, H., Golan, T., Gran, R., Harris, D. A., Higuera, A., Hurtado, K., Kiveni, M., Kleykamp, J., Kordosky, M., Maher, E., Manly, S., Mann, W. A., Marshall, C. M., Martinez Caicedo, D. A., McFarland, K. S., McGowan, A. M., Messerly, B., Miller, J., Mislivec, A., Morfín, J. G., Mousseau, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Norrick, A., Nuruzzaman,, Paolone, V., Park, J., Patrick, C. E., Perdue, G. N., Rakotondravohitra, L., Ramirez, M. A., Ransome, R. D., Ray, H., Ren, L., Rimal, D., Rodrigues, P. A., Ruterbories, D., Schellman, H., Schmitz, D. W., Simon, C., Solano Salinas, C. J., Sánchez Falero, S., Tice, B. G., Valencia, E., Walton, T., Wolcott, J., Wospakrik, M., and Zhang, D. Cross sections for νμ and ν¯μ induced pion production on hydrocarbon in the few-GeV region using MINERvA. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.94.052005.
McGivern, C. L., Le, T., Eberly, B., Aliaga, L., Altinok, O., Bellantoni, L., Bercellie, A., Betancourt, M., Bodek, A., Bravar, A., Budd, H., Cai, T., Carneiro, M. F., Christy, M. E., da Motta, H., Dytman, S. A., Díaz, G. A., Endress, E., Felix, J., Fields, L., Fine, R., Galindo, R., Gallagher, H., Golan, T., Gran, R., Harris, D. A., Higuera, A., Hurtado, K., Kiveni, M., Kleykamp, J., Kordosky, M., Maher, E., Manly, S., Mann, W. A., Marshall, C. M., Martinez Caicedo, D. A., McFarland, K. S., McGowan, A. M., Messerly, B., Miller, J., Mislivec, A., Morfín, J. G., Mousseau, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Norrick, A., Nuruzzaman,, Paolone, V., Park, J., Patrick, C. E., Perdue, G. N., Rakotondravohitra, L., Ramirez, M. A., Ransome, R. D., Ray, H., Ren, L., Rimal, D., Rodrigues, P. A., Ruterbories, D., Schellman, H., Schmitz, D. W., Simon, C., Solano Salinas, C. J., Sánchez Falero, S., Tice, B. G., Valencia, E., Walton, T., Wolcott, J., Wospakrik, M., & Zhang, D. Cross sections for νμ and ν¯μ induced pion production on hydrocarbon in the few-GeV region using MINERvA. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.94.052005
McGivern, C. L., Le, T., Eberly, B., Aliaga, L., Altinok, O., Bellantoni, L., Bercellie, A., Betancourt, M., Bodek, A., Bravar, A., Budd, H., Cai, T., Carneiro, M. F., Christy, M. E., da Motta, H., Dytman, S. A., Díaz, G. A., Endress, E., Felix, J., Fields, L., Fine, R., Galindo, R., Gallagher, H., Golan, T., Gran, R., Harris, D. A., Higuera, A., Hurtado, K., Kiveni, M., Kleykamp, J., Kordosky, M., Maher, E., Manly, S., Mann, W. A., Marshall, C. M., Martinez Caicedo, D. A., McFarland, K. S., McGowan, A. M., Messerly, B., Miller, J., Mislivec, A., Morfín, J. G., Mousseau, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Norrick, A., Nuruzzaman,, Paolone, V., Park, J., Patrick, C. E., Perdue, G. N., Rakotondravohitra, L., Ramirez, M. A., Ransome, R. D., Ray, H., Ren, L., Rimal, D., Rodrigues, P. A., Ruterbories, D., Schellman, H., Schmitz, D. W., Simon, C., Solano Salinas, C. J., Sánchez Falero, S., Tice, B. G., Valencia, E., Walton, T., Wolcott, J., Wospakrik, M., and Zhang, D. Tue .
"Cross sections for νμ and ν¯μ induced pion production on hydrocarbon in the few-GeV region using MINERvA". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.94.052005. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1332092.
@article{osti_1332092,
title = {Cross sections for νμ and ν¯μ induced pion production on hydrocarbon in the few-GeV region using MINERvA},
author = {McGivern, C. L. and Le, T. and Eberly, B. and Aliaga, L. and Altinok, O. and Bellantoni, L. and Bercellie, A. and Betancourt, M. and Bodek, A. and Bravar, A. and Budd, H. and Cai, T. and Carneiro, M. F. and Christy, M. E. and da Motta, H. and Dytman, S. A. and Díaz, G. A. and Endress, E. and Felix, J. and Fields, L. and Fine, R. and Galindo, R. and Gallagher, H. and Golan, T. and Gran, R. and Harris, D. A. and Higuera, A. and Hurtado, K. and Kiveni, M. and Kleykamp, J. and Kordosky, M. and Maher, E. and Manly, S. and Mann, W. A. and Marshall, C. M. and Martinez Caicedo, D. A. and McFarland, K. S. and McGowan, A. M. and Messerly, B. and Miller, J. and Mislivec, A. and Morfín, J. G. and Mousseau, J. and Naples, D. and Nelson, J. K. and Norrick, A. and Nuruzzaman, and Paolone, V. and Park, J. and Patrick, C. E. and Perdue, G. N. and Rakotondravohitra, L. and Ramirez, M. A. and Ransome, R. D. and Ray, H. and Ren, L. and Rimal, D. and Rodrigues, P. A. and Ruterbories, D. and Schellman, H. and Schmitz, D. W. and Simon, C. and Solano Salinas, C. J. and Sánchez Falero, S. and Tice, B. G. and Valencia, E. and Walton, T. and Wolcott, J. and Wospakrik, M. and Zhang, D.},
abstractNote = {Separate samples of charged-current pion production events representing two semi-inclusive channels νμ–CC(π+) and ν¯μ–CC(π0) have been obtained using neutrino and antineutrino exposures of the MINERvA detector. Distributions in kinematic variables based upon μ±-track reconstructions are analyzed and compared for the two samples. The differential cross sections for muon production angle, muon momentum, and four-momentum transfer Q2 are reported, and cross sections versus neutrino energy are obtained. Comparisons with predictions of current neutrino event generators are used to clarify the role of the Δ(1232) and higher-mass baryon resonances in CC pion production and to show the importance of pion final-state interactions. For the νμ–CC(π+) [ν¯μ–CC(π0)] sample, the absolute data rate is observed to lie below (above) the predictions of some of the event generators by amounts that are typically 1-to- 2σ. Furthermore, the generators are able to reproduce the shapes of the differential cross sections for all kinematic variables of either data set.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.94.052005},
journal = {Physical Review D},
number = 5,
volume = 94,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Sep 06 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Tue Sep 06 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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