Measurement of electron neutrino quasielastic and quasielasticlike scattering on hydrocarbon at $\langle E_{\nu} \rangle $ = 3.6 GeV

Wolcott, J.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.081802

Title: Measurement of electron neutrino quasielastic and quasielasticlike scattering on hydrocarbon at $$\langle E_{\nu} \rangle $$ = 3.6 GeV

Abstract

The first direct measurement of electron neutrino quasielastic and quasielasticlike scattering on hydrocarbon in the few-GeV region of incident neutrino energy has been carried out using the MINERvA detector in the NuMI beam at Fermilab. The flux-integrated differential cross sections in the electron production angle, electron energy, and Q² are presented. The ratio of the quasielastic, flux-integrated differential cross section in Q² for ν_e with that of similarly selected ν_μ-induced events from the same exposure is used to probe assumptions that underpin conventional treatments of charged-current νe interactions used by long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments. Furthermore, the data are found to be consistent with lepton universality and are well described by the predictions of the neutrino event generator GENIE.

Authors:

Wolcott, J. ^[1]

Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY (United States); Tufts Univ., Medford, MA (United States). et al.

Publication Date:: Thu Feb 25 00:00:00 EST 2016

Research Org.:: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Contributing Org.:: MINERvA Collaboration

OSTI Identifier:: 1247499

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1239460

Report Number(s):: FERMILAB-PUB-15-399-ND; arXiv:1509.05729
Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007; PRLTAO; 1393997

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11359

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 116; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS

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                    Wolcott, J. Measurement of electron neutrino quasielastic and quasielasticlike scattering on hydrocarbon at $\langle E_{\nu} \rangle $ = 3.6 GeV.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
Web.  doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.081802.

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                    Wolcott, J. Measurement of electron neutrino quasielastic and quasielasticlike scattering on hydrocarbon at $\langle E_{\nu} \rangle $ = 3.6 GeV.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.081802

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"Measurement of electron neutrino quasielastic and quasielasticlike scattering on hydrocarbon at $\langle E_{\nu} \rangle $ = 3.6 GeV".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.081802.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1247499.

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  title        = {Measurement of electron neutrino quasielastic and quasielasticlike scattering on hydrocarbon at $\langle E_{\nu} \rangle $ = 3.6 GeV},

  author       = {Wolcott, J.},

  abstractNote = {The first direct measurement of electron neutrino quasielastic and quasielasticlike scattering on hydrocarbon in the few-GeV region of incident neutrino energy has been carried out using the MINERvA detector in the NuMI beam at Fermilab. The flux-integrated differential cross sections in the electron production angle, electron energy, and Q2 are presented. The ratio of the quasielastic, flux-integrated differential cross section in Q2 for νe with that of similarly selected νμ-induced events from the same exposure is used to probe assumptions that underpin conventional treatments of charged-current νe interactions used by long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments. Furthermore, the data are found to be consistent with lepton universality and are well described by the predictions of the neutrino event generator GENIE.},

  doi          = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.081802},

  journal      = {Physical Review Letters},

  number       = 8,

  volume       = 116,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Thu Feb 25 00:00:00 EST 2016},

  month        = {Thu Feb 25 00:00:00 EST 2016}

}

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FIG. 1: The $ν_{e}$ + $\bar{ν}_{e}$ flux as a function of neutrino energy from the beam simulation for the data used in this analysis. The $\bar{ν}_{e}$ flux is shown separately to emphasize the dominance of $ν_{e}$ in the sum.

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