Measurement of muon plus proton final states in νμ interactions on hydrocarbon at < Eν > = 4.2 GeV

Walton, T.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.91.071301

Title: Measurement of muon plus proton final states in ν_μ interactions on hydrocarbon at < E_ν > = 4.2 GeV

Journal Article · Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.91.071301· OSTI ID:1226291

Walton, T. ^[1]

Hampton Univ., Hampton, VA (United States). et al.

A study of charged-current muon neutrino scattering on hydrocarbon in which the final state includes a muon, at least one proton, and no pions is presented. Although this signature has the topology of neutrino quasielastic scattering from neutrons, the event sample contains contributions from quasielastic and inelastic processes where pions are absorbed in the nucleus. The analysis accepts events with muon production angles up to 70° and proton kinetic energies greater than 110 MeV. The cross section, when based completely on hadronic kinematics, is well described by a relativistic Fermi gas nuclear model including the neutrino event generator modeling for inelastic processes and particle transportation through the nucleus. This is in contrast to the quasielastic cross section based on muon kinematics, which is best described by an extended model that incorporates multinucleon correlations. As a result, this measurement guides the formulation of a complete description of neutrino-nucleus interactions that encompasses the hadronic as well as the leptonic aspects of this process.

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

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

Contributing Organization:: MINERvA Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11359

OSTI ID:: 1226291

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1179309

Report Number(s):: FERMILAB-PUB-14-330-E; PRVDAQ; arXiv eprint number arXiv:1409.4497

Journal Information:: Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, Vol. 91, Issue 7; ISSN 1550-7998

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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