Improved measurement of neutral current coherent $$\pi^0$$ production on carbon in a few-GeV neutrino beam

Journal Article · Sat May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · Phys.Rev.D81:111102,2010

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.81.111102· OSTI ID:981883

Kurimoto, Y; Alcaraz-Aunion, J L; Brice, S J; Bugel, L; Catala-Perez, J; Cheng, G; Conrad, J M; Djurcic, Z; Dore, U; Finley, D A; Franke, A J

The SciBooNE Collaboration reports a measurement of neutral current coherent neutral pion production on carbon by a muon neutrino beam with average energy 0.8 GeV. The separation of coherent from inclusive neutral pion production has been improved by detecting recoil protons from resonant neutral pion production. We measure the ratio of the neutral current coherent neutral pion production to total charged current cross sections to be (1.16 +/- 0.24) x 10-2. The ratio of charged current coherent pion to neutral current coherent pion production is calculated to be 0.14+0.30 -0.28, using our published charged current coherent pion measurement.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-07CH11359
• OSTI ID: 981883
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-PUB-10-197-PPD; arXiv eprint number arXiv:1005.0059; TRN: US1004253
• Journal Information: Phys.Rev.D81:111102,2010, Journal Name: Phys.Rev.D81:111102,2010
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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NEUTRAL CURRENTS
NEUTRINO BEAMS
PIONS
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PROTONS
RECOILS
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