Single neutral pion production by charged-current ν¯μ interactions on hydrocarbon at 〈Eν〉=3.6 GeV

Le, T.; Palomino, J. L.; Aliaga, L.; Altinok, O.; Bercellie, A.; Bodek, A.; Bravar, A.; Brooks, W. K.; Butkevich, A.; Martinez Caicedo, D. A.; Carneiro, M. F.; Christy, M. E.; Chvojka, J.; da Motta, H.; Devan, J.; Dytman, S. A.; Díaz, G. A.; Eberly, B.; Felix, J.; Fields, L.; Fine, R.; Gago, A. M.; Gallagher, H.; Gran, R.; Harris, D. A.; Higuera, A.; Hurtado, K.; Kordosky, M.; Maher, E.; Manly, S.; Mann, W. A.; Marshall, C. M.; McFarland, K. S.; McGivern, C. L.; McGowan, A. M.; Miller, J.; Morfín, J. G.; Mousseau, J.; Nelson, J. K.; Norrick, A.; Osta, J.; Paolone, V.; Park, J.; Patrick, C. E.; Perdue, G. N.; Rakotondravohitra, L.; Ransome, R. D.; Ray, H.; Ren, L.; Rodrigues, P. A.; Ruterbories, D.; Schellman, H.; Schmitz, D. W.; Sobczyk, J. T.; Solano Salinas, C. J.; Tagg, N.; Tice, B. G.; Valencia, E.; Walton, T.; Wolcott, J.; Yepes-Ramirez, H.; Zavala, G.; Zhang, D.; Ziemer, B. P.

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2015.07.039

Title: Single neutral pion production by charged-current ${\bar{ν}}_{μ}$ interactions on hydrocarbon at $〈 E_{ν} 〉 = 3.6 GeV$

Journal Article · Wed Oct 07 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Physics Letters. B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2015.07.039· OSTI ID:1213905

Le, T.; Palomino, J. L.; Aliaga, L.; Altinok, O.; Bercellie, A.; Bodek, A.; Bravar, A.; Brooks, W. K.; Butkevich, A.; Martinez Caicedo, D. A.; Carneiro, M. F.; Christy, M. E.; Chvojka, J.; da Motta, H.; Devan, J.; Dytman, S. A.; Díaz, G. A.; Eberly, B.; Felix, J.; Fields, L. more »

We studied single neutral pion production via muon antineutrino charged-current interactions in plastic scintillator (CH) using the MINERvA detector exposed to the NuMI low-energy, wideband antineutrino beam at Fermilab. Measurement of this process constrains models of neutral pion production in nuclei, which is important because the neutral-current analog is a background for appearance oscillation experiments. Furthermore, the differential cross sections for π⁰ momentum and production angle, for events with a single observed π⁰ and no charged pions, are presented and compared to model predictions. These results comprise the first measurement of the π⁰ kinematics for this process.

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Research Organization:: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (Capes); National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq); Conacyt, Mexico City (Mexico); National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT); National System of Science and Technology and Technological Innovation (CONCYTEC); Direction of Management of the Investigation (DGI). Pontifical Catholic Univ. of Peru; General Inst. of Investigation (IGI). National Univ. of Engineering; Latin American Center for Physics (CLAF); Ministry of Education and Science (Russia); Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Moscow (Russian Federation)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; AC02-07CH11359; PHY-0619727

OSTI ID:: 1213905

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1221276; OSTI ID: 1423585

Report Number(s):: FERMILAB-PUB-15-075-ND; S0370269315005493; PII: S0370269315005493

Journal Information:: Physics Letters. B, Journal Name: Physics Letters. B Vol. 749 Journal Issue: C; ISSN 0370-2693

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Country of Publication:: Netherlands

Language:: English

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