Charged pion production in $$\nu_\mu$$ interactions on hydrocarbon at $$\langle E_{\nu}\rangle$$= 4.0 GeV
Abstract
Charged pion production via charged-current νμ interactions on plastic scintillator (CH) is studied using the MINERvA detector exposed to the NuMI wideband neutrino beam at Fermilab. Events with hadronic invariant mass W < 1.4 GeV and W < 1.8 GeV are selected in separate analyses: the lower W cut isolates single pion production, which is expected to occur primarily through the Δ(1232) resonance, while results from the higher cut include the effects of higher resonances. Cross sections as functions of pion angle and kinetic energy are compared to predictions from theoretical calculations and generator-based models for neutrinos ranging in energy from 1.5–10 GeV. The data are best described by calculations which include significant contributions from pion intranuclear rescattering. As a result, these measurements constrain the primary interaction rate and the role of final state interactions in pion production, both of which need to be well understood by neutrino oscillation experiments.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (United States). et al.
- Publication Date:
- 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:
- 1234905
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1226869
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-PUB-14-193-E
Journal ID: ISSN 1550-7998; PRVDAQ; arXiv eprint number arXiv:1406.6415; TRN: US1600934
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 92; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 1550-7998
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; Experiment-HEP
Citation Formats
Eberly, B., and et al. Charged pion production in $\nu_\mu$ interactions on hydrocarbon at $\langle E_{\nu}\rangle$= 4.0 GeV. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.92.092008.
Eberly, B., & et al. Charged pion production in $\nu_\mu$ interactions on hydrocarbon at $\langle E_{\nu}\rangle$= 4.0 GeV. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.92.092008
Eberly, B., and et al. 2015.
"Charged pion production in $\nu_\mu$ interactions on hydrocarbon at $\langle E_{\nu}\rangle$= 4.0 GeV". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.92.092008. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1234905.
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title = {Charged pion production in $\nu_\mu$ interactions on hydrocarbon at $\langle E_{\nu}\rangle$= 4.0 GeV},
author = {Eberly, B. and et al.},
abstractNote = {Charged pion production via charged-current νμ interactions on plastic scintillator (CH) is studied using the MINERvA detector exposed to the NuMI wideband neutrino beam at Fermilab. Events with hadronic invariant mass W < 1.4 GeV and W < 1.8 GeV are selected in separate analyses: the lower W cut isolates single pion production, which is expected to occur primarily through the Δ(1232) resonance, while results from the higher cut include the effects of higher resonances. Cross sections as functions of pion angle and kinetic energy are compared to predictions from theoretical calculations and generator-based models for neutrinos ranging in energy from 1.5–10 GeV. The data are best described by calculations which include significant contributions from pion intranuclear rescattering. As a result, these measurements constrain the primary interaction rate and the role of final state interactions in pion production, both of which need to be well understood by neutrino oscillation experiments.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.92.092008},
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journal = {Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology},
issn = {1550-7998},
number = 9,
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Nov 23 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Mon Nov 23 00:00:00 EST 2015}
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