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Title: Measurement of ν μ charged-current single π 0 production on hydrocarbon in the few-GeV region using MINERvA

Journal Article · · Physical Review D

In this paper, the semiexclusive channel νμ + CH → μπ0 + nucleon(s) is analyzed using MINERvA exposed to the low-energy NuMI νμ beam with spectral peak at Eν ≃ 3 GeV. Differential cross sections for muon momentum and production angle, π0 kinetic energy and production angle, and for squared four-momentum transfer are reported, and the cross section σ(Eν) is obtained over the range 1.5 GeV ≤ Eν < 20 GeV. Results are compared to GENIE and NuWro predictions and to published MINERvA cross sections for charged-current π+0) production by νμ(¯νμ) neutrinos. Disagreements between data and simulation are observed at very low and relatively high values for muon angle and for Q2 that may reflect shortfalls in modeling of interactions on carbon. For π0 kinematic distributions, however, the data are consistent with the simulation and provide support for generator treatments of pion intranuclear scattering. Using signal-event subsamples that have reconstructed protons as well as π0 mesons, the pπ0 invariant mass distribution is obtained, and the decay polar and azimuthal angle distributions in the rest frame of the pπ0 system are measured in the region of Δ(1232)+ production, W < 1.4 GeV.

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
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
1375906
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1399802
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-17-220-ND; arXiv:1708.03723; PRVDAQ; 1615865
Journal Information:
Physical Review D, Vol. 96, Issue 7; ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 28 works
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