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Title: Measurement of the muon antineutrino double-differential cross section for quasielastic-like scattering on hydrocarbon at E ν 3.5 GeV

Journal Article · · Physical Review D

We present double-differential measurements of antineutrino charged-current quasielastic scattering in the MINERvA detector. This study improves on a previous single-differential measurement by using updated reconstruction algorithms and interaction models and provides a complete description of observed muon kinematics in the form of a double-differential cross section with respect to muon transverse and longitudinal momentum. We include in our signal definition zero-meson final states arising from multinucleon interactions and from resonant pion production followed by pion absorption in the primary nucleus. We find that model agreement is considerably improved by a model tuned to MINERvA inclusive neutrino scattering data that incorporates nuclear effects such as weak nuclear screening and two-particle, two-hole enhancements.

Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); National Science Foundation (NSF); Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States); Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (Capes); National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq); National Council of Science and Technology (CoNaCyT); National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT); Direction of Management of the Investigation (DGI); Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC); Latin American Center for Physics (CLAF)
Contributing Organization:
MINERνA Collaboration
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359; PHY-0619727; AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1424813
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1426669; OSTI ID: 1485084
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-18-002-CD-ND; arXiv:1801.01197; PRVDAQ; 052002
Journal Information:
Physical Review D, Journal Name: Physical Review D Vol. 97 Journal Issue: 5; ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher:
American Physical SocietyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 35 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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