First Measurement of Inclusive Muon Neutrino Charged Current Differential Cross Sections on Argon at with the MicroBooNE Detector
We report the first measurement of the double-differential and total muon neutrino charged current inclusive cross sections on argon at a mean neutrino energy of 0.8 GeV. Data were collected using the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber located in the Fermilab Booster neutrino beam and correspond to 1.6×1020 protons on target of exposure. The measured differential cross sections are presented as a function of muon momentum, using multiple Coulomb scattering as a momentum measurement technique, and the muon angle with respect to the beam direction. We compare the measured cross sections to multiple neutrino event generators and find better agreement with those containing more complete treatment of quasielastic scattering processes at low Q2. The total flux integrated cross section is measured to be 0.693±0.010(stat)±0.165(syst)×10-38 cm2.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States); Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States); Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
- Contributing Organization:
- MicroBooNE; MicroBooNE Collaboration
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359; SC0007859; SC0012704; SC0011702; SC0007881
- OSTI ID:
- 1564577
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1546028; OSTI ID: 1569555; OSTI ID: 1638581; OSTI ID: 1777231; OSTI ID: 1784038
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-PUB-19-235-ND; arXiv:1905.09694; BNL-212155-2019-JAAM; PRLTAO; 131801
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Vol. 123 Journal Issue: 13; ISSN 0031-9007
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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