Measurement of neutrino and antineutrino neutral-current quasielasticlike interactions on oxygen by detecting nuclear deexcitation $\gamma$ rays

Journal Article · Mon Dec 30 00:00:00 EST 2019 · Physical Review D

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.100.112009· OSTI ID:1580633

Abe, K.; Akutsu, R.; Ali, A.; Alt, C.; Andreopoulos, C.; Anthony, L.; Antonova, M.; Aoki, S.; Ariga, A.; Ashida, Y. ; Atkin, E. T.; Awataguchi, Y.; Ban, S.; Barbi, M.; Barker, G. J.; Barr, G.; Barry, C.; Batkiewicz-Kwasniak, M.; Beloshapkin, A.; Bench, F. ; Berardi, V.; Berkman, S.; Berns, L.; Bhadra, S.; Bienstock, S.; Blondel, A.; Bolognesi, S.; Bourguille, B.; Boyd, S. B.; Brailsford, D.; Bravar, A.; Bravo Berguño, D.; Bronner, C.; Bubak, A.; Buizza Avanzini, M.; Calcutt, J.; Campbell, T.; Cao, S.; Cartwright, S. L.; Catanesi, M. G.; Cervera, A.; Chappell, A.; Checchia, C.; Cherdack, D.; Chikuma, N.; Christodoulou, G.; Coleman, J.; Collazuol, G.; Cook, L.; Coplowe, D.; Cudd, A.; Dabrowska, A.; De Rosa, G.; Dealtry, T.; Denner, P. F.; Dennis, S. R.; Densham, C.; Di Lodovico, F.; Dokania, N.; Dolan, S.; Drapier, O.; Dumarchez, J.; Dunne, P.; Eklund, L.; Emery-Schrenk, S.; Ereditato, A.; Fernandez, P.; Feusels, T.; Finch, A. J.; Fiorentini, G. A.; Fiorillo, G.; Francois, C.; Friend, M.; Fujii, Y.; Fujita, R.; Fukuda, D.; Fukuda, R.; Fukuda, Y.; Gameil, K.; Giganti, C.; Golan, T.; Gonin, M.; Gorin, A.; Guigue, M.; Hadley, D. R.; Haigh, J. T.; Hamacher-Baumann, P.; Hartz, M.; Hasegawa, T.; Hastings, N. C.; Hayashino, T.; Hayato, Y.; Hiramoto, A.; Hogan, M.; Holeczek, J.; Hong Van, N. T.; Iacob, F.; Ichikawa, A. K.; Ikeda, M.; Ishida, T.; Ishii, T.; Ishitsuka, M.; Iwamoto, K.; Izmaylov, A.; Jamieson, B.; Jenkins, S. J.; Jesús-Valls, C.; Jiang, M.; Johnson, S.; Jonsson, P.; Jung, C. K.; Kabirnezhad, M.; Kaboth, A. C.; Kajita, T.; Kakuno, H.; Kameda, J.; Karlen, D.; Kasetti, S. P.; Kataoka, Y.; Katori, T.; Kato, Y.; Kearns, E.; Khabibullin, M.; Khotjantsev, A.; Kikawa, T.; Kim, H.; Kim, J.; King, S.; Kisiel, J.; Knight, A.; Knox, A.; Kobayashi, T.; Koch, L.; Koga, T.; Konaka, A.; Kormos, L. L.; Koshio, Y.; Kowalik, K.; Kubo, H.; Kudenko, Y.; Kukita, N.; Kuribayashi, S.; Kurjata, R.; Kutter, T.; Kuze, M.; Labarga, L.; Lagoda, J.; Lamoureux, M.; Laveder, M.; Lawe, M.; Licciardi, M.; Lindner, T.; Litchfield, R. P.; Liu, S. L.; Li, X.; Longhin, A.; Ludovici, L.; Lu, X.; Lux, T.; Machado, L. N.; Magaletti, L.; Mahn, K.; Malek, M.; Manly, S.; Maret, L.; Marino, A. D.; Martin, J. F.; Maruyama, T.; Matsubara, T.; Matsushita, K.; Matveev, V.; Mavrokoridis, K.; Mazzucato, E.; McCarthy, M.; McCauley, N.; McFarland, K. S.; McGrew, C.; Mefodiev, A.; Metelko, C.; Mezzetto, M.; Minamino, A.; Mineev, O.; Mine, S.; Miura, M.; Molina Bueno, L.; Moriyama, S.; Morrison, J.; Mueller, Th. A.; Munteanu, L.; Murphy, S.; Nagai, Y.; Nakadaira, T.; Nakahata, M.; Nakajima, Y.; Nakamura, A.; Nakamura, K. G.; Nakamura, K.; Nakayama, S.; Nakaya, T.; Nakayoshi, K.; Nantais, C.; Ngoc, T. V.; Niewczas, K.; Nishikawa, K.; Nishimura, Y.; Nonnenmacher, T. S.; Nova, F.; Novella, P.; Nowak, J.; Nugent, J. C.; O’Keeffe, H. M.; O’Sullivan, L.; Odagawa, T.; Okumura, K.; Okusawa, T.; Oser, S. M.; Owen, R. A.; Oyama, Y.; Palladino, V.; Palomino, J. L.; Paolone, V.; Parker, W. C.; Paudyal, P.; Pavin, M.; Payne, D.; Penn, G. C.; Pickering, L.; Pidcott, C.; Pinzon Guerra, E. S.; Pistillo, C.; Popov, B.; Porwit, K.; Posiadala-Zezula, M.; Pritchard, A.; Quilain, B.; Radermacher, T.; Radicioni, E.; Radics, B.; Ratoff, P. N.; Reinherz-Aronis, E.; Riccio, C.; Rondio, E.; Roth, S.; Rubbia, A.; Ruggeri, A. C.; Rychter, A.; Sakashita, K.; Sánchez, F.; Schloesser, C. M.; Scholberg, K.; Schwehr, J.; Scott, M.; Seiya, Y.; Sekiguchi, T.; Sekiya, H.; Sgalaberna, D.; Shah, R.; Shaikhiev, A.; Shaker, F.; Shaykina, A.; Shiozawa, M.; Shorrock, W.; Shvartsman, A.; Smirnov, A.; Smy, M.; Sobczyk, J. T.; Sobel, H.; Soler, F. J. P.; Sonoda, Y.; Steinmann, J.; Suvorov, S.; Suzuki, A.; Suzuki, S. Y.; Suzuki, Y.; Sztuc, A. A.; Tada, M.; Tajima, M.; Takeda, A.; Takeuchi, Y.; Tanaka, H. K.; Tanaka, H. A.; Tanaka, S.; Thompson, L. F.; Toki, W.; Touramanis, C.; Tsui, K. M.; Tsukamoto, T.; Tzanov, M.; Uchida, Y.; Uno, W.; Vagins, M.; Valder, S.; Vallari, Z.; Vargas, D.; Vasseur, G.; Vilela, C.; Vinning, W. G. S.; Vladisavljevic, T.; Volkov, V. V.; Wachala, T.; Walker, J.; Walsh, J. G.; Wang, Y.; Wark, D.; Wascko, M. O.; Weber, A.; Wendell, R.; Wilking, M. J.; Wilkinson, C.; Wilson, J. R.; Wilson, R. J.; Wood, K.; Wret, C.; Yamada, Y.; Yamamoto, K.; Yanagisawa, C.; Yang, G.; Yano, T.; Yasutome, K.; Yen, S.; Yershov, N.; Yokoyama, M.; Yoshida, T.; Yu, M.; Zalewska, A.; Zalipska, J.; Zaremba, K.; Zarnecki, G.; Ziembicki, M.; Zimmerman, E. D.; Zito, M.; Zsoldos, S.; Zykova, A.

Neutrino- and antineutrino-oxygen neutral-current quasielastic-like interactions are measured at Super-Kamiokande using nuclear de-excitation γ-rays to identify signal-like interactions in data from a 14.94 (16.35)× 10²⁰ protons-on-target exposure of the T2K neutrino (antineutrino) beam. The measured flux-averaged cross sections on oxygen nuclei are $$\langle \sigma_{\nu {\rm -NCQE}} \rangle = 1.70 \pm 0.17 ({\rm stat.}) ^{+{\rm 0.51}}_{- {\rm 0.38}} ({\rm syst.}) \times 10^{-38} \ {\rm cm^2/oxygen}$$ with a flux-averaged energy of 0.82 GeV and $$\langle \sigma_{\bar{\nu} {\rm -NCQE}} \rangle = 0.98 \pm 0.16 ({\rm stat.}) ^{+ {\rm 0.26}}_{- {\rm 0.19}} ({\rm syst.}) \times 10^{-38} \ {\rm cm^2/oxygen}$$ with a flux-averaged energy of 0.68 GeV, for neutrinos and antineutrinos, respectively. These results are the most precise to date, and the antineutrino result is the first cross section measurement of this channel. They are compared with various theoretical predictions. The impact on evaluation of backgrounds to searches for supernova relic neutrinos at present and future water Cherenkov detectors is also discussed.

• Research Organization: Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
• Contributing Organization: T2K Collaboration
• Grant/Contract Number: SC0009926; AC02-76SF00515; SAPPJ-2014-00031; 19-12-00325; 713673; RISE-GA644294-JENNIFER 2020; SC0008475
• OSTI ID: 1580633
• Alternate ID(s): OSTI ID: 1595114; OSTI ID: 1608988; OSTI ID: 1839032
• Journal Information: Physical Review D, Journal Name: Physical Review D Vol. 100 Journal Issue: 11; ISSN 2470-0010
• Publisher: American Physical Society (APS)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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