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Title: First measurement of the muon antineutrino double-differential charged-current quasielastic cross section

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

The largest sample ever recorded of v ¯ μ charged-current quasielastic (CCQE, ν ¯ μ + p μ + + n ) candidate events is used to produce the minimally model-dependent, flux-integrated double-differential cross section d 2 σ d T μ d c o s θ μ ν ¯ μ for v ¯ μ CCQE for a mineral oil target. This measurement exploits the large statistics of the MiniBooNE antineutrino mode sample and provides the most complete information of this process to date. In order to facilitate historical comparisons, the flux-unfolded total cross section $$σ(E_ν)$$ and single-differential cross section d Q 2 on both mineral oil and on carbon are also reported. The observed cross section is somewhat higher than the predicted cross section from a model assuming independently acting nucleons in carbon with canonical form factor values. The shape of the data are also discrepant with this model. Finally, these results have implications for intranuclear processes and can help constrain signal and background processes for future neutrino oscillation measurements.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Contributing Organization:
MniBooNE Collaboration
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0009824; AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
1595236
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, Vol. 88, Issue 3; ISSN 1550-7998
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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Cited by: 139 works
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