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Electron-beam energy reconstruction for neutrino oscillation measurements

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Electron scattering measurements are shown to reproduce only qualitatively state-of-the-art lepton-nucleus energy reconstruction models, indicating that improvements to these particle-interaction models are required to ensure the accuracy of future high-precision neutrino oscillation experiments.

Research Organization:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-06OR23177; AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
1832778
Report Number(s):
JLAB-PHY-21-3457; DOE/OR/23177-5367
Journal Information:
Nature (London), Vol. 599, Issue 7886; ISSN 0028-0836
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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