Measurement of the double-differential muon-neutrino charged-current inclusive cross section in the NOvA near detector

Acero, M. A.; Adamson, P.; Aliaga, L.; Anfimov, N.; Antoshkin, A.; Arrieta-Diaz, E.; Asquith, L.; Aurisano, A.; Back, A.; Baird, M.; Balashov, N.; Baldi, P.; Bambah, B. A.; Bashar, S.; Bays, K.; Behera, B.; Bernstein, R.; Bhatnagar, V.; Bhattarai, D.; Bhuyan, B.; Bian, J.; Blair, J.; Booth, A. C.; Bowles, R.; Bromberg, C.; Buchanan, N.; Butkevich, A.; Calvez, S.; Carroll, T. J.; Catano-Mur, E.; Choudhary, B. C.; Christensen, A.; Coan, T. E.; Colo, M.; Cremonesi, L.; Davies, G. S.; Derwent, P. F.; Ding, P.; Djurcic, Z.; Dolce, M.; Doyle, D.; Dueñas Tonguino, D.; Dukes, E. C.; Duyang, H.; Edayath, S.; Ehrlich, R.; Elkins, M.; Ewart, E.; Feldman, G. J.; Filip, P.; Franc, J.; Frank, M. J.; Gallagher, H. R.; Gandrajula, R.; Gao, F.; Giri, A.; Gomes, R. A.; Goodman, M. C.; Grichine, V.; Groh, M.; Group, R.; Guo, B.; Habig, A.; Hakl, F.; Hall, A.; Hartnell, J.; Hatcher, R.; Hausner, H.; He, M.; Heller, K.; Hewes, V.; Himmel, A.; Holin, A.; Huang, J.; Jargowsky, B.; Jarosz, J.; Jediny, F.; Johnson, C.; Judah, M.; Kakorin, I.; Kalitkina, A.; Kalra, D.; Kaplan, D. M.; Keloth, R.; Klimov, O.; Koerner, L. W.; Kolupaeva, L.; Kotelnikov, S.; Kralik, R.; Kullenberg, Ch.; Kubu, M.; Kumar, A.; Kuruppu, C. D.; Kus, V.; Lackey, T.; Lang, K.; Lasorak, P.; Lesmeister, J.; Lin, S.; Lister, A.; Liu, J.; Lokajicek, M.; Magill, S.; Manrique Plata, M.; Mann, W. A.; Marshak, M. L.; Martinez-Casales, M.; Matveev, V.; Mayes, B.; Méndez, D. P.; Messier, M. D.; Meyer, H.; Miao, T.; Miller, W. H.; Mishra, S. R.; Mislivec, A.; Mohanta, R.; Moren, A.; Morozova, A.; Mu, W.; Mualem, L.; Muether, M.; Mulder, K.; Naples, D.; Nayak, N.; Nelson, J. K.; Nichol, R.; Niner, E.; Norman, A.; Norrick, A.; Nosek, T.; Oh, H.; Olshevskiy, A.; Olson, T.; Ott, J.; Paley, J.; Patterson, R. B.; Pawloski, G.; Petrova, O.; Petti, R.; Phan, D. D.; Plunkett, R. K.; Porter, J. C. C.; Rafique, A.; Raj, V.; Rajaoalisoa, M.; Ramson, B.; Rebel, B.; Rojas, P.; Roy, P.; Ryabov, V.; Sachdev, K.; Samoylov, O.; Sanchez, M. C.; Sánchez Falero, S.; Shanahan, P.; Sheshukov, A.; Singh, P.; Singh, V.; Smith, E.; Smolik, J.; Snopok, P.; Solomey, N.; Sousa, A.; Soustruznik, K.; Strait, M.; Suter, L.; Sutton, A.; Swain, S.; Sweeney, C.; Sztuc, A.; Tapia Oregui, B.; Tas, P.; Thakore, T.; Thayyullathil, R. B.; Thomas, J.; Tiras, E.; Tripathi, J.; Trokan-Tenorio, J.; Tsaris, A.; Torun, Y.; Urheim, J.; Vahle, P.; Vallari, Z.; Vasel, J.; Vokac, P.; Vrba, T.; Wallbank, M.; Warburton, T. K.; Wetstein, M.; Whittington, D.; Wickremasinghe, D. A.; Wojcicki, S. G.; Wolcott, J.; Wu, W.; Xiao, Y.; Yallappa Dombara, A.; Yankelevich, A.; Yonehara, K.; Yu, S.; Yu, Y.; Zadorozhnyy, S.; Zalesak, J.; Zhang, Y.; Zwaska, R.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.107.052011

Title: Measurement of the double-differential muon-neutrino charged-current inclusive cross section in the NOvA near detector

Journal Article · Mon Mar 27 00:00:00 EDT 2023 · Physical Review. D.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.107.052011· OSTI ID:1963520

Acero, M. A.; Adamson, P.; Aliaga, L.; Anfimov, N.; Antoshkin, A.; Arrieta-Diaz, E.; Asquith, L.; Aurisano, A.; Back, A.; Baird, M.; Balashov, N.; Baldi, P.; Bambah, B. A.; Bashar, S.; Bays, K.; Behera, B.; Bernstein, R.; Bhatnagar, V.; Bhattarai, D.; Bhuyan, B. more »

We report cross-section measurements of the final-state muon kinematics for v_u charged-current interactions in the NOvA near detector using an accumulated 8.09 x 10²⁰ protons on target in the NuMI beam. We present the results as a double-differential cross section in the observed outgoing muon energy and angle, as well as single-differential cross sections in the derived neutrino energy, E_v, and square of the four-momentum transfer, Q₂. We compare the results to inclusive cross-section predictions from various neutrino event generators via χ² calculations using a covariance matrix that accounts for bin-to-bin correlations of systematic uncertainties. These comparisons show a clear discrepancy between the data and each of the tested predictions at forward muon angle and low Q₂, indicating a missing suppression of the cross section in current neutrino-nucleus scattering models.

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Research Organization:: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Contributing Organization:: NOvA Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11359; SC0010073

OSTI ID:: 1963520

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1833306; OSTI ID: 2263461

Report Number(s):: Fermilab PUB-21-455-ND-PPD-SCD; FERMILAB-PUB-21-455-ND-PPD-SCD; arXiv:2109.12220; PRVDAQ; 052011

Journal Information:: Physical Review. D., Journal Name: Physical Review. D. Vol. 107 Journal Issue: 5; ISSN 2470-0010

Publisher:: American Physical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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