Preliminary Results for CCQE Scattering with the MINOS Near Detector

Journal Article · Wed Nov 25 00:00:00 EST 2009 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3274143· OSTI ID:21335827

Dorman, M ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, University College London (United Kingdom)

The MINOS Near Detector has recorded over 20 million neutrino interactions since the experiment began taking NuMI beam data in March 2005. At neutrino energies around the peak of the NuMI flux ({approx}3 GeV) one of the dominant interaction modes is charged-current quasi-elastic (CCQE) scattering and the high statistics Near Detector dataset allows for measurements of the characteristics of this process. A CCQE-enriched event sample is defined and the data collected during the first year of NuMI beam operation are compared to the prediction from the MINOS Monte Carlo simulation (MC). To better describe the data, fits are performed to extract values for a number of parameters in the MC including a low Q{sup 2} suppression parameter for CCQE events and the axial-vector mass, M{sub A}, for CCQE scattering.

• OSTI ID: 21335827
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1189, Issue 1; Conference: NUINT-09: 6. international workshop on neutrino-nucleus interactions in few GeV region, Barcelona (Spain), 18-22 May 2009; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3274143; (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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