Measurement of Neutrino-Nucleon Neutral Current Elastic Scattering in MiniBooNE

Journal Article · Wed Nov 25 04:00:00 EST 2009 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3274151· OSTI ID:21335835

Perevalov, Denis ^[1]; Tayloe, Rex ^[2]

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1. University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa AL (United States)
2. Indiana University, Bloomington IN (United States)

Using a high-statistics sample of neutral current elastic neutrino interactions, MiniBooNE measured the flux-averaged neutral current elastic differential cross-section on mineral oil (CH{sub 2}). Using the latter, a {kappa}{sup 2} test of MC with different values of the axial vector mass has been performed. Also, a possibility of using a sample of neutral current elastic proton-enriched events above Cherenkov threshold to measure the ratio vp{yields}vp/vN{yields}vN is discussed. This ratio is sensitive to the strange quark contribution to the nucleon spin, {delta}s.

• OSTI ID: 21335835
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 1189; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
CHERENKOV RADIATION
DIFFERENTIAL CROSS SECTIONS
ELASTIC SCATTERING
NEUTRAL CURRENTS
NEUTRINO REACTIONS
NEUTRINO-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
NEUTRINOS
PARTICLE STRUCTURE
PROTONS
REST MASS
S QUARKS
SPIN