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Title: Measurement of {nu}{sub {mu}}and {nu}{sub {mu}}induced neutral current single {pi}{sup 0} production cross sections on mineral oil at E{sub {nu}{approx}O} (1 GeV)

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
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  1. Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, D.F. 04510 (Mexico)
  2. Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 (United States)
  3. Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544 (United States)
  4. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510 (United States)

MiniBooNE reports the first absolute cross sections for neutral current single {pi}{sup 0} production on CH{sub 2} induced by neutrino and antineutrino interactions measured from the largest sets of NC {pi}{sup 0} events collected to date. The principal result consists of differential cross sections measured as functions of {pi}{sup 0} momentum and {pi}{sup 0} angle averaged over the neutrino flux at MiniBooNE. We find total cross sections of (4.76{+-}0.05{sub stat{+-}}0.76{sub sys})x10{sup -40} cm{sup 2}/nucleon at a mean energy of <E{sub {nu}>}=808 MeV and (1.48{+-}0.05{sub stat{+-}}0.23{sub sys})x10{sup -40} cm{sup 2}/nucleon at a mean energy of <E{sub {nu}>}=664 MeV for {nu}{sub {mu}}and {nu}{sub {mu}}induced production, respectively. In addition, we have included measurements of the neutrino and antineutrino total cross sections for incoherent exclusive NC 1{pi}{sup 0} production corrected for the effects of final state interactions to compare to prior results.

OSTI ID:
21408946
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 81, Issue 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.81.013005; (c) 2010 The American Physical Society; ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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