Neutrino and antineutrino inclusive charged-current cross section measurements with the MINOS near detector

Journal Article · Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.81.072002· OSTI ID:21409451

Adamson, P; Bock, G J; Boehnlein, D J; Bogert, D; Childress, S; Harris, D; Hatcher, R; Hylen, J; James, C; Jensen, D; Koizumi, G; Kreymer, A; Lucas, P; Moore, C D; Morfin, J; Plunkett, R K; Rameika, R A; Rebel, B; Saoulidou, N; Shanahan, P ^[1]

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1. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510 (United States)

The energy dependence of the neutrino-iron and antineutrino-iron inclusive charged-current cross sections and their ratio have been measured using a high-statistics sample with the MINOS near detector exposed to the NuMI beam from the main injector at Fermilab. Neutrino and antineutrino fluxes were determined using a low hadronic energy subsample of charged-current events. We report measurements of {nu}-Fe ({nu}-Fe) cross section in the energy range 3-50 GeV (5-50 GeV) with precision of 2%-8% (3%-9%) and their ratio which is measured with precision 2%-8%. The data set spans the region from low energy, where accurate measurements are sparse, up to the high-energy scaling region where the cross section is well understood.

• OSTI ID: 21409451
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 81, Issue 7; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.81.072002; (c) 2010 The American Physical Society; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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