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Title: Comparisons of neutrino event generators from an oscillation-experiment perspective

Abstract

Monte Carlo generators are crucial to the analysis of high energy physics data, ideally giving a baseline comparison between the state-of-art theoretical models and experimental data. Presented here is a comparison between three of final state distributions from the GENIE, Neut, NUANCE, and NuWro neutrino Monte Carlo event generators. The final state distributions chosen for comparison are: the electromagnetic energy fraction in neutral current interactions, the energy of the leading π{sup 0} vs. the scattering angle for neutral current interactions, and the muon energy vs. scattering angle of ν{sub µ} charged current interactions.

Authors:
 [1]
  1. nathan.mayer@tufts.edu, Fermilab P.O. Box 500 M.S. 220, Batavia IL 60510 (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22391792
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
AIP Conference Proceedings
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 1663; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: NuINT12: 8. International Workshop on Neutrino-Nucleus Internactions in the Few-GeV Region, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), 22-27 Oct 2012; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; CHARGED-CURRENT INTERACTIONS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; ELASTIC SCATTERING; G CODES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MUONS; NEUTRAL-CURRENT INTERACTIONS; NEUTRINO OSCILLATION; NEUTRINOS; PIONS NEUTRAL; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING

Citation Formats

Mayer, Nathan. Comparisons of neutrino event generators from an oscillation-experiment perspective. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4919469.
Mayer, Nathan. Comparisons of neutrino event generators from an oscillation-experiment perspective. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4919469
Mayer, Nathan. 2015. "Comparisons of neutrino event generators from an oscillation-experiment perspective". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4919469.
@article{osti_22391792,
title = {Comparisons of neutrino event generators from an oscillation-experiment perspective},
author = {Mayer, Nathan},
abstractNote = {Monte Carlo generators are crucial to the analysis of high energy physics data, ideally giving a baseline comparison between the state-of-art theoretical models and experimental data. Presented here is a comparison between three of final state distributions from the GENIE, Neut, NUANCE, and NuWro neutrino Monte Carlo event generators. The final state distributions chosen for comparison are: the electromagnetic energy fraction in neutral current interactions, the energy of the leading π{sup 0} vs. the scattering angle for neutral current interactions, and the muon energy vs. scattering angle of ν{sub µ} charged current interactions.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4919469},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22391792}, journal = {AIP Conference Proceedings},
issn = {0094-243X},
number = 1,
volume = 1663,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Fri May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}