Charged-Current Interaction Measurements in MiniBooNE

Conference · Sat Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 2007

OSTI ID:917077

Katori, Teppei

Neutrino oscillation is the only known phenomenon for physics beyond the standard model. To investigate this phenomenon, the understanding of low energy neutrino scattering (200<E<2000 MeV) is the crucial task for high energy physicists. In this energy region, the charged current quasi-elastic (CCQE) neutrino interaction is the dominant process, and experiments require a precise model to predict signal samples. Using a high-statistics sample of muon neutrino CCQE events, MiniBooNE finds that a simple Fermi gas model, with appropriate adjustments, accurately characterizes the CCQE events on carbon. The extracted parameters include an effective axial mass, MA=1.23 {+-} 0.20 GeV, and a Pauli-blocking parameter, kappa = 1.019 {+-} 0.011.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-07CH11359
• OSTI ID: 917077
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-CONF-07-510-E; arXiv eprint number arXiv:0709.4498
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
CARBON
CHARGED CURRENTS
CHARGED-CURRENT INTERACTIONS
Experiment-HEP
FERMI GAS MODEL
MUON NEUTRINOS
NEUTRINO OSCILLATION
NEUTRINOS
PHYSICS
SCATTERING
STANDARD MODEL