Single neutral pion production by charged-current interactions on hydrocarbon at
Abstract
We studied single neutral pion production via muon antineutrino charged-current interactions in plastic scintillator (CH) using the MINERvA detector exposed to the NuMI low-energy, wideband antineutrino beam at Fermilab. Measurement of this process constrains models of neutral pion production in nuclei, which is important because the neutral-current analog is a background for appearance oscillation experiments. Furthermore, the differential cross sections for π0 momentum and production angle, for events with a single observed π0 and no charged pions, are presented and compared to model predictions. These results comprise the first measurement of the π0 kinematics for this process.
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- Research Org.:
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (Capes); National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq); Conacyt, Mexico City (Mexico); National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT); National System of Science and Technology and Technological Innovation (CONCYTEC); Direction of Management of the Investigation (DGI). Pontifical Catholic Univ. of Peru; General Inst. of Investigation (IGI). National Univ. of Engineering; Latin American Center for Physics (CLAF); Ministry of Education and Science (Russia); Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Moscow (Russian Federation)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1213905
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1221276; OSTI ID: 1423585
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-PUB-15-075-ND
Journal ID: ISSN 0370-2693; S0370269315005493; PII: S0370269315005493
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231; AC02-07CH11359; PHY-0619727
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Physics Letters. B
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Physics Letters. B Journal Volume: 749 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0370-2693
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- Netherlands
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; neutrino-nucleus scattering; final state interaction
Citation Formats
Le, T., Palomino, J. L., Aliaga, L., Altinok, O., Bercellie, A., Bodek, A., Bravar, A., Brooks, W. K., Butkevich, A., Martinez Caicedo, D. A., Carneiro, M. F., Christy, M. E., Chvojka, J., da Motta, H., Devan, J., Dytman, S. A., Díaz, G. A., Eberly, B., Felix, J., Fields, L., Fine, R., Gago, A. M., Gallagher, H., Gran, R., Harris, D. A., Higuera, A., Hurtado, K., Kordosky, M., Maher, E., Manly, S., Mann, W. A., Marshall, C. M., McFarland, K. S., McGivern, C. L., McGowan, A. M., Miller, J., Morfín, J. G., Mousseau, J., Nelson, J. K., Norrick, A., Osta, J., Paolone, V., Park, J., Patrick, C. E., Perdue, G. N., Rakotondravohitra, L., Ransome, R. D., Ray, H., Ren, L., Rodrigues, P. A., Ruterbories, D., Schellman, H., Schmitz, D. W., Sobczyk, J. T., Solano Salinas, C. J., Tagg, N., Tice, B. G., Valencia, E., Walton, T., Wolcott, J., Yepes-Ramirez, H., Zavala, G., Zhang, D., and Ziemer, B. P. Single neutral pion production by charged-current ν¯μ interactions on hydrocarbon at 〈Eν〉=3.6 GeV. Netherlands: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2015.07.039.
Le, T., Palomino, J. L., Aliaga, L., Altinok, O., Bercellie, A., Bodek, A., Bravar, A., Brooks, W. K., Butkevich, A., Martinez Caicedo, D. A., Carneiro, M. F., Christy, M. E., Chvojka, J., da Motta, H., Devan, J., Dytman, S. A., Díaz, G. A., Eberly, B., Felix, J., Fields, L., Fine, R., Gago, A. M., Gallagher, H., Gran, R., Harris, D. A., Higuera, A., Hurtado, K., Kordosky, M., Maher, E., Manly, S., Mann, W. A., Marshall, C. M., McFarland, K. S., McGivern, C. L., McGowan, A. M., Miller, J., Morfín, J. G., Mousseau, J., Nelson, J. K., Norrick, A., Osta, J., Paolone, V., Park, J., Patrick, C. E., Perdue, G. N., Rakotondravohitra, L., Ransome, R. D., Ray, H., Ren, L., Rodrigues, P. A., Ruterbories, D., Schellman, H., Schmitz, D. W., Sobczyk, J. T., Solano Salinas, C. J., Tagg, N., Tice, B. G., Valencia, E., Walton, T., Wolcott, J., Yepes-Ramirez, H., Zavala, G., Zhang, D., & Ziemer, B. P. Single neutral pion production by charged-current ν¯μ interactions on hydrocarbon at 〈Eν〉=3.6 GeV. Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2015.07.039
Le, T., Palomino, J. L., Aliaga, L., Altinok, O., Bercellie, A., Bodek, A., Bravar, A., Brooks, W. K., Butkevich, A., Martinez Caicedo, D. A., Carneiro, M. F., Christy, M. E., Chvojka, J., da Motta, H., Devan, J., Dytman, S. A., Díaz, G. A., Eberly, B., Felix, J., Fields, L., Fine, R., Gago, A. M., Gallagher, H., Gran, R., Harris, D. A., Higuera, A., Hurtado, K., Kordosky, M., Maher, E., Manly, S., Mann, W. A., Marshall, C. M., McFarland, K. S., McGivern, C. L., McGowan, A. M., Miller, J., Morfín, J. G., Mousseau, J., Nelson, J. K., Norrick, A., Osta, J., Paolone, V., Park, J., Patrick, C. E., Perdue, G. N., Rakotondravohitra, L., Ransome, R. D., Ray, H., Ren, L., Rodrigues, P. A., Ruterbories, D., Schellman, H., Schmitz, D. W., Sobczyk, J. T., Solano Salinas, C. J., Tagg, N., Tice, B. G., Valencia, E., Walton, T., Wolcott, J., Yepes-Ramirez, H., Zavala, G., Zhang, D., and Ziemer, B. P. Wed .
"Single neutral pion production by charged-current ν¯μ interactions on hydrocarbon at 〈Eν〉=3.6 GeV". Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2015.07.039.
@article{osti_1213905,
title = {Single neutral pion production by charged-current ν¯μ interactions on hydrocarbon at 〈Eν〉=3.6 GeV},
author = {Le, T. and Palomino, J. L. and Aliaga, L. and Altinok, O. and Bercellie, A. and Bodek, A. and Bravar, A. and Brooks, W. K. and Butkevich, A. and Martinez Caicedo, D. A. and Carneiro, M. F. and Christy, M. E. and Chvojka, J. and da Motta, H. and Devan, J. and Dytman, S. A. and Díaz, G. A. and Eberly, B. and Felix, J. and Fields, L. and Fine, R. and Gago, A. M. and Gallagher, H. and Gran, R. and Harris, D. A. and Higuera, A. and Hurtado, K. and Kordosky, M. and Maher, E. and Manly, S. and Mann, W. A. and Marshall, C. M. and McFarland, K. S. and McGivern, C. L. and McGowan, A. M. and Miller, J. and Morfín, J. G. and Mousseau, J. and Nelson, J. K. and Norrick, A. and Osta, J. and Paolone, V. and Park, J. and Patrick, C. E. and Perdue, G. N. and Rakotondravohitra, L. and Ransome, R. D. and Ray, H. and Ren, L. and Rodrigues, P. A. and Ruterbories, D. and Schellman, H. and Schmitz, D. W. and Sobczyk, J. T. and Solano Salinas, C. J. and Tagg, N. and Tice, B. G. and Valencia, E. and Walton, T. and Wolcott, J. and Yepes-Ramirez, H. and Zavala, G. and Zhang, D. and Ziemer, B. P.},
abstractNote = {We studied single neutral pion production via muon antineutrino charged-current interactions in plastic scintillator (CH) using the MINERvA detector exposed to the NuMI low-energy, wideband antineutrino beam at Fermilab. Measurement of this process constrains models of neutral pion production in nuclei, which is important because the neutral-current analog is a background for appearance oscillation experiments. Furthermore, the differential cross sections for π0 momentum and production angle, for events with a single observed π0 and no charged pions, are presented and compared to model predictions. These results comprise the first measurement of the π0 kinematics for this process.},
doi = {10.1016/j.physletb.2015.07.039},
journal = {Physics Letters. B},
number = C,
volume = 749,
place = {Netherlands},
year = {Wed Oct 07 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Wed Oct 07 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2015.07.039
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