Measurement of $K^{+}$ production in charged-current $\nu_{\mu}$ interactions

Marshall, C. M.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.94.012002

Title: Measurement of $$K^{+}$$ production in charged-current $$\nu_{\mu}$$ interactions

Abstract

Production of K⁺ mesons in charged-current ν_μ interactions on plastic scintillator (CH) is measured using MINERvA exposed to the low-energy NuMI beam at Fermilab. Timing information is used to isolate a sample of 885 charged-current events containing a stopping K⁺ which decays at rest. The differential cross section in K⁺ kinetic energy, dσ/dT_K, is observed to be relatively flat between 0 and 500 MeV. As a result, its shape is in good agreement with the prediction by the genie neutrino event generator when final-state interactions are included, however the data rate is lower than the prediction by 15%.

Authors:

Marshall, C. M. ^[1]

Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY (United States). et al.

Publication Date:: Thu Jul 14 00:00:00 EDT 2016

Research Org.:: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Contributing Org.:: MINERvA Collaboration

OSTI Identifier:: 1264023

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1263686

Report Number(s):: FERMILAB-PUB-16-109-ND; arXiv:1604.03920
Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010; 1446753

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11359

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review D

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 94; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS

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  title        = {Measurement of $K^{+}$ production in charged-current $\nu_{\mu}$ interactions},

  author       = {Marshall, C. M.},

  abstractNote = {Production of K+ mesons in charged-current νμ interactions on plastic scintillator (CH) is measured using MINERvA exposed to the low-energy NuMI beam at Fermilab. Timing information is used to isolate a sample of 885 charged-current events containing a stopping K+ which decays at rest. The differential cross section in K+ kinetic energy, dσ/dTK, is observed to be relatively flat between 0 and 500 MeV. As a result, its shape is in good agreement with the prediction by the genie neutrino event generator when final-state interactions are included, however the data rate is lower than the prediction by 15%.},

  doi          = {10.1103/PhysRevD.94.012002},

  journal      = {Physical Review D},

  number       = 1,

  volume       = 94,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Thu Jul 14 00:00:00 EDT 2016},

  month        = {Thu Jul 14 00:00:00 EDT 2016}

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FIG. 1: Kaon interactions predicted by Geant4 are reweighted to agree with external data from Bugg et al. and Friedman et al. on the total and inelastic scattering cross sections on carbon.

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