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Title: Measurement of the muon antineutrino double-differential cross section for quasielastic-like scattering on hydrocarbon at E ν 3.5 GeV

Abstract

We present double-differential measurements of antineutrino charged-current quasielastic scattering in the MINERvA detector. This study improves on a previous single-differential measurement by using updated reconstruction algorithms and interaction models and provides a complete description of observed muon kinematics in the form of a double-differential cross section with respect to muon transverse and longitudinal momentum. We include in our signal definition zero-meson final states arising from multinucleon interactions and from resonant pion production followed by pion absorption in the primary nucleus. We find that model agreement is considerably improved by a model tuned to MINERvA inclusive neutrino scattering data that incorporates nuclear effects such as weak nuclear screening and two-particle, two-hole enhancements.

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Research Org.:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); National Science Foundation (NSF); Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States); Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (Capes); National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq); National Council of Science and Technology (CoNaCyT); National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT); Direction of Management of the Investigation (DGI); Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC); Latin American Center for Physics (CLAF)
Contributing Org.:
MINERνA Collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1424813
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1426669; OSTI ID: 1485084
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-18-002-CD-ND; arXiv:1801.01197
Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010; PRVDAQ; 052002
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-07CH11359; PHY-0619727; AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Physical Review D
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Physical Review D Journal Volume: 97 Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher:
American Physical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; 43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; neutrinos

Citation Formats

Patrick, C. E., Aliaga, L., Bashyal, A., Bellantoni, L., Bercellie, A., Betancourt, M., Bodek, A., Bravar, A., Budd, H., Caceres V., G. F. R., Carneiro, M. F., Chavarria, E., da Motta, H., Dytman, S. A., Díaz, G. A., Felix, J., Fields, L., Fine, R., Gago, A. M., Galindo, R., Gallagher, H., Ghosh, A., Gran, R., Han, J. Y., Harris, D. A., Henry, S., Hurtado, K., Jena, D., Kleykamp, J., Kordosky, M., Le, T., Lu, X. -G., Maher, E., Manly, S., Mann, W. A., Marshall, C. M., McFarland, K. S., McGowan, A. M., Messerly, B., Miller, J., Mislivec, A., Morfín, J. G., Mousseau, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Norrick, A., Nowak, G. M., Nuruzzaman,, Paolone, V., Perdue, G. N., Peters, E., Ramírez, M. A., Ransome, R. D., Ray, H., Ren, L., Rodrigues, P. A., Ruterbories, D., Schellman, H., Solano Salinas, C. J., Sultana, M., Sánchez Falero, S., Teklu, A. M., Valencia, E., Wolcott, J., Wospakrik, M., Yaeggy, B., Zhang, D., and MINERνA Collaboration. Measurement of the muon antineutrino double-differential cross section for quasielastic-like scattering on hydrocarbon at E ν ∼ 3.5     GeV. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.97.052002.
Patrick, C. E., Aliaga, L., Bashyal, A., Bellantoni, L., Bercellie, A., Betancourt, M., Bodek, A., Bravar, A., Budd, H., Caceres V., G. F. R., Carneiro, M. F., Chavarria, E., da Motta, H., Dytman, S. A., Díaz, G. A., Felix, J., Fields, L., Fine, R., Gago, A. M., Galindo, R., Gallagher, H., Ghosh, A., Gran, R., Han, J. Y., Harris, D. A., Henry, S., Hurtado, K., Jena, D., Kleykamp, J., Kordosky, M., Le, T., Lu, X. -G., Maher, E., Manly, S., Mann, W. A., Marshall, C. M., McFarland, K. S., McGowan, A. M., Messerly, B., Miller, J., Mislivec, A., Morfín, J. G., Mousseau, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Norrick, A., Nowak, G. M., Nuruzzaman,, Paolone, V., Perdue, G. N., Peters, E., Ramírez, M. A., Ransome, R. D., Ray, H., Ren, L., Rodrigues, P. A., Ruterbories, D., Schellman, H., Solano Salinas, C. J., Sultana, M., Sánchez Falero, S., Teklu, A. M., Valencia, E., Wolcott, J., Wospakrik, M., Yaeggy, B., Zhang, D., & MINERνA Collaboration. Measurement of the muon antineutrino double-differential cross section for quasielastic-like scattering on hydrocarbon at E ν ∼ 3.5     GeV. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.97.052002
Patrick, C. E., Aliaga, L., Bashyal, A., Bellantoni, L., Bercellie, A., Betancourt, M., Bodek, A., Bravar, A., Budd, H., Caceres V., G. F. R., Carneiro, M. F., Chavarria, E., da Motta, H., Dytman, S. A., Díaz, G. A., Felix, J., Fields, L., Fine, R., Gago, A. M., Galindo, R., Gallagher, H., Ghosh, A., Gran, R., Han, J. Y., Harris, D. A., Henry, S., Hurtado, K., Jena, D., Kleykamp, J., Kordosky, M., Le, T., Lu, X. -G., Maher, E., Manly, S., Mann, W. A., Marshall, C. M., McFarland, K. S., McGowan, A. M., Messerly, B., Miller, J., Mislivec, A., Morfín, J. G., Mousseau, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Norrick, A., Nowak, G. M., Nuruzzaman,, Paolone, V., Perdue, G. N., Peters, E., Ramírez, M. A., Ransome, R. D., Ray, H., Ren, L., Rodrigues, P. A., Ruterbories, D., Schellman, H., Solano Salinas, C. J., Sultana, M., Sánchez Falero, S., Teklu, A. M., Valencia, E., Wolcott, J., Wospakrik, M., Yaeggy, B., Zhang, D., and MINERνA Collaboration. Thu . "Measurement of the muon antineutrino double-differential cross section for quasielastic-like scattering on hydrocarbon at E ν ∼ 3.5     GeV". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.97.052002.
@article{osti_1424813,
title = {Measurement of the muon antineutrino double-differential cross section for quasielastic-like scattering on hydrocarbon at E ν ∼ 3.5     GeV},
author = {Patrick, C. E. and Aliaga, L. and Bashyal, A. and Bellantoni, L. and Bercellie, A. and Betancourt, M. and Bodek, A. and Bravar, A. and Budd, H. and Caceres V., G. F. R. and Carneiro, M. F. and Chavarria, E. and da Motta, H. and Dytman, S. A. and Díaz, G. A. and Felix, J. and Fields, L. and Fine, R. and Gago, A. M. and Galindo, R. and Gallagher, H. and Ghosh, A. and Gran, R. and Han, J. Y. and Harris, D. A. and Henry, S. and Hurtado, K. and Jena, D. and Kleykamp, J. and Kordosky, M. and Le, T. and Lu, X. -G. and Maher, E. and Manly, S. and Mann, W. A. and Marshall, C. M. and McFarland, K. S. and McGowan, A. M. and Messerly, B. and Miller, J. and Mislivec, A. and Morfín, J. G. and Mousseau, J. and Naples, D. and Nelson, J. K. and Norrick, A. and Nowak, G. M. and Nuruzzaman, and Paolone, V. and Perdue, G. N. and Peters, E. and Ramírez, M. A. and Ransome, R. D. and Ray, H. and Ren, L. and Rodrigues, P. A. and Ruterbories, D. and Schellman, H. and Solano Salinas, C. J. and Sultana, M. and Sánchez Falero, S. and Teklu, A. M. and Valencia, E. and Wolcott, J. and Wospakrik, M. and Yaeggy, B. and Zhang, D. and MINERνA Collaboration},
abstractNote = {We present double-differential measurements of antineutrino charged-current quasielastic scattering in the MINERvA detector. This study improves on a previous single-differential measurement by using updated reconstruction algorithms and interaction models and provides a complete description of observed muon kinematics in the form of a double-differential cross section with respect to muon transverse and longitudinal momentum. We include in our signal definition zero-meson final states arising from multinucleon interactions and from resonant pion production followed by pion absorption in the primary nucleus. We find that model agreement is considerably improved by a model tuned to MINERvA inclusive neutrino scattering data that incorporates nuclear effects such as weak nuclear screening and two-particle, two-hole enhancements.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.97.052002},
journal = {Physical Review D},
number = 5,
volume = 97,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Mar 08 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Thu Mar 08 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}

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