First measurement of the cross section for and induced single charged pion production on argon using ArgoNeuT
Abstract
Here, we report on the first cross section measurement of charged-current single charged pion production by neutrinos and antineutrinos on argon. This analysis was performed using the ArgoNeuT detector exposed to the NuMI beam at Fermilab. The measurements are presented as functions of muon momentum, muon angle, pion angle, and angle between muon and pion. The flux-averaged cross sections are measured to be $$2.7\pm0.5(stat)\pm0.5(syst) \times 10^{-37} \textrm{cm}^{2}/\textrm{Ar}$$ for neutrinos at a mean energy of 9.6 GeV and $$8.4\pm0.9(stat)^{+1.0}_{-0.8}(syst) \times 10^{-38} \textrm{cm}^{2}/\textrm{Ar}$$ for antineutrinos at a mean energy of 3.6 GeV with the charged pion momentum above 100 MeV/$$c$$. The results are compared with several model predictions.
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- Research Org.:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- Contributing Org.:
- The ArgoNeuT Collaboration
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1469421
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1440010; OSTI ID: 1638342
- Report Number(s):
- arXiv:1804.10294; FERMILAB-PUB-18-142-ND
Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010; PRVDAQ; 052002
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359; SC0007859
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review D
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Physical Review D Journal Volume: 98 Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; nucleus-neutrino interactions
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Acciarri, R., Adams, C., Asaadi, J., Baller, B., Bolton, T., Bromberg, C., Cavanna, F., Church, E., Edmunds, D., Ereditato, A., Farooq, S., Fitzpatrick, R. S., Fleming, B., Hackenburg, A., Horton-Smith, G., James, C., Lang, K., Lepetic, I., Littlejohn, B. R., Luo, X., Mehdiyev, R., Page, B., Palamara, O., Rebel, B., Schukraft, A., Scanavini, G., Soderberg, M., Spitz, J., Szelc, A. M., Weber, M., Wu, W., Yang, T., Zeller, G. P., and The ArgoNeuT Collaboration. First measurement of the cross section for ν μ and ν ¯ μ induced single charged pion production on argon using ArgoNeuT. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.98.052002.
Acciarri, R., Adams, C., Asaadi, J., Baller, B., Bolton, T., Bromberg, C., Cavanna, F., Church, E., Edmunds, D., Ereditato, A., Farooq, S., Fitzpatrick, R. S., Fleming, B., Hackenburg, A., Horton-Smith, G., James, C., Lang, K., Lepetic, I., Littlejohn, B. R., Luo, X., Mehdiyev, R., Page, B., Palamara, O., Rebel, B., Schukraft, A., Scanavini, G., Soderberg, M., Spitz, J., Szelc, A. M., Weber, M., Wu, W., Yang, T., Zeller, G. P., & The ArgoNeuT Collaboration. First measurement of the cross section for ν μ and ν ¯ μ induced single charged pion production on argon using ArgoNeuT. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.98.052002
Acciarri, R., Adams, C., Asaadi, J., Baller, B., Bolton, T., Bromberg, C., Cavanna, F., Church, E., Edmunds, D., Ereditato, A., Farooq, S., Fitzpatrick, R. S., Fleming, B., Hackenburg, A., Horton-Smith, G., James, C., Lang, K., Lepetic, I., Littlejohn, B. R., Luo, X., Mehdiyev, R., Page, B., Palamara, O., Rebel, B., Schukraft, A., Scanavini, G., Soderberg, M., Spitz, J., Szelc, A. M., Weber, M., Wu, W., Yang, T., Zeller, G. P., and The ArgoNeuT Collaboration. Tue .
"First measurement of the cross section for ν μ and ν ¯ μ induced single charged pion production on argon using ArgoNeuT". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.98.052002.
@article{osti_1469421,
title = {First measurement of the cross section for ν μ and ν ¯ μ induced single charged pion production on argon using ArgoNeuT},
author = {Acciarri, R. and Adams, C. and Asaadi, J. and Baller, B. and Bolton, T. and Bromberg, C. and Cavanna, F. and Church, E. and Edmunds, D. and Ereditato, A. and Farooq, S. and Fitzpatrick, R. S. and Fleming, B. and Hackenburg, A. and Horton-Smith, G. and James, C. and Lang, K. and Lepetic, I. and Littlejohn, B. R. and Luo, X. and Mehdiyev, R. and Page, B. and Palamara, O. and Rebel, B. and Schukraft, A. and Scanavini, G. and Soderberg, M. and Spitz, J. and Szelc, A. M. and Weber, M. and Wu, W. and Yang, T. and Zeller, G. P. and The ArgoNeuT Collaboration},
abstractNote = {Here, we report on the first cross section measurement of charged-current single charged pion production by neutrinos and antineutrinos on argon. This analysis was performed using the ArgoNeuT detector exposed to the NuMI beam at Fermilab. The measurements are presented as functions of muon momentum, muon angle, pion angle, and angle between muon and pion. The flux-averaged cross sections are measured to be $2.7\pm0.5(stat)\pm0.5(syst) \times 10^{-37} \textrm{cm}^{2}/\textrm{Ar}$ for neutrinos at a mean energy of 9.6 GeV and $8.4\pm0.9(stat)^{+1.0}_{-0.8}(syst) \times 10^{-38} \textrm{cm}^{2}/\textrm{Ar}$ for antineutrinos at a mean energy of 3.6 GeV with the charged pion momentum above 100 MeV/$c$. The results are compared with several model predictions.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.98.052002},
journal = {Physical Review D},
number = 5,
volume = 98,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {9}
}
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