First measurement of the cross section for νμ and ν¯μ induced single charged pion production on argon using ArgoNeuT

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.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.98.052002

Title: First measurement of the cross section for $ν_{μ}$ and ${\bar{ν}}_{μ}$ induced single charged pion production on argon using ArgoNeuT

Journal Article · 11 September 2018 · Physical Review D

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.98.052002 · OSTI ID:1469421

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. more »

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 Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); USDOE

Contributing Organization:: The ArgoNeuT Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11359; SC0007859

OSTI ID:: 1469421

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1440010; OSTI ID: 1638342

Report Number(s):: arXiv:1804.10294; FERMILAB-PUB-18-142-ND; PRVDAQ; 1670609; TRN: US1900712

Journal Information:: Physical Review D, Vol. 98, Issue 5; ISSN 2470-0010

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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