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Title: First Measurement of Inclusive Muon Neutrino Charged Current Differential Cross Sections on Argon at E ν 0.8 GeV with the MicroBooNE Detector

Abstract

We report the first measurement of the double-differential and total muon neutrino charged current inclusive cross sections on argon at a mean neutrino energy of 0.8 GeV. Data were collected using the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber located in the Fermilab Booster neutrino beam and correspond to 1.6×1020 protons on target of exposure. The measured differential cross sections are presented as a function of muon momentum, using multiple Coulomb scattering as a momentum measurement technique, and the muon angle with respect to the beam direction. We compare the measured cross sections to multiple neutrino event generators and find better agreement with those containing more complete treatment of quasielastic scattering processes at low Q2. The total flux integrated cross section is measured to be 0.693±0.010(stat)±0.165(syst)×10-38 cm2.

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Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States); Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States); Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
Contributing Org.:
MicroBooNE; MicroBooNE Collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1564577
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1546028; OSTI ID: 1569555; OSTI ID: 1638581; OSTI ID: 1777231; OSTI ID: 1784038
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-19-235-ND; arXiv:1905.09694; BNL-212155-2019-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007; PRLTAO; 131801
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-07CH11359; SC0007859; SC0012704; SC0011702; SC0007881
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Physical Review Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Volume: 123 Journal Issue: 13; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; neutrino interactions; neutrinos; neutrino detectors

Citation Formats

Abratenko, P., Adams, C., Alrashed, M., An, R., Anthony, J., Asaadi, J., Ashkenazi, A., Auger, M., Balasubramanian, S., Baller, B., Barnes, C., Barr, G., Bass, M., Bay, F., Bhat, A., Bhattacharya, K., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bolton, T., Camilleri, L., Caratelli, D., Caro Terrazas, I., Carr, R., Castillo Fernandez, R., Cavanna, F., Cerati, G., Chen, Y., Church, E., Cianci, D., Cohen, E. O., Collin, G. H., Conrad, J. M., Convery, M., Cooper-Troendle, L., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Del Tutto, M., Devitt, D., Diaz, A., Domine, L., Duffy, K., Dytman, S., Eberly, B., Ereditato, A., Escudero Sanchez, L., Esquivel, J., Evans, J. J., Fitzpatrick, R. S., Fleming, B. T., Franco, D., Furmanski, A. P., Garcia-Gamez, D., Genty, V., Goeldi, D., Gollapinni, S., Goodwin, O., Gramellini, E., Greenlee, H., Grosso, R., Gu, L., Gu, W., Guenette, R., Guzowski, P., Hackenburg, A., Hamilton, P., Hen, O., Hill, C., Horton-Smith, G. A., Hourlier, A., Huang, E. -C., James, C., Jan de Vries, J., Ji, X., Jiang, L., Johnson, R. A., Joshi, J., Jostlein, H., Jwa, Y. -J., Karagiorgi, G., Ketchum, W., Kirby, B., Kirby, M., Kobilarcik, T., Kreslo, I., Lepetic, I., Li, Y., Lister, A., Littlejohn, B. R., Lockwitz, S., Lorca, D., Louis, W. C., Luethi, M., Lundberg, B., Luo, X., Marchionni, A., Marcocci, S., Mariani, C., Marshall, J., Martin-Albo, J., Martinez Caicedo, D. A., Mason, K., Mastbaum, A., Meddage, V., Mettler, T., Mills, J., Mistry, K., Mogan, A., Moon, J., Mooney, M., Moore, C. D., Mousseau, J., Murphy, M., Murrells, R., Naples, D., Nienaber, P., Nowak, J., Palamara, O., Pandey, V., Paolone, V., Papadopoulou, A., Papavassiliou, V., Pate, S. F., Pavlovic, Z., Piasetzky, E., Porzio, D., Pulliam, G., Qian, X., Raaf, J. L., Rafique, A., Ren, L., Rochester, L., Rogers, H. E., Ross-Lonergan, M., Rudolf von Rohr, C., Russell, B., Scanavini, G., Schmitz, D. W., Schukraft, A., Seligman, W., Shaevitz, M. H., Sharankova, R., Sinclair, J., Smith, A., Snider, E. L., Soderberg, M., Söldner-Rembold, S., Soleti, S. R., Spentzouris, P., Spitz, J., Stancari, M., John, J. St., Strauss, T., Sutton, K., Sword-Fehlberg, S., Szelc, A. M., Tagg, N., Tang, W., Terao, K., Thomson, M., Thornton, R. T., Toups, M., Tsai, Y. -T., Tufanli, S., Usher, T., Van De Pontseele, W., Van de Water, R. G., Viren, B., Weber, M., Wei, H., Wickremasinghe, D. A., Wierman, K., Williams, Z., Wolbers, S., Wongjirad, T., Woodruff, K., Wu, W., Yang, T., Yarbrough, G., Yates, L. E., Zeller, G. P., Zennamo, J., Zhang, C., and MicroBooNE Collaboration. First Measurement of Inclusive Muon Neutrino Charged Current Differential Cross Sections on Argon at E ν ∼ 0.8     GeV with the MicroBooNE Detector. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.131801.
Abratenko, P., Adams, C., Alrashed, M., An, R., Anthony, J., Asaadi, J., Ashkenazi, A., Auger, M., Balasubramanian, S., Baller, B., Barnes, C., Barr, G., Bass, M., Bay, F., Bhat, A., Bhattacharya, K., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bolton, T., Camilleri, L., Caratelli, D., Caro Terrazas, I., Carr, R., Castillo Fernandez, R., Cavanna, F., Cerati, G., Chen, Y., Church, E., Cianci, D., Cohen, E. O., Collin, G. H., Conrad, J. M., Convery, M., Cooper-Troendle, L., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Del Tutto, M., Devitt, D., Diaz, A., Domine, L., Duffy, K., Dytman, S., Eberly, B., Ereditato, A., Escudero Sanchez, L., Esquivel, J., Evans, J. J., Fitzpatrick, R. S., Fleming, B. T., Franco, D., Furmanski, A. P., Garcia-Gamez, D., Genty, V., Goeldi, D., Gollapinni, S., Goodwin, O., Gramellini, E., Greenlee, H., Grosso, R., Gu, L., Gu, W., Guenette, R., Guzowski, P., Hackenburg, A., Hamilton, P., Hen, O., Hill, C., Horton-Smith, G. A., Hourlier, A., Huang, E. -C., James, C., Jan de Vries, J., Ji, X., Jiang, L., Johnson, R. A., Joshi, J., Jostlein, H., Jwa, Y. -J., Karagiorgi, G., Ketchum, W., Kirby, B., Kirby, M., Kobilarcik, T., Kreslo, I., Lepetic, I., Li, Y., Lister, A., Littlejohn, B. R., Lockwitz, S., Lorca, D., Louis, W. C., Luethi, M., Lundberg, B., Luo, X., Marchionni, A., Marcocci, S., Mariani, C., Marshall, J., Martin-Albo, J., Martinez Caicedo, D. A., Mason, K., Mastbaum, A., Meddage, V., Mettler, T., Mills, J., Mistry, K., Mogan, A., Moon, J., Mooney, M., Moore, C. D., Mousseau, J., Murphy, M., Murrells, R., Naples, D., Nienaber, P., Nowak, J., Palamara, O., Pandey, V., Paolone, V., Papadopoulou, A., Papavassiliou, V., Pate, S. F., Pavlovic, Z., Piasetzky, E., Porzio, D., Pulliam, G., Qian, X., Raaf, J. L., Rafique, A., Ren, L., Rochester, L., Rogers, H. E., Ross-Lonergan, M., Rudolf von Rohr, C., Russell, B., Scanavini, G., Schmitz, D. W., Schukraft, A., Seligman, W., Shaevitz, M. H., Sharankova, R., Sinclair, J., Smith, A., Snider, E. L., Soderberg, M., Söldner-Rembold, S., Soleti, S. R., Spentzouris, P., Spitz, J., Stancari, M., John, J. St., Strauss, T., Sutton, K., Sword-Fehlberg, S., Szelc, A. M., Tagg, N., Tang, W., Terao, K., Thomson, M., Thornton, R. T., Toups, M., Tsai, Y. -T., Tufanli, S., Usher, T., Van De Pontseele, W., Van de Water, R. G., Viren, B., Weber, M., Wei, H., Wickremasinghe, D. A., Wierman, K., Williams, Z., Wolbers, S., Wongjirad, T., Woodruff, K., Wu, W., Yang, T., Yarbrough, G., Yates, L. E., Zeller, G. P., Zennamo, J., Zhang, C., & MicroBooNE Collaboration. First Measurement of Inclusive Muon Neutrino Charged Current Differential Cross Sections on Argon at E ν ∼ 0.8     GeV with the MicroBooNE Detector. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.131801
Abratenko, P., Adams, C., Alrashed, M., An, R., Anthony, J., Asaadi, J., Ashkenazi, A., Auger, M., Balasubramanian, S., Baller, B., Barnes, C., Barr, G., Bass, M., Bay, F., Bhat, A., Bhattacharya, K., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bolton, T., Camilleri, L., Caratelli, D., Caro Terrazas, I., Carr, R., Castillo Fernandez, R., Cavanna, F., Cerati, G., Chen, Y., Church, E., Cianci, D., Cohen, E. O., Collin, G. H., Conrad, J. M., Convery, M., Cooper-Troendle, L., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Del Tutto, M., Devitt, D., Diaz, A., Domine, L., Duffy, K., Dytman, S., Eberly, B., Ereditato, A., Escudero Sanchez, L., Esquivel, J., Evans, J. J., Fitzpatrick, R. S., Fleming, B. T., Franco, D., Furmanski, A. P., Garcia-Gamez, D., Genty, V., Goeldi, D., Gollapinni, S., Goodwin, O., Gramellini, E., Greenlee, H., Grosso, R., Gu, L., Gu, W., Guenette, R., Guzowski, P., Hackenburg, A., Hamilton, P., Hen, O., Hill, C., Horton-Smith, G. A., Hourlier, A., Huang, E. -C., James, C., Jan de Vries, J., Ji, X., Jiang, L., Johnson, R. A., Joshi, J., Jostlein, H., Jwa, Y. -J., Karagiorgi, G., Ketchum, W., Kirby, B., Kirby, M., Kobilarcik, T., Kreslo, I., Lepetic, I., Li, Y., Lister, A., Littlejohn, B. R., Lockwitz, S., Lorca, D., Louis, W. C., Luethi, M., Lundberg, B., Luo, X., Marchionni, A., Marcocci, S., Mariani, C., Marshall, J., Martin-Albo, J., Martinez Caicedo, D. A., Mason, K., Mastbaum, A., Meddage, V., Mettler, T., Mills, J., Mistry, K., Mogan, A., Moon, J., Mooney, M., Moore, C. D., Mousseau, J., Murphy, M., Murrells, R., Naples, D., Nienaber, P., Nowak, J., Palamara, O., Pandey, V., Paolone, V., Papadopoulou, A., Papavassiliou, V., Pate, S. F., Pavlovic, Z., Piasetzky, E., Porzio, D., Pulliam, G., Qian, X., Raaf, J. L., Rafique, A., Ren, L., Rochester, L., Rogers, H. E., Ross-Lonergan, M., Rudolf von Rohr, C., Russell, B., Scanavini, G., Schmitz, D. W., Schukraft, A., Seligman, W., Shaevitz, M. H., Sharankova, R., Sinclair, J., Smith, A., Snider, E. L., Soderberg, M., Söldner-Rembold, S., Soleti, S. R., Spentzouris, P., Spitz, J., Stancari, M., John, J. St., Strauss, T., Sutton, K., Sword-Fehlberg, S., Szelc, A. M., Tagg, N., Tang, W., Terao, K., Thomson, M., Thornton, R. T., Toups, M., Tsai, Y. -T., Tufanli, S., Usher, T., Van De Pontseele, W., Van de Water, R. G., Viren, B., Weber, M., Wei, H., Wickremasinghe, D. A., Wierman, K., Williams, Z., Wolbers, S., Wongjirad, T., Woodruff, K., Wu, W., Yang, T., Yarbrough, G., Yates, L. E., Zeller, G. P., Zennamo, J., Zhang, C., and MicroBooNE Collaboration. Mon . "First Measurement of Inclusive Muon Neutrino Charged Current Differential Cross Sections on Argon at E ν ∼ 0.8     GeV with the MicroBooNE Detector". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.131801.
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title = {First Measurement of Inclusive Muon Neutrino Charged Current Differential Cross Sections on Argon at E ν ∼ 0.8     GeV with the MicroBooNE Detector},
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abstractNote = {We report the first measurement of the double-differential and total muon neutrino charged current inclusive cross sections on argon at a mean neutrino energy of 0.8 GeV. Data were collected using the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber located in the Fermilab Booster neutrino beam and correspond to 1.6×1020 protons on target of exposure. The measured differential cross sections are presented as a function of muon momentum, using multiple Coulomb scattering as a momentum measurement technique, and the muon angle with respect to the beam direction. We compare the measured cross sections to multiple neutrino event generators and find better agreement with those containing more complete treatment of quasielastic scattering processes at low Q2. The total flux integrated cross section is measured to be 0.693±0.010(stat)±0.165(syst)×10-38 cm2.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.131801},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 13,
volume = 123,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Sep 23 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Mon Sep 23 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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FIG. 1 FIG. 1: Comparison of the generated versus measured muon momentum (a) and cosine of the muon angle (b) for the simulated and selected $ν$$μ$ CC events, showing a 10%–15% momentum resolution and few-degree angular resolution. The binning is the same as used in the cross section extraction.

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