Pion-proton correlation in neutrino interactions on nuclei
Abstract
In neutrino-nucleus interactions, a proton produced with a correlated pion might exhibit a left-right asymmetry relative to the lepton scattering plane even when the pion is absorbed. Absent in other proton production mechanisms, such an asymmetry measured in charged-current pionless production could reveal the details of the absorbed-pion events that are otherwise inaccessible. In this study, we demonstrate the idea of using final-state proton left-right asymmetries to quantify the absorbed-pion event fraction and underlying kinematics. This technique might provide critical information that helps constrain all underlying channels in neutrino-nucleus interactions in the GeV regime.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1571340
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1597026
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0008475; ST/S003533/1
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review D
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Physical Review D Journal Volume: 100 Journal Issue: 7; 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
Citation Formats
Cai, Tejin, Lu, Xianguo, and Ruterbories, Daniel. Pion-proton correlation in neutrino interactions on nuclei. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.100.073010.
Cai, Tejin, Lu, Xianguo, & Ruterbories, Daniel. Pion-proton correlation in neutrino interactions on nuclei. United States. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.100.073010.
Cai, Tejin, Lu, Xianguo, and Ruterbories, Daniel. Tue .
"Pion-proton correlation in neutrino interactions on nuclei". United States. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.100.073010.
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title = {Pion-proton correlation in neutrino interactions on nuclei},
author = {Cai, Tejin and Lu, Xianguo and Ruterbories, Daniel},
abstractNote = {In neutrino-nucleus interactions, a proton produced with a correlated pion might exhibit a left-right asymmetry relative to the lepton scattering plane even when the pion is absorbed. Absent in other proton production mechanisms, such an asymmetry measured in charged-current pionless production could reveal the details of the absorbed-pion events that are otherwise inaccessible. In this study, we demonstrate the idea of using final-state proton left-right asymmetries to quantify the absorbed-pion event fraction and underlying kinematics. This technique might provide critical information that helps constrain all underlying channels in neutrino-nucleus interactions in the GeV regime.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.100.073010},
journal = {Physical Review D},
number = 7,
volume = 100,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {10}
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DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.100.073010
Web of Science
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