Constraint of the MINER ν A medium energy neutrino flux using neutrino-electron elastic scattering

Valencia, E.; Jena, D.; Nuruzzaman,; Akbar, F.; Aliaga, L.; Andrade, D. A.; Ascencio, M. V.; Bashyal, A.; Bellantoni, L.; Bercellie, A.; Bodek, A.; Bonilla, J. L.; Bravar, A.; Budd, H.; Caceres, G.; Cai, T.; Carneiro, M. F.; Chaves, J.; Coplowe, D.; da Motta, H.; Dytman, S. A.; Díaz, G. A.; Felix, J.; Fields, L.; Filkins, A.; Fine, R.; Fiza, N.; Gago, A. M.; Galindo, R.; Gallagher, H.; Ghosh, A.; Golan, T.; Gran, R.; Harris, D. A.; Henry, S.; Jena, S.; Kleykamp, J.; Kordosky, M.; Last, D.; Le, T.; Lu, X. -G.; Maher, E.; Manly, S.; Mann, W. A.; Mauger, C.; McFarland, K. S.; McGowan, A. M.; Messerly, B.; Miller, J.; Morfín, J. G.; Naples, D.; Nelson, J. K.; Nguyen, C.; Norrick, A.; Olivier, A.; Paolone, V.; Park, J.; Perdue, G. N.; Ramírez, M. A.; Ransome, R. D.; Ray, H.; Rimal, D.; Rodrigues, P. A.; Ruterbories, D.; Schellman, H.; Solano Salinas, C. J.; Su, H.; Sultana, M.; Syrotenko, V. S.; Yaeggy, B.; Zazueta, L.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.100.092001

Title: Constraint of the $MINER ν$ A medium energy neutrino flux using neutrino-electron elastic scattering

Abstract

Elastic neutrino scattering on electrons is a precisely known purely leptonic process that provides a standard candle for measuring neutrino flux in conventional neutrino beams. Using a total sample of 810 neutrino-electron scatters after background subtraction, the measurement reduces the normalization uncertainty on the $$ν_μ$$ NuMI beam flux between 2 and 20 GeV from 7.6 to 3.9%. Finally, this is the most precise measurement of neutrino-electron scattering to date, will reduce uncertainties on $$\mathrm{MINER} ν$$A’s absolute cross section measurements, and demonstrates a technique that can be used in future neutrino beams such as long baseline neutrino facility.

Authors:

Valencia, E.; Jena, D.; Nuruzzaman,; Akbar, F.; Aliaga, L.; Andrade, D. A.; Ascencio, M. V.; Bashyal, A.; Bellantoni, L.; Bercellie, A.; Bodek, A.; Bonilla, J. L.; Bravar, A.; Budd, H.; Caceres, G.; Cai, T.; Carneiro, M. F.; Chaves, J.; Coplowe, D.; da Motta, H. more »; Dytman, S. A.; Díaz, G. A.; Felix, J.;

; Filkins, A.; Fine, R.; Fiza, N.; Gago, A. M.; Galindo, R.; Gallagher, H.; Ghosh, A.; Golan, T.; Gran, R.; Harris, D. A.; Henry, S.; Jena, S.; Kleykamp, J.; Kordosky, M.; Last, D.; Le, T.; Lu, X. -G.; Maher, E.; Manly, S.; Mann, W. A.; Mauger, C.; McFarland, K. S.; McGowan, A. M.; Messerly, B.; Miller, J.; Morfín, J. G.; Naples, D.; Nelson, J. K.; Nguyen, C.; Norrick, A.; Olivier, A.; Paolone, V.; Park, J.; Perdue, G. N.; Ramírez, M. A.; Ransome, R. D.; Ray, H.; Rimal, D.; Rodrigues, P. A.; Ruterbories, D.; Schellman, H.; Solano Salinas, C. J.; Su, H.; Sultana, M.; Syrotenko, V. S.; Yaeggy, B.; Zazueta, L.; MINERνA Collaboration"" class="biblio-detail-author-link">

MINER ν

A Collaboration

Publication Date:: Tue Nov 05 00:00:00 EST 2019

Research Org.:: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Contributing Org.:: MINERvA Collaboration

OSTI Identifier:: 1573119

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1573234; OSTI ID: 1838657

Report Number(s):: arXiv:1906.00111; FERMILAB-PUB-19-256-CD-ND
Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010; PRVDAQ; 092001

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11359; SC0008475

Resource Type:: Published Article

Journal Name:: Physical Review. D.

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Physical Review. D. Journal Volume: 100 Journal Issue: 9; 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

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                    Valencia, E., Jena, D., Nuruzzaman,, Akbar, F., Aliaga, L., Andrade, D. A., Ascencio, M. V., Bashyal, A., Bellantoni, L., Bercellie, A., Bodek, A., Bonilla, J. L., Bravar, A., Budd, H., Caceres, G., Cai, T., Carneiro, M. F., Chaves, J., Coplowe, D., da Motta, H., Dytman, S. A., Díaz, G. A., Felix, J., Fields, L., Filkins, A., Fine, R., Fiza, N., Gago, A. M., Galindo, R., Gallagher, H., Ghosh, A., Golan, T., Gran, R., Harris, D. A., Henry, S., Jena, S., Kleykamp, J., Kordosky, M., Last, D., Le, T., Lu, X. -G., Maher, E., Manly, S., Mann, W. A., Mauger, C., McFarland, K. S., McGowan, A. M., Messerly, B., Miller, J., Morfín, J. G., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Nguyen, C., Norrick, A., Olivier, A., Paolone, V., Park, J., Perdue, G. N., Ramírez, M. A., Ransome, R. D., Ray, H., Rimal, D., Rodrigues, P. A., Ruterbories, D., Schellman, H., Solano Salinas, C. J., Su, H., Sultana, M., Syrotenko, V. S., Yaeggy, B., Zazueta, L., and  $MINER ν$ A Collaboration. Constraint of the MINER ν A medium energy neutrino flux using neutrino-electron elastic scattering.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
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                    Valencia, E., Jena, D., Nuruzzaman,, Akbar, F., Aliaga, L., Andrade, D. A., Ascencio, M. V., Bashyal, A., Bellantoni, L., Bercellie, A., Bodek, A., Bonilla, J. L., Bravar, A., Budd, H., Caceres, G., Cai, T., Carneiro, M. F., Chaves, J., Coplowe, D., da Motta, H., Dytman, S. A., Díaz, G. A., Felix, J., Fields, L., Filkins, A., Fine, R., Fiza, N., Gago, A. M., Galindo, R., Gallagher, H., Ghosh, A., Golan, T., Gran, R., Harris, D. A., Henry, S., Jena, S., Kleykamp, J., Kordosky, M., Last, D., Le, T., Lu, X. -G., Maher, E., Manly, S., Mann, W. A., Mauger, C., McFarland, K. S., McGowan, A. M., Messerly, B., Miller, J., Morfín, J. G., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Nguyen, C., Norrick, A., Olivier, A., Paolone, V., Park, J., Perdue, G. N., Ramírez, M. A., Ransome, R. D., Ray, H., Rimal, D., Rodrigues, P. A., Ruterbories, D., Schellman, H., Solano Salinas, C. J., Su, H., Sultana, M., Syrotenko, V. S., Yaeggy, B., Zazueta, L., &  $MINER ν$ A Collaboration. Constraint of the MINER ν A medium energy neutrino flux using neutrino-electron elastic scattering.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.100.092001

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                    Valencia, E., Jena, D., Nuruzzaman,, Akbar, F., Aliaga, L., Andrade, D. A., Ascencio, M. V., Bashyal, A., Bellantoni, L., Bercellie, A., Bodek, A., Bonilla, J. L., Bravar, A., Budd, H., Caceres, G., Cai, T., Carneiro, M. F., Chaves, J., Coplowe, D., da Motta, H., Dytman, S. A., Díaz, G. A., Felix, J., Fields, L., Filkins, A., Fine, R., Fiza, N., Gago, A. M., Galindo, R., Gallagher, H., Ghosh, A., Golan, T., Gran, R., Harris, D. A., Henry, S., Jena, S., Kleykamp, J., Kordosky, M., Last, D., Le, T., Lu, X. -G., Maher, E., Manly, S., Mann, W. A., Mauger, C., McFarland, K. S., McGowan, A. M., Messerly, B., Miller, J., Morfín, J. G., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Nguyen, C., Norrick, A., Olivier, A., Paolone, V., Park, J., Perdue, G. N., Ramírez, M. A., Ransome, R. D., Ray, H., Rimal, D., Rodrigues, P. A., Ruterbories, D., Schellman, H., Solano Salinas, C. J., Su, H., Sultana, M., Syrotenko, V. S., Yaeggy, B., Zazueta, L., and  $MINER ν$ A Collaboration. Tue .  
"Constraint of the MINER ν A medium energy neutrino flux using neutrino-electron elastic scattering".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.100.092001.

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@article{osti_1573119,

  title        = {Constraint of the MINER ν A medium energy neutrino flux using neutrino-electron elastic scattering},

  author       = {Valencia, E. and Jena, D. and Nuruzzaman, and Akbar, F. and Aliaga, L. and Andrade, D. A. and Ascencio, M. V. and Bashyal, A. and Bellantoni, L. and Bercellie, A. and Bodek, A. and Bonilla, J. L. and Bravar, A. and Budd, H. and Caceres, G. and Cai, T. and Carneiro, M. F. and Chaves, J. and Coplowe, D. and da Motta, H. and Dytman, S. A. and Díaz, G. A. and Felix, J. and Fields, L. and Filkins, A. and Fine, R. and Fiza, N. and Gago, A. M. and Galindo, R. and Gallagher, H. and Ghosh, A. and Golan, T. and Gran, R. and Harris, D. A. and Henry, S. and Jena, S. and Kleykamp, J. and Kordosky, M. and Last, D. and Le, T. and Lu, X. -G. and Maher, E. and Manly, S. and Mann, W. A. and Mauger, C. and McFarland, K. S. and McGowan, A. M. and Messerly, B. and Miller, J. and Morfín, J. G. and Naples, D. and Nelson, J. K. and Nguyen, C. and Norrick, A. and Olivier, A. and Paolone, V. and Park, J. and Perdue, G. N. and Ramírez, M. A. and Ransome, R. D. and Ray, H. and Rimal, D. and Rodrigues, P. A. and Ruterbories, D. and Schellman, H. and Solano Salinas, C. J. and Su, H. and Sultana, M. and Syrotenko, V. S. and Yaeggy, B. and Zazueta, L. and  $MINER ν$ A Collaboration},

  abstractNote = {Elastic neutrino scattering on electrons is a precisely known purely leptonic process that provides a standard candle for measuring neutrino flux in conventional neutrino beams. Using a total sample of 810 neutrino-electron scatters after background subtraction, the measurement reduces the normalization uncertainty on the $ν_μ$ NuMI beam flux between 2 and 20 GeV from 7.6 to 3.9%. Finally, this is the most precise measurement of neutrino-electron scattering to date, will reduce uncertainties on $\mathrm{MINER} ν$A’s absolute cross section measurements, and demonstrates a technique that can be used in future neutrino beams such as long baseline neutrino facility.},

  doi          = {10.1103/PhysRevD.100.092001},

  journal      = {Physical Review. D.},

  number       = 9,

  volume       = 100,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Tue Nov 05 00:00:00 EST 2019},

  month        = {Tue Nov 05 00:00:00 EST 2019}

}

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Measurements of the inclusive neutrino and antineutrino charged current cross sections in MINERvA using the low- ν flux method journal, December 2016

Search for C P Violation in Neutrino and Antineutrino Oscillations by the T2K Experiment with 2.2 × 10 21 Protons on Target journal, October 2018

The weak neutral current journal, July 2013

Updated T2K measurements of muon neutrino and antineutrino disappearance using 1.5 × 1 0 21 protons on target journal, July 2017

On one-loop electroweak corrections to neutrino-electron elastic scattering journal, November 1984

Neutrino-excitation of baryon resonances and single pion production journal, April 1981

Title: Constraint of the $MINER ν$ A medium energy neutrino flux using neutrino-electron elastic scattering

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Publisher’s Note: Neutrino flux predictions for the NuMI beam [Phys. Rev. D 94 , 092005 (2016)]
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Coherent π0 production in neutrino reactions
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Measurement of total and differential cross sections of neutrino and antineutrino coherent $π^{\pm}$ production on carbon
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Statistics for nuclear and particle physicists
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Solar neutrinos: Radiative corrections in neutrino-electron scattering experiments
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Design and construction of the MicroBooNE detector
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Erratum: Inclusive quasielastic charged-current neutrino-nucleus reactions [Phys. Rev. C 70, 055503 (2004)]
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Measurement of Electron Neutrino Quasielastic and Quasielasticlike Scattering on Hydrocarbon at $⟨ E_{ν} ⟩ = 3.6 GeV$
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Radiative corrections to neutrino-lepton scattering in the SU(2)L ⊗ U(1) theory
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Measurement of quasielastic-like neutrino scattering at $⟨ E_{ν} ⟩ \sim 3.5 GeV$ on a hydrocarbon target
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Evidence for Neutral-Current Diffractive $π^{0}$ Production from Hydrogen in Neutrino Interactions on Hydrocarbon
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Neutrino reactions on nuclear targets
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Inclusive charged-current neutrino-nucleus reactions
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MINERvA neutrino detector response measured with test beam data
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The NuMI neutrino beam
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The GENIE neutrino Monte Carlo generator
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Inclusive quasielastic charged-current neutrino-nucleus reactions
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Neutrino reactions at accelerator energies
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Review of Particle Physics
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Diffractive pion production in neutrino reactions
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Neutrino flux predictions for the NuMI beam
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Higher twist, _w scaling, and effective LO PDFs for lepton scattering in the few GeV region
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Measurement of the inclusive $ν_{μ}$ charged current cross section on iron and hydrocarbon in the T2K on-axis neutrino beam
journal, September 2014

Measurement of neutrino flux from neutrino-electron elastic scattering
journal, June 2016

Measurements of the inclusive neutrino and antineutrino charged current cross sections in MINERvA using the low- $ν$ flux method
journal, December 2016

Search for $C P$ Violation in Neutrino and Antineutrino Oscillations by the T2K Experiment with $2.2 \times 10^{21}$ Protons on Target
journal, October 2018

The weak neutral current
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Updated T2K measurements of muon neutrino and antineutrino disappearance using $1.5 \times 1 0^{21}$ protons on target
journal, July 2017

On one-loop electroweak corrections to neutrino-electron elastic scattering
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Neutrino-excitation of baryon resonances and single pion production
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