Double-differential inclusive charged-current νμ cross sections on hydrocarbon in MINERvA at (Eν)~3.5 GeV

Filkins, A.; Ruterbories, D.; Liu, Y.; Ahmad Dar, Z.; Akbar, F.; Altinok, O.; Andrade, D. A.; Ascencio, M. V.; Bashyal, A.; Bercellie, A.; Betancourt, M.; Bodek, A.; Bonilla, J. L.; Bravar, A.; Budd, H.; Caceres, G.; Cai, T.; Carneiro, M. F.; da Motta, H.; Dytman, S. A.; Díaz, G. A.; Felix, J.; Fields, L.; Fine, R.; Gago, A. M.; Gallagher, H.; Ghosh, A.; Gran, R.; Harris, D. A.; Henry, S.; Jena, S.; Jena, D.; Kleykamp, J.; Kordosky, M.; Last, D.; Le, T.; LeClerc, J.; Lozano, A.; 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.; Nelson, J. K.; Nguyen, C.; Norrick, A.; Olivier, A.; Paolone, V.; Perdue, G. N.; Ramírez, M. A.; Ransome, R. D.; Ray, H.; Schellman, H.; Solano Salinas, C. J.; Su, H.; Sultana, M.; Syrotenko, V. S.; Valencia, E.; Wospakrik, M.; Wret, C.; Yaeggy, B.; Zazueta, L.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.101.112007

Title: Double-differential inclusive charged-current $ν_{μ}$ cross sections on hydrocarbon in MINERvA at $(E_{ν}) ~ 3.5 GeV$

Journal Article · 23 June 2020 · Physical Review D

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.101.112007 · OSTI ID:1634271

; Ruterbories, D.; Liu, Y.; Ahmad Dar, Z.; Akbar, F.; Altinok, O.; Andrade, D. A.; Ascencio, M. V.; Bashyal, A.; Bercellie, A.; Betancourt, M.; Bodek, A.; Bonilla, J. L.; Bravar, A.; Budd, H.; Caceres, G.; Cai, T.; Carneiro, M. F.; da Motta, H.; Dytman, S. A. more »

MINERvA reports inclusive charged-current cross sections for muon neutrinos on hydrocarbon in the NuMI beamline. We measured the double-differential cross section in terms of the longitudinal and transverse muon momenta, as well as the single-differential cross sections in those variables. The data used in this analysis correspond to an exposure of 3.34×10²⁰ protons on target with a peak neutrino energy of approximately 3.5 GeV. Measurements are compared to the GENIE, NuWro and GiBUU neutrino cross-section predictions, as well as a version of GENIE modified to produce better agreement with prior exclusive MINERvA measurements. None of the models or variants were able to successfully reproduce the data across the entire phase space, which includes areas dominated by each interaction channel.

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

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

Contributing Organization:: MINERvA Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11359; PHY-0619727; SC0008475

OSTI ID:: 1634271

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1614738; OSTI ID: 1688459

Report Number(s):: arXiv:2002.12496; FERMILAB-PUB-20-098-ND-SCD; PRVDAQ; oai:inspirehep.net:1782964; TRN: US2106305

Journal Information:: Physical Review D, Vol. 101, Issue 11; ISSN 2470-0010

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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