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Title: Deuterium target data for precision neutrino-nucleus cross sections

Abstract

Amplitudes derived from scattering data on elementary targets are basic inputs to neutrino-nucleus cross section predictions. A prominent example is the isovector axial nucleon form factor, FA(q2), which controls charged current signal processes at accelerator-based neutrino oscillation experiments. Previous extractions of FA from neutrino-deuteron scattering data rely on a dipole shape assumption that introduces an unquantified error. A new analysis of world data for neutrino-deuteron scattering is performed using a model-independent, and systematically improvable, representation of FA. A complete error budget for the nucleon isovector axial radius leads to rA2 = 0.46(22)fm2, with a much larger uncertainty than determined in the original analyses. The quasielastic neutrino-neutron cross section is determined as σ(νμn → μ-p)|Ev=1GeV = 10.1(0.9)×10-39cm2. The propagation of nucleon-level constraints and uncertainties to nuclear cross sections is illustrated using MINERvA data and the GENIE event generator. Furthermore, these techniques can be readily extended to other amplitudes and processes.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3]; ORCiD logo [4]
  1. The Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
  2. Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
  3. Univ. of Minnesota, Duluth, MN (United States)
  4. TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC (Canada); Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, ON (Canada); The Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
OSTI Identifier:
1275502
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1259332
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-16-185-ND-T; arXiv:1603.03048
Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010; PRVDAQ; 1427020
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-07CH11359; FG02-13ER41958; SC0009924
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review D
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 93; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
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

Citation Formats

Meyer, Aaron S., Betancourt, Minerba, Gran, Richard, and Hill, Richard J. Deuterium target data for precision neutrino-nucleus cross sections. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.93.113015.
Meyer, Aaron S., Betancourt, Minerba, Gran, Richard, & Hill, Richard J. Deuterium target data for precision neutrino-nucleus cross sections. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.113015
Meyer, Aaron S., Betancourt, Minerba, Gran, Richard, and Hill, Richard J. Thu . "Deuterium target data for precision neutrino-nucleus cross sections". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.113015. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1275502.
@article{osti_1275502,
title = {Deuterium target data for precision neutrino-nucleus cross sections},
author = {Meyer, Aaron S. and Betancourt, Minerba and Gran, Richard and Hill, Richard J.},
abstractNote = {Amplitudes derived from scattering data on elementary targets are basic inputs to neutrino-nucleus cross section predictions. A prominent example is the isovector axial nucleon form factor, FA(q2), which controls charged current signal processes at accelerator-based neutrino oscillation experiments. Previous extractions of FA from neutrino-deuteron scattering data rely on a dipole shape assumption that introduces an unquantified error. A new analysis of world data for neutrino-deuteron scattering is performed using a model-independent, and systematically improvable, representation of FA. A complete error budget for the nucleon isovector axial radius leads to rA2 = 0.46(22)fm2, with a much larger uncertainty than determined in the original analyses. The quasielastic neutrino-neutron cross section is determined as σ(νμn → μ-p)|Ev=1GeV = 10.1(0.9)×10-39cm2. The propagation of nucleon-level constraints and uncertainties to nuclear cross sections is illustrated using MINERvA data and the GENIE event generator. Furthermore, these techniques can be readily extended to other amplitudes and processes.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.93.113015},
journal = {Physical Review D},
number = 11,
volume = 93,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jun 23 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Thu Jun 23 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}

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