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Title: First measurement of the muon antineutrino double-differential charged-current quasielastic cross section

Abstract

The largest sample ever recorded of v ¯ μ charged-current quasielastic (CCQE, ν ¯ μ + p μ + + n ) candidate events is used to produce the minimally model-dependent, flux-integrated double-differential cross section d 2 σ d T μ d c o s θ μ ν ¯ μ for v ¯ μ CCQE for a mineral oil target. This measurement exploits the large statistics of the MiniBooNE antineutrino mode sample and provides the most complete information of this process to date. In order to facilitate historical comparisons, the flux-unfolded total cross section $$σ(E_ν)$$ and single-differential cross section d Q 2 on both mineral oil and on carbon are also reported. The observed cross section is somewhat higher than the predicted cross section from a model assuming independently acting nucleons in carbon with canonical form factor values. The shape of the data are also discrepant with this model. Finally, these results have implications for intranuclear processes and can help constrain signal and background processes for future neutrino oscillation measurements.

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Research Org.:
Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Contributing Org.:
MniBooNE Collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1595236
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0009824; AC02-07CH11359
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 88; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 1550-7998
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS

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Aguilar-Arevalo, A. A., Brown, B. C., Bugel, L., Cheng, G., Church, E. D., Conrad, J. M., Dharmapalan, R., Djurcic, Z., Finley, D. A., Ford, R., Garcia, F. G., Garvey, G. T., Grange, J., Huelsnitz, W., Ignarra, C., Imlay, R., Johnson, R. A., Karagiorgi, G., Katori, T., Kobilarcik, T., Louis, W. C., Mariani, C., Marsh, W., Mills, G. B., Mirabal, J., Moore, C. D., Mousseau, J., Nienaber, P., Osmanov, B., Pavlovic, Z., Perevalov, D., Polly, C. C., Ray, H., Roe, B. P., Russell, A. D., Shaevitz, M. H., Spitz, J., Stancu, I., Tayloe, R., Van de Water, R. G., Wascko, M. O., White, D. H., Wickremasinghe, D. A., Zeller, G. P., and Zimmerman, E. D. First measurement of the muon antineutrino double-differential charged-current quasielastic cross section. United States: N. p., 2013. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.88.032001.
Aguilar-Arevalo, A. A., Brown, B. C., Bugel, L., Cheng, G., Church, E. D., Conrad, J. M., Dharmapalan, R., Djurcic, Z., Finley, D. A., Ford, R., Garcia, F. G., Garvey, G. T., Grange, J., Huelsnitz, W., Ignarra, C., Imlay, R., Johnson, R. A., Karagiorgi, G., Katori, T., Kobilarcik, T., Louis, W. C., Mariani, C., Marsh, W., Mills, G. B., Mirabal, J., Moore, C. D., Mousseau, J., Nienaber, P., Osmanov, B., Pavlovic, Z., Perevalov, D., Polly, C. C., Ray, H., Roe, B. P., Russell, A. D., Shaevitz, M. H., Spitz, J., Stancu, I., Tayloe, R., Van de Water, R. G., Wascko, M. O., White, D. H., Wickremasinghe, D. A., Zeller, G. P., & Zimmerman, E. D. First measurement of the muon antineutrino double-differential charged-current quasielastic cross section. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.88.032001
Aguilar-Arevalo, A. A., Brown, B. C., Bugel, L., Cheng, G., Church, E. D., Conrad, J. M., Dharmapalan, R., Djurcic, Z., Finley, D. A., Ford, R., Garcia, F. G., Garvey, G. T., Grange, J., Huelsnitz, W., Ignarra, C., Imlay, R., Johnson, R. A., Karagiorgi, G., Katori, T., Kobilarcik, T., Louis, W. C., Mariani, C., Marsh, W., Mills, G. B., Mirabal, J., Moore, C. D., Mousseau, J., Nienaber, P., Osmanov, B., Pavlovic, Z., Perevalov, D., Polly, C. C., Ray, H., Roe, B. P., Russell, A. D., Shaevitz, M. H., Spitz, J., Stancu, I., Tayloe, R., Van de Water, R. G., Wascko, M. O., White, D. H., Wickremasinghe, D. A., Zeller, G. P., and Zimmerman, E. D. Fri . "First measurement of the muon antineutrino double-differential charged-current quasielastic cross section". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.88.032001. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1595236.
@article{osti_1595236,
title = {First measurement of the muon antineutrino double-differential charged-current quasielastic cross section},
author = {Aguilar-Arevalo, A. A. and Brown, B. C. and Bugel, L. and Cheng, G. and Church, E. D. and Conrad, J. M. and Dharmapalan, R. and Djurcic, Z. and Finley, D. A. and Ford, R. and Garcia, F. G. and Garvey, G. T. and Grange, J. and Huelsnitz, W. and Ignarra, C. and Imlay, R. and Johnson, R. A. and Karagiorgi, G. and Katori, T. and Kobilarcik, T. and Louis, W. C. and Mariani, C. and Marsh, W. and Mills, G. B. and Mirabal, J. and Moore, C. D. and Mousseau, J. and Nienaber, P. and Osmanov, B. and Pavlovic, Z. and Perevalov, D. and Polly, C. C. and Ray, H. and Roe, B. P. and Russell, A. D. and Shaevitz, M. H. and Spitz, J. and Stancu, I. and Tayloe, R. and Van de Water, R. G. and Wascko, M. O. and White, D. H. and Wickremasinghe, D. A. and Zeller, G. P. and Zimmerman, E. D.},
abstractNote = {The largest sample ever recorded of v ¯ μ charged-current quasielastic (CCQE, ν ¯ μ + p → μ + + n ) candidate events is used to produce the minimally model-dependent, flux-integrated double-differential cross section d 2 σ d T μ d c o s θ μ ν ¯ μ for v ¯ μ CCQE for a mineral oil target. This measurement exploits the large statistics of the MiniBooNE antineutrino mode sample and provides the most complete information of this process to date. In order to facilitate historical comparisons, the flux-unfolded total cross section $σ(E_ν)$ and single-differential cross section d dσ Q 2 on both mineral oil and on carbon are also reported. The observed cross section is somewhat higher than the predicted cross section from a model assuming independently acting nucleons in carbon with canonical form factor values. The shape of the data are also discrepant with this model. Finally, these results have implications for intranuclear processes and can help constrain signal and background processes for future neutrino oscillation measurements.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.88.032001},
journal = {Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology},
number = 3,
volume = 88,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Aug 02 00:00:00 EDT 2013},
month = {Fri Aug 02 00:00:00 EDT 2013}
}

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