Measurement of inclusive neutral current {pi}{sup 0} production on carbon in a few-GeV neutrino beam

Journal Article · Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2010 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.81.033004· OSTI ID:21409149

Kurimoto, Y; Hiraide, K; Kubo, H; Matsuoka, K; Nakajima, Y; Nakaya, T; Orme, D; Otani, M; Yokoyama, M ^[1]; Alcaraz-Aunion, J L; Jover-Manas, G; Sanchez, F ^[2]; Brice, S J; Finley, D A; Kobilarcik, T; Moore, C D; Russell, A D; Stefanski, R J; Tesarek, R J; White, H B ^[3]

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1. Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502 (Japan)
2. Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona) (Spain)
3. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510 (United States)

The SciBooNE Collaboration reports inclusive neutral current neutral pion production by a muon neutrino beam on a polystyrene target (C{sub 8}H{sub 8}). We obtain (7.7{+-}0.5(stat){+-}0.5(sys))x10{sup -2} as the ratio of the neutral current neutral pion production to total charged current cross section; the mean energy of neutrinos producing detected neutral pions is 1.1 GeV. The result agrees with the Rein-Sehgal model implemented in our neutrino interaction simulation program with nuclear effects. The spectrum shape of the {pi}{sup 0} momentum and angle agree with the model. We also measure the ratio of the neutral current coherent pion production to total charged current cross section to be (0.7{+-}0.4)x10{sup -2}.

• OSTI ID: 21409149
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 81, Issue 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.81.033004; (c) 2010 The American Physical Society; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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