Cross sections for νμ and ν¯μ induced pion production on hydrocarbon in the few-GeV region using MINERvA

McGivern, C. L.; Le, T.; Eberly, B.; Aliaga, L.; Altinok, O.; Bellantoni, L.; Bercellie, A.; Betancourt, M.; Bodek, A.; Bravar, A.; Budd, H.; Cai, T.; Carneiro, M. F.; Christy, M. E.; da Motta, H.; Dytman, S. A.; Díaz, G. A.; Endress, E.; Felix, J.; Fields, L.; Fine, R.; Galindo, R.; Gallagher, H.; Golan, T.; Gran, R.; Harris, D. A.; Higuera, A.; Hurtado, K.; Kiveni, M.; Kleykamp, J.; Kordosky, M.; Maher, E.; Manly, S.; Mann, W. A.; Marshall, C. M.; Martinez Caicedo, D. A.; McFarland, K. S.; McGowan, A. M.; Messerly, B.; Miller, J.; Mislivec, A.; Morfín, J. G.; Mousseau, J.; Naples, D.; Nelson, J. K.; Norrick, A.; Nuruzzaman,; Paolone, V.; Park, J.; Patrick, C. E.; Perdue, G. N.; Rakotondravohitra, L.; Ramirez, M. A.; Ransome, R. D.; Ray, H.; Ren, L.; Rimal, D.; Rodrigues, P. A.; Ruterbories, D.; Schellman, H.; Schmitz, D. W.; Simon, C.; Solano Salinas, C. J.; Sánchez Falero, S.; Tice, B. G.; Valencia, E.; Walton, T.; Wolcott, J.; Wospakrik, M.; Zhang, D.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.94.052005

Title: Cross sections for $ν_{μ}$ and ${\bar{ν}}_{μ}$ induced pion production on hydrocarbon in the few-GeV region using MINERvA

Journal Article · Tue Sep 06 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Physical Review D

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.94.052005· OSTI ID:1332092

McGivern, C. L.; Le, T.; Eberly, B.; Aliaga, L.; Altinok, O.; Bellantoni, L.; Bercellie, A.; Betancourt, M.; Bodek, A.; Bravar, A.; Budd, H.; Cai, T.; Carneiro, M. F.; Christy, M. E.; da Motta, H.; Dytman, S. A.; Díaz, G. A.; Endress, E.; Felix, J.; Fields, L. more »

Separate samples of charged-current pion production events representing two semi-inclusive channels ν_μ–CC(π⁺) and ν¯_μ–CC(π⁰) have been obtained using neutrino and antineutrino exposures of the MINERvA detector. Distributions in kinematic variables based upon μ±-track reconstructions are analyzed and compared for the two samples. The differential cross sections for muon production angle, muon momentum, and four-momentum transfer Q² are reported, and cross sections versus neutrino energy are obtained. Comparisons with predictions of current neutrino event generators are used to clarify the role of the Δ(1232) and higher-mass baryon resonances in CC pion production and to show the importance of pion final-state interactions. For the ν_μ–CC(π⁺) [ν¯_μ–CC(π⁰)] sample, the absolute data rate is observed to lie below (above) the predictions of some of the event generators by amounts that are typically 1-to- 2σ. Furthermore, the generators are able to reproduce the shapes of the differential cross sections for all kinematic variables of either data set.

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Research Organization:: Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

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

Contributing Organization:: MINERvA Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11359

OSTI ID:: 1332092

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1319967

Report Number(s):: FERMILAB-PUB-16-228-ND; arXiv:1606.07127; PRVDAQ; 1471834

Journal Information:: Physical Review D, Vol. 94, Issue 5; ISSN 2470-0010

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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