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Direct Measurement of Nuclear Dependence of Charged Current Quasielasticlike Neutrino Interactions Using MINERvA

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Betancourt M., Ghosh A., Walton T., Altinok O., Bellantoni L., Bercellie A., Bodek A., Bravar A., Cai T., Martinez Caicedo D.A., Carneiro M.F., Dytman S.A., Díaz G.A., 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., Le T., Maher E., Manly S., Mann W.A., Marshall C.M., McFarland K.S., McGivern C.L., McGowan A.M., Messerly B., Miller J., Mislivec A., Morfín J.G., Mousseau J., Naples D., Nelson J.K., Norrick A., Nuruzzaman, Patrick C.E., Perdue G.N., Ramírez M.A., Ren L., Rimal D., Rodrigues P.A., Ruterbories D., Schellman H., Sobczyk J.T., Solano Salinas C.J., Sánchez Falero S., Valencia E., Wolcott J., Wospakrik M., Yaeggy B.

Publicado 2017

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Charged-current νμ interactions on carbon, iron, and lead with a final state hadronic system of one or more protons with zero mesons are used to investigate the influence of the nuclear environment on quasielasticlike interactions. The transferred four-momentum squared to the target nucleus, Q2, is reconstructed based on the kinematics of the leading proton, and differential cross sections versus Q2 and the cross-section ratios of iron, lead, and carbon to scintillator are measured for the first time in a single experiment. The measurements show a dependence on the atomic number. While the quasielasticlike scattering on carbon is compatible with predictions, the trends exhibited by scattering on iron and lead favor a prediction with intranuclear rescattering of hadrons accounted for by a conventional particle cascade treatment. These measurements help discriminate between different mod...

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Measurement of νμ charged-current single π0 production on hydrocarbon in the few-GeV region using MINERvA

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Altinok O., Le T., Aliaga L., Bellantoni L., Bercellie A., Betancourt M., Bodek A., Bravar A., Budd H., Caceres Vera G.F.R., Cai T., Carneiro M.F., Da Motta H., Dytman S.A., Díaz G.A., Felix J., Fields L., Fine R., Gago A.M., Galindo R., Gallagher H., Ghosh A., Gran R., Han J.Y., Harris D.A., 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., Naples D., Nelson J.K., Norrick A., Nuruzzaman, Paolone V., Patrick C.E., Perdue G.N., Ramirez M.A., Ransome R.D., Ray H., Ren L., Rimal D., Rodrigues P.A., Ruterbories D., Schellman H., Sobczyk J.T., Solano Salinas C.J., Sultana M., Sánchez Falero S., Valencia E., Wolcott J., Yaeggy B.

Publicado 2017

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The semiexclusive channel νμ þ CH → μ−π0 þ nucleonðsÞ is analyzed using MINERvA exposed to the low-energy NuMI νμ beam with spectral peak at Eν ≃ 3 GeV. Differential cross sections for muon momentum and production angle, π0 kinetic energy and production angle, and for squared four-momentum transfer are reported, and the cross section σðEνÞ is obtained over the range 1.5 GeV ≤ Eν < 20 GeV. Results are compared to GENIE and NuWro predictions and to published MINERvA cross sections for charged-current πþðπ0Þ production by νμðν¯μÞ neutrinos. Disagreements between data and simulation are observed at very low and relatively high values for muon angle and for Q2 that may reflect shortfalls in modeling of interactions on carbon. For π0 kinematic distributions, however, the data are consistent with the simulation and provide support for generator treatments o...

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Measurement of Final-State Correlations in Neutrino Muon-Proton Mesonless Production on Hydrocarbon at Eν ©=3 GeV

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Lu X.-G., Betancourt M., Walton T., Akbar F., Aliaga L., Altinok O., Andrade D.A., Ascencio M., Bellantoni L., Bercellie A., Bodek A., Bravar A., Budd H., Cai T., Carneiro M.F., Chaves J., Coplowe D., Da Motta H., Dytman S.A., Díaz G.A., Felix J., Fields L., Fine R., Gago A.M., Galindo R., Gallagher H., Ghosh A., Gran R., Harris D.A., Henry S., Jena S., Jena D., Kleykamp J., Kordosky M., Le T., Maher E., Manly S., Mann W.A., Marshall C.M., McFarland K.S., McGowan A.M., Messerly B., Miller J., Mislivec A., Morfín J.G., Mousseau J., Naples D., Nelson J.K., Nguyen C., Norrick A., Nuruzzaman, Olivier A., Paolone V., Patrick C.E., Perdue G.N., Ramírez M.A., Ransome R.D., Ren L., Rimal D., Rodrigues P.A., Ruterbories D., Schellman H., Sobczyk J.T., Salinas C.J.S., Su H., Sultana M., Valencia E., Wark D., Weber A., Wolcott J., Wospakrik M., Yaeggy B., (MINERvA Collaboration)

Publicado 2018

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Final-state kinematic imbalances are measured in mesonless production of νμ þ A → μ− þ p þ X in the MINERvA tracker. Initial- and final-state nuclear effects are probed using the direction of the μ−-p transverse momentum imbalance and the initial-state momentum of the struck neutron. Differential cross sections are compared to predictions based on current approaches to medium modeling. These models underpredict the cross section at intermediate intranuclear momentum transfers that generally exceed the Fermi momenta. As neutrino interaction models need to correctly incorporate the effect of the nucleus in order to predict neutrino energy resolution in oscillation experiments, this result points to a region of phase space where additional cross section strength is needed in current models, and demonstrates a new technique that would be suitable for use in fine-grained liquid a...

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Single neutral pion production by charged-current ν-μ interactions on hydrocarbon at 〈E<inf>ν</inf>〉=3.6 GeV

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Le T., Palomino J.L., Aliaga L., Altinok O., Bercellie A., Bodek A., Bravar A., Brooks W.K., Butkevich A., Martinez Caicedo D.A., Carneiro M.F., Christy M.E., Chvojka J., da Motta H., Devan J., Dytman S.A., Díaz G.A., Eberly B., Felix J., Fields L., Fine R., Gago A.M., Gallagher H., Gran R., Harris D.A., Higuera A., Hurtado K., Kordosky M., Maher E., Manly S., Mann W.A., Marshall C.M., McFarland K.S., McGivern C.L., McGowan A.M., Miller J., Morfín J.G., Mousseau J., Nelson J.K., Norrick A., Osta J., Paolone V., Park J., Patrick C.E., Perdue G.N., Rakotondravohitra L., Ransome R.D., Ray H., Ren L., Rodrigues P.A., Ruterbories D., Schellman H., Schmitz D.W., Sobczyk J.T., Solano Salinas C.J., Tagg N., Tice B.G., Valencia E., Walton T., Wolcott J., Yepes-Ramirez H., Zavala G., Zhang D., Ziemer B.P.

Publicado 2015

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Single neutral pion production via muon antineutrino charged-current interactions in plastic scintillator (CH) is studied using the MINERvA detector exposed to the NuMI low-energy, wideband antineutrino beam at Fermilab. Measurement of this process constrains models of neutral pion production in nuclei, which is important because the neutral-current analog is a background for appearance oscillation experiments. The differential cross sections for momentum and production angle, for events with a single observed and no charged pions, are presented and compared to model predictions. These results comprise the first measurement of the kinematics for this process.

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Measurement of quasielastic-like neutrino scattering at ∼3.5 GeV on a hydrocarbon target

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Ruterbories D., Hurtado K., Osta J., Akbar F., Aliaga L., Andrade D.A., Ascencio M.V., Bashyal A., Bercellie A., Betancourt M., Bodek A., Budd H., Caceres G., Cai T., Carneiro M.F., Chaves J., Coplowe D., Da Motta H., Dytman S.A., Díaz G.A., Felix J., Fields L., Filkins A., Fine R., Gago A.M., Galindo R., Ghosh A., Gran R., Han J.Y., Harris D.A., Henry S., Jena S., Jena D., Kleykamp J., Kordosky M., Last D., Le T., 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., Mousseau J., Naples D., Nelson J.K., Nguyen C., Norrick A., Nuruzzaman, Olivier A., Paolone V., Patrick C.E., Perdue G.N., Ramírez M.A., Ransome R.D., Ray H., Rimal D., Rodrigues P.A., Schellman H., Sobczyk J.T., Solano Salinas C.J., Su H., Sultana M., Syrotenko V.S., Valencia E., Wolcott J., Wospakrik M., Wret C., Yaeggy B., Zazueta L., (MINERnuA Collaboration)

Publicado 2019

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MINERvA presents a new analysis of neutrino induced quasielastic-like interactions in a hydrocarbon tracking target. We report a double-differential cross section using the muon transverse and longitudinal momentum. In addition, differential cross sections as a function of the square of the four-momentum transferred and the neutrino energy are calculated using a quasielastic hypothesis. Finally, an analysis of energy deposited near the interaction vertex is presented. These results are compared to modified genie predictions as well as a NuWro prediction. All results use a data set produced by 3.34×1020 protons on target creating a neutrino beam with a peak energy of approximately 3.5 GeV. .