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Measurement of Neutral-Current K+ Production by Neutrinos using MINERvA

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Marshall, CM, Aliaga, L, Altinok, O, Bellantoni, L, Bercellie, A, Betancourt, M, Bodek, A, Bravar, A, Cai, T, Carneiro, MF, da Motta, H, Dytman, SA, Diaz, GA, Dunkman, M, Eberly, B, Endress, E, Felix, J, Fields, L, Fine, R, Gago, AM, Galindo, R, Gallagher, H, Ghosh, A, Golan, T, Gran, R, Harris, DA, Higuera, A, Hurtado, K, Kleykamp, J, Kordosky, M, Le, T, Maher, E, Manly, S, Mann, WA, Caicedo, DAM, McFarland, KS, McGivern, CL, McGowan, AM, Messerly, B, Miller, J, Mislivec, A, Morfin, JG, Mousseau, J, Naples, D, Nelson, JK, Norrick, A, Nuruzzaman, Paolone, V, Patrick, CE, Perdue, GN, Ramirez, MA, Ransome, RD, Ray, H, Ren, L, Rimal, D, Rodrigues, PA, Ruterbories, D, Schmitz, DW, Salinas, CJS, Sultana, M, Falero, SS, Valencia, E, Walton, T, Wolcott, J, Wospakrik, M, Yaeggy, B, Zhang, D

Publicado 2017

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Neutral-current production of Kþ by atmospheric neutrinos is a background in searches for the proton decay p → Kþν¯. Reactions such as νp → νKþΛ are indistinguishable from proton decays when the decay products of the Λ are below detection threshold. Events with Kþ are identified in MINERvA by reconstructing the timing signature of a Kþ decay at rest. A sample of 201 neutrino-induced neutral-current Kþ events is used to measure differential cross sections with respect to the Kþ kinetic energy, and the nonKþ hadronic visible energy. An excess of events at low hadronic visible energy is observed relative to the prediction of the NEUT event generator. Good agreement is observed with the cross section prediction of the GENIE generator. A search for photons from π0 decay, which would veto a neutral-current Kþ event in a proton decay search, is performed, and a 2σ deficit o...

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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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Tuning the GENIE pion production model with MINERvA data

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Stowell, P, Pickering, L, Willcinson, C, Wret, C, Akbar, F, Andrade, DA, Ascencio, MV, Bellantoni, L, Bercellie, A, Betancourt, M, Bodek, A, Bravar, A, Budd, H, Caceres, G, Cai, T, Cameiro, MF, Chaves, J, da Motta, H, Dytman, SA, Diaz, GA, Felix, J, Fields, L, Filkins, A, Fine, R, Fiza, N, Galindo, R, Gallagher, H, Ghosh, A, Gran, R, Harris, DA, Henry, S, Jena, S, Jena, D, Kleykamp, J, Kordosky, M, Last, D, Le, T, Lu, XG, Maher, E, Manly, S, Mann, WA, Marshall, CM, McFarland, KS, Messerly, B, Miller, J, Morfin, JG, Mousseau, J, Naples, D, Nelson, JK, Nguyen, C, Norrick, A, Nuruzzaman, Paolone, V, Perdue, GN, Ramirez, MA, Ransome, RD, Ray, H, Rimal, D, Rodrigues, PA, Ruterbories, D, Schellman, H, Salinas, CJS, Su, H, Sultana, M, Syrotenko, VS, Valencia, E, Wolcott, J, Wospakrik, M, Yaeggy, B, Zazueta, L, Zhang, D

Publicado 2019

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CONCYTEC, Direccion de Gestion de la Investigacion-Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru (DGI-PUCP), and Vicerrectorado de Investigacion-Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria (VRI-UNI) (Peru); and by the Latin American Center for Physics (CLAF); NCN Opus Grant No. 2016/21/B/ST2/01092 (Poland). We thank the MINOS Collaboration for use of its near detector data. Finally, we thank the staff of Fermilab for support of the beam line, the detector, and the computing infrastructure.

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Measurement of total and differential cross sections of neutrino and antineutrino coherent π ± production on carbon

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Mislivec A., Higuera A., Aliaga L., Bellantoni L., Bercellie A., Betancourt M., BodeK A., Bravar A., Budd H., Caceres G.F.R.V., Cai T., Martinez Caicedo D.A., Carneiro M.F., Chavarria E., 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., Hurtado K., Jena D., Kleykamp J., Kordosky M., Le T., Maher E., Manly S., Mann W.A., Marshall C.M., McFarland K.S., Messerly B., Miller J., Morfín J.G., Mousseau J., Naples D., Nelson J.K., Nguyen C., NorricK A., Nuruzzaman, Paolone V., Perdue G.N., Ramírez M.A., Ransome R.D., Ray H., Ren L., Rimal D., Rodrigues P.A., Ruterbories D., Schellman H., Solano Salinas C.J., Sultana M., Sánchez Falero S., Tagg N., Valencia E., WospakriK M., Yaeggy B., Zavala G.

Publicado 2018

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Neutrino induced coherent charged pion production on nuclei, ν¯μA → μ π∓A, is a rare inelastic interaction in which the four-momentum squared transferred to the nucleus is nearly zero, leaving it intact. We identify such events in the scintillator of MINERvA by reconstructing jtj from the final state pion and muon momenta and by removing events with evidence of energetic nuclear recoil or production of other final state particles. We measure the total neutrino and antineutrino cross sections as a function of neutrino energy between 2 and 20 GeV and measure flux integrated differential cross sections as a function of Q2, Eπ, and θπ. The Q2 dependence and equality of the neutrino and antineutrino cross sections at finite Q2 provide a confirmation of Adler’s partial conservation of axial current hypothesis.

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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. .

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Measurement of the antineutrino to neutrino charged-current interaction cross section ratio in MINERvA

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Ren L., Aliaga L., Altinok O., Bellantoni L., Bercellie A., Betancourt M., Bodek A., Bravar A., Budd H., Cai T., Carneiro M.F., Da Motta H., Devan J., Dytman S.A., Díaz G.A., Eberly B., Endress E., Felix J., Fields L., Fine R., Gago A.M., Galindo R., Gallagher H., Ghosh A., Golan T., Gran R., Han J.Y., Harris D.A., Hurtado K., Kiveni M., Kleykamp J., Kordosky M., Le T., Maher E., Manly S., Mann W.A., Marshall C.M., Martinez Caicedo D.A., 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, Paolone V., Park J., Patrick C.E., Perdue G.N., Ramírez M.A., Ransome R.D., Ray H., Rimal D., Rodrigues P.A., Ruterbories D., Schellman H., Solano Salinas C.J., Sultana M., Sánchez Falero S., Valencia E., Walton T., Wolcott J., Wospakrik M., Yaeggy B.

Publicado 2017

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We present measurements of the neutrino and antineutrino total charged-current cross sections on carbon and their ratio using the MINERvA scintillator-tracker. The measurements span the energy range 2–22 GeV and were performed using forward and reversed horn focusing modes of the Fermilab low-energy NuMI beam to obtain large neutrino and antineutrino samples. The flux is obtained using a subsample of charged-current events at low hadronic energy transfer along with precise higher energy external neutrino cross section data overlapping with our energy range between 12–22 GeV.We also report onthe antineutrino-neutrino cross section ratio, RCC, which does not rely on external normalization information. Our ratio measurement, obtained within the same experiment using the same technique, benefits from the cancellation of common sample systematic uncertainties and reaches a precision of �...

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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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Antineutrino Charged-Current Reactions on Hydrocarbon with Low Momentum Transfer

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Gran R., Betancourt M., Elkins M., Rodrigues P.A., Akbar F., Aliaga L., Andrade D.A., Bashyal A., Bellantoni L., Bercellie A., Bodek A., Bravar A., Budd H., Vera G.F.R.C., Cai T., Carneiro M.F., Coplowe D., Da Motta H., Dytman S.A., Díaz G.A., Felix J., Fields L., Fine R., Gallagher H., Ghosh A., Haider H., Han J.Y., Harris D.A., Henry S., Jena D., Kleykamp J., Kordosky M., Le T., Leistico J.R., Lovlein A., Lu X.-G., 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., Ray H., Ren L., Rimal D., Ruterbories D., Schellman H., Salinas C.J.S., Su H., Sultana M., Falero S.S., Valencia E., Wolcott J., Wospakrik M., Yaeggy B., (MINERvA Collaboration)

Publicado 2018

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We report on multinucleon effects in low momentum transfer (< 0.8 GeV=c) antineutrino interactions on plastic (CH) scintillator. These data are from the 2010–2011 antineutrino phase of the MINERvA experiment at Fermilab. The hadronic energy spectrum of this inclusive sample is well described when a screening effect at a low energy transfer and a two-nucleon knockout process are added to a relativistic Fermi gas model of quasielastic, Δ resonance, and higher resonance processes. In this analysis, model elements introduced to describe previously published neutrino results have quantitatively similar benefits for this antineutrino sample. We present the results as a double-differential cross section to accelerate the investigation of alternate models for antineutrino scattering off nuclei.