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

D. Ruterbories1, K. Hurtado2,3, J. Osta4, F. Akbar5, L. Aliaga6,7, D. A. Andrade8, M. V. Ascencio7, A. Bashyal9, A. Bercellie1 et al. (MINERνA Collaboration)

A. Bercellie1, M. Betancourt4, A. Bodek1, H. Budd1, G. Caceres2, T. Cai1, M. F. Carneiro9, J. Chaves10, D. Coplowe11, H. da Motta2, S. A. Dytman12, G. A. Díaz1,7, J. Felix8, L. Fields4,13, A. Filkins6, R. Fine1, A. M. Gago7, R. Galindo14, A. Ghosh14,2, R. Gran15, J. Y. Han12, D. A. Harris4, S. Henry1, S. Jena16, D. Jena4, J. Kleykamp1, M. Kordosky6, D. Last10, T. Le17,18, X.-G. Lu11, E. Maher19, S. Manly1, W. A. Mann17, C. Mauger10, K. S. McFarland1,4, A. M. McGowan1, B. Messerly12, J. Miller14, J. G. Morfín4, J. Mousseau20,*, D. Naples12, J. K. Nelson6, C. Nguyen20, A. Norrick4,6, Nuruzzaman18,14, A. Olivier1, V. Paolone12, C. E. Patrick13,†, G. N. Perdue4,1, M. A. Ramírez8, R. D. Ransome18, H. Ray20, D. Rimal20, P. A. Rodrigues11,21,1, H. Schellman9,13, J. T. Sobczyk22, C. J. Solano Salinas3, H. Su12, M. Sultana1, V. S. Syrotenko17, E. Valencia6,8, J. Wolcott1,‡, M. Wospakrik20, C. Wret1, B. Yaeggy14, and L. Zazueta6 (MINERνA Collaboration)

  • 1University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
  • 2Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, Rua Dr. Xavier Sigaud 150, Urca, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 22290-180, Brazil
  • 3Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Apartado 31139, Lima, Perú
  • 4Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
  • 5AMU Campus, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh 202001, India
  • 6Department of Physics, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
  • 7Sección Física, Departamento de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Apartado 1761, Lima, Perú
  • 8Campus León y Campus Guanajuato, Universidad de Guanajuato, Lascurain de Retana No. 5, Colonia Centro, Guanajuato 36000, Guanajuato, México
  • 9Department of Physics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA
  • 10Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
  • 11Oxford University, Department of Physics, Oxford, United Kingdom
  • 12Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
  • 13Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
  • 14Departamento de Física, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Avenida España 1680 Casilla 110-V, Valparaíso, Chile
  • 15Department of Physics, University of Minnesota—Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota 55812, USA
  • 16IISER, Mohali, Knowledge City, Sector 81, Manauli PO, Punjab 140306, India
  • 17Physics Department, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA
  • 18Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
  • 19Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, 375 Church Street, North Adams, Massachusetts 01247, USA
  • 20University of Florida, Department of Physics, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
  • 21University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi 38677, USA
  • 22University of Wroclaw, Plac Uniwersytecki 1, 50-137 Wrocaw, Poland

  • *Present address: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
  • †Present address: University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
  • ‡Present address: Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA.
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Phys. Rev. D 99, 012004 – Published 9 January, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.99.012004

Abstract

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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Phys. Rev. D 99, 012004– Published 9 January, 2019
  • Received 13 November 2018
  • Corrected 29 January 2019
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