Devan, J;
Ren, L;
Aliaga, L;
Altinok, O;
Bellantoni, L;
Bercellie, A;
Betancourt, M;
... Wospakrik, M; + view all
(2016)
Measurements of the inclusive neutrino and antineutrino charged current cross sections in MINERvA using the low- ν flux method.
Physical Review D
, 94
(11)
, Article 112007. 10.1103/PhysRevD.94.112007.
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Abstract
The total cross sections are important ingredients for the current and future neutrino oscillation experiments. We present measurements of the total charged-current neutrino and antineutrino cross sections on scintillator (CH) in the NuMI low-energy beamline using an in situ prediction of the shape of the flux as a function of neutrino energy from 2-50 GeV. This flux prediction takes advantage of the fact that neutrino and antineutrino interactions with low nuclear recoil energy (ν) have a nearly constant cross section as a function of incident neutrino energy. This measurement is the lowest energy application of the low-ν flux technique, the first time it has been used in the NuMI antineutrino beam configuration, and demonstrates that the technique is applicable to future neutrino beams operating at multi-GeV energies. The cross section measurements presented are the most precise measurements to date below 5 GeV.
Type: | Article |
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Title: | Measurements of the inclusive neutrino and antineutrino charged current cross sections in MINERvA using the low- ν flux method |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevD.94.112007 |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.94.112007 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI. |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10064917 |
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