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Measurements of the inclusive neutrino and antineutrino charged current cross sections in MINERvA using the low- ν flux method

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. Green open access

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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
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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