McGivern, CL;
Le, T;
Eberly, B;
Aliaga, L;
Altinok, O;
Bellantoni, L;
Bercellie, A;
... Zhang, D; + view all
(2016)
Cross sections for νμ and ν μ induced pion production on hydrocarbon in the few-GeV region using MINERvA CROSS SECTIONS for νμ and ν μ ... C. L. MCGIVERN et al.
Physical Review D
, 94
(5)
10.1103/PhysRevD.94.052005.
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Abstract
Separate samples of charged-current pion production events representing two semi-inclusive channels νμ-CC(π+) and νμ-CC(π0) have been obtained using neutrino and antineutrino exposures of the MINERvA detector. Distributions in kinematic variables based upon μ±-track reconstructions are analyzed and compared for the two samples. The differential cross sections for muon production angle, muon momentum, and four-momentum transfer Q2 are reported, and cross sections versus neutrino energy are obtained. Comparisons with predictions of current neutrino event generators are used to clarify the role of the Δ(1232) and higher-mass baryon resonances in CC pion production and to show the importance of pion final-state interactions. For the νμ-CC(π+) [νμ-CC(π0)] sample, the absolute data rate is observed to lie below (above) the predictions of some of the event generators by amounts that are typically 1-to- 2σ. However the generators are able to reproduce the shapes of the differential cross sections for all kinematic variables of either data set.
Type: | Article |
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Title: | Cross sections for νμ and ν μ induced pion production on hydrocarbon in the few-GeV region using MINERvA CROSS SECTIONS for νμ and ν μ ... C. L. MCGIVERN et al |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevD.94.052005 |
Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.94.052005 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
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/10065069 |
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