Measurement of νμ-induced [nu subscript mu -induced] charged-current neutral pion production cross sections on mineral oil at Eν∈0.5–2.0  [E subscript nu ∈0.5–2.0 ] GeV

Aguilar-Arevalo, A.; Anderson, C.; Bazarko, A.; Brice, S.; Brown, B.; Bugel, L.; Cao, J.; Coney, L.; Conrad, J.; Cox, D.; Curioni, A.; Dharmapalan, R.; Djurcic, Z.; Finley, D.; Fleming, B.; Ford, R.; Garcia, F.; Garvey, G.; Grange, J.; Green, C.; Green, J.; Hart, T.; Hawker, E.; Imlay, R.; Johnson, R.; Karagiorgi, G.; Kasper, P.; Katori, T.; Kobilarcik, T.; Kourbanis, I.; Koutsoliotas, S.; Laird, E.; Linden, S.; Link, J.; Liu, Y.; Liu, Y.; Louis, W.; Mahn, K.; Marsh, W.; Mauger, C.; McGary, V.; McGregor, G.; Metcalf, W.; Meyers, P.; Mills, F.; Mills, G.; Monroe, J.; Moore, C.; Mousseau, J.; Nelson, R.; Nienaber, P.; Nowak, J.; Osmanov, B.; Ouedraogo, S.; Patterson, R.; Pavlovic, Z.; Perevalov, D.; Polly, C.; Prebys, E.; Raaf, J.; Ray, H.; Roe, B.; Russell, A.; Sandberg, V.; Schirato, R.; Schmitz, D.; Shaevitz, M.; Shoemaker, F.; Smith, D.; Soderberg, M.; Sorel, M.; Spentzouris, P.; Spitz, J.; Stancu, I.; Stefanski, R.; Sung, M.; Tanaka, H.; Tayloe, R.; Tzanov, M.; Van de Water, R.; Wascko, M.; White, D.; Wilking, M.; Yang, H.; Zeller, G.; Zimmerman, E.

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Bugel, Leonard G.; Karagiorgi, Georgia Stelios; Katori, Teppei; McGary, Van Thanh; Conrad, Janet Marie

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Abstract

Using a custom 3-Čerenkov ring fitter, we report cross sections for νμ-induced [nu subscript mu -induced] charged-current single π0 production on mineral oil (CH2) [CH subscript 2] from a sample of 5810 candidate events with 57% signal purity over an energy range of 0.5–2.0 GeV. This includes measurements of the absolute total cross section as a function of neutrino energy, and flux-averaged differential cross sections measured in terms of Q2 Q superscript 2], μ- [mu superscript -] kinematics, and π0 [pi superscript 0] kinematics. The sample yields a flux-averaged total cross section of (9.2±0.3stat±1.5syst)×10-39 [9.2 ± 0.3 subscript stat ± 1.5 subscript syst) times 10 superscript -39] cm2/CH2 [cm superscript 2 / CH supbscript 2] at mean neutrino energy of 0.965 GeV.

Date issued

2011-03

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/66083

Department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science

Journal

Physical review D

Publisher

American Physical Society

Citation

Aguilar-Arevalo, A. et al. “Measurement of ν_{μ}-induced charged-current neutral pion production cross sections on mineral oil at E_{ν}∈0.5–2.0 GeV.” Physical Review D 83, 052009 (2011): n. pag. © 2011 American Physical Society

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1550-7998

1550-2368

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