Physics Letters B (Oct 2015)
Single neutral pion production by charged-current ν¯μ interactions on hydrocarbon at 〈Eν〉=3.6 GeV
- T. Le,
- J.L. Palomino,
- L. Aliaga,
- O. Altinok,
- A. Bercellie,
- A. Bodek,
- A. Bravar,
- W.K. Brooks,
- A. Butkevich,
- D.A. Martinez Caicedo,
- M.F. Carneiro,
- M.E. Christy,
- J. Chvojka,
- H. da Motta,
- J. Devan,
- S.A. Dytman,
- G.A. Díaz,
- B. Eberly,
- J. Felix,
- L. Fields,
- R. Fine,
- A.M. Gago,
- H. Gallagher,
- R. Gran,
- D.A. Harris,
- A. Higuera,
- K. Hurtado,
- M. Kordosky,
- E. Maher,
- S. Manly,
- W.A. Mann,
- C.M. Marshall,
- K.S. McFarland,
- C.L. McGivern,
- A.M. McGowan,
- J. Miller,
- J.G. Morfín,
- J. Mousseau,
- J.K. Nelson,
- A. Norrick,
- J. Osta,
- V. Paolone,
- J. Park,
- C.E. Patrick,
- G.N. Perdue,
- L. Rakotondravohitra,
- R.D. Ransome,
- H. Ray,
- L. Ren,
- P.A. Rodrigues,
- D. Ruterbories,
- H. Schellman,
- D.W. Schmitz,
- J.T. Sobczyk,
- C.J. Solano Salinas,
- N. Tagg,
- B.G. Tice,
- E. Valencia,
- T. Walton,
- J. Wolcott,
- H. Yepes-Ramirez,
- G. Zavala,
- D. Zhang,
- B.P. Ziemer
Affiliations
- T. Le
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
- J.L. Palomino
- Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, Rua Dr. Xavier Sigaud 150, Urca, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 22290-180, Brazil
- L. Aliaga
- Department of Physics, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187, USA
- O. Altinok
- Physics Department, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA
- A. Bercellie
- University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14610 USA
- A. Bodek
- University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14610 USA
- A. Bravar
- University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- W.K. Brooks
- Departamento de Física, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Avenida España 1680, Casilla 110-V, Valparaíso, Chile
- A. Butkevich
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117312 Moscow, Russia
- D.A. Martinez Caicedo
- Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, Rua Dr. Xavier Sigaud 150, Urca, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 22290-180, Brazil
- M.F. Carneiro
- Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, Rua Dr. Xavier Sigaud 150, Urca, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 22290-180, Brazil
- M.E. Christy
- Hampton University, Dept. of Physics, Hampton, VA 23668, USA
- J. Chvojka
- University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14610 USA
- H. da Motta
- Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, Rua Dr. Xavier Sigaud 150, Urca, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 22290-180, Brazil
- J. Devan
- Department of Physics, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187, USA
- S.A. Dytman
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
- G.A. Díaz
- Sección Física, Departamento de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Apartado 1761, Lima, Peru
- B. Eberly
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
- J. Felix
- Campus León y Campus Guanajuato, Universidad de Guanajuato, Lascurain de Retana No. 5, Col. Centro, Guanajuato 36000, Guanajuato, Mexico
- L. Fields
- Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
- R. Fine
- University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14610 USA
- A.M. Gago
- Sección Física, Departamento de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Apartado 1761, Lima, Peru
- H. Gallagher
- Physics Department, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA
- R. Gran
- Department of Physics, University of Minnesota – Duluth, Duluth, MN 55812, USA
- D.A. Harris
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA
- A. Higuera
- University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14610 USA
- K. Hurtado
- Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, Rua Dr. Xavier Sigaud 150, Urca, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 22290-180, Brazil
- M. Kordosky
- Department of Physics, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187, USA
- E. Maher
- Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, 375 Church Street, North Adams, MA 01247, USA
- S. Manly
- University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14610 USA
- W.A. Mann
- Physics Department, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA
- C.M. Marshall
- University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14610 USA
- K.S. McFarland
- University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14610 USA
- C.L. McGivern
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
- A.M. McGowan
- University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14610 USA
- J. Miller
- Departamento de Física, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Avenida España 1680, Casilla 110-V, Valparaíso, Chile
- J.G. Morfín
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA
- J. Mousseau
- University of Florida, Department of Physics, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
- J.K. Nelson
- Department of Physics, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187, USA
- A. Norrick
- Department of Physics, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187, USA
- J. Osta
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA
- V. Paolone
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
- J. Park
- University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14610 USA
- C.E. Patrick
- Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
- G.N. Perdue
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA
- L. Rakotondravohitra
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA
- R.D. Ransome
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
- H. Ray
- University of Florida, Department of Physics, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
- L. Ren
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
- P.A. Rodrigues
- University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14610 USA
- D. Ruterbories
- University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14610 USA
- H. Schellman
- Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
- D.W. Schmitz
- Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
- J.T. Sobczyk
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA
- C.J. Solano Salinas
- Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Apartado 31139, Lima, Peru
- N. Tagg
- Department of Physics, Otterbein University, 1 South Grove Street, Westerville, OH 43081, USA
- B.G. Tice
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
- E. Valencia
- Campus León y Campus Guanajuato, Universidad de Guanajuato, Lascurain de Retana No. 5, Col. Centro, Guanajuato 36000, Guanajuato, Mexico
- T. Walton
- Hampton University, Dept. of Physics, Hampton, VA 23668, USA
- J. Wolcott
- University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14610 USA
- H. Yepes-Ramirez
- Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, Rua Dr. Xavier Sigaud 150, Urca, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 22290-180, Brazil
- G. Zavala
- Campus León y Campus Guanajuato, Universidad de Guanajuato, Lascurain de Retana No. 5, Col. Centro, Guanajuato 36000, Guanajuato, Mexico
- D. Zhang
- Department of Physics, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187, USA
- B.P. Ziemer
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-4575, USA
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2015.07.039
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 749,
no. C
pp. 130 – 136
Abstract
Single neutral pion production via muon antineutrino charged-current interactions in plastic scintillator (CH) is studied using the MINERvA detector exposed to the NuMI low-energy, wideband antineutrino beam at Fermilab. Measurement of this process constrains models of neutral pion production in nuclei, which is important because the neutral-current analog is a background for ν¯e appearance oscillation experiments. The differential cross sections for π0 momentum and production angle, for events with a single observed π0 and no charged pions, are presented and compared to model predictions. These results comprise the first measurement of the π0 kinematics for this process.
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