European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields (Mar 2019)
Comparison of $${\varvec{\nu }}_{\varvec{\mu }}-$$ νμ- Ar multiplicity distributions observed by MicroBooNE to GENIE model predictions
- C. Adams,
- R. An,
- J. Anthony,
- J. Asaadi,
- M. Auger,
- S. Balasubramanian,
- B. Baller,
- C. Barnes,
- G. Barr,
- M. Bass,
- F. Bay,
- A. Bhat,
- K. Bhattacharya,
- M. Bishai,
- A. Blake,
- T. Bolton,
- L. Camilleri,
- D. Caratelli,
- R. Castillo Fernandez,
- F. Cavanna,
- G. Cerati,
- H. Chen,
- Y. Chen,
- E. Church,
- D. Cianci,
- E. Cohen,
- G. H. Collin,
- J. M. Conrad,
- M. Convery,
- L. Cooper-Troendle,
- J. I. Crespo-Anadón,
- M. Del Tutto,
- D. Devitt,
- A. Diaz,
- S. Dytman,
- B. Eberly,
- A. Ereditato,
- L. Escudero Sanchez,
- J. Esquivel,
- J. J. Evans,
- A. A. Fadeeva,
- B. T. Fleming,
- W. Foreman,
- A. P. Furmanski,
- D. Garcia-Gamez,
- G. T. Garvey,
- V. Genty,
- D. Goeldi,
- S. Gollapinni,
- E. Gramellini,
- H. Greenlee,
- R. Grosso,
- R. Guenette,
- P. Guzowski,
- A. Hackenburg,
- P. Hamilton,
- O. Hen,
- J. Hewes,
- C. Hill,
- J. Ho,
- G. A. Horton-Smith,
- A. Hourlier,
- E.-C. Huang,
- C. James,
- J. Jan de Vries,
- L. Jiang,
- R. A. Johnson,
- J. Joshi,
- H. Jostlein,
- Y.-J. Jwa,
- D. Kaleko,
- G. Karagiorgi,
- W. Ketchum,
- B. Kirby,
- M. Kirby,
- T. Kobilarcik,
- I. Kreslo,
- Y. Li,
- A. Lister,
- B. R. Littlejohn,
- S. Lockwitz,
- D. Lorca,
- W. C. Louis,
- M. Luethi,
- B. Lundberg,
- X. Luo,
- A. Marchionni,
- S. Marcocci,
- C. Mariani,
- J. Marshall,
- D. A. Martinez Caicedo,
- A. Mastbaum,
- V. Meddage,
- T. Mettler,
- T. Miceli,
- G. B. Mills,
- A. Mogan,
- J. Moon,
- M. Mooney,
- C. D. Moore,
- J. Mousseau,
- M. Murphy,
- R. Murrells,
- D. Naples,
- P. Nienaber,
- J. Nowak,
- O. Palamara,
- V. Pandey,
- V. Paolone,
- A. Papadopoulou,
- V. Papavassiliou,
- S. F. Pate,
- Z. Pavlovic,
- E. Piasetzky,
- D. Porzio,
- G. Pulliam,
- X. Qian,
- J. L. Raaf,
- A. Rafique,
- L. Rochester,
- M. Ross-Lonergan,
- C. Rudolf von Rohr,
- B. Russell,
- D. W. Schmitz,
- A. Schukraft,
- W. Seligman,
- M. H. Shaevitz,
- J. Sinclair,
- A. Smith,
- E. L. Snider,
- M. Soderberg,
- S. Söldner-Rembold,
- S. R. Soleti,
- P. Spentzouris,
- J. Spitz,
- J. St. John,
- T. Strauss,
- K. Sutton,
- S. Sword-Fehlberg,
- A. M. Szelc,
- N. Tagg,
- W. Tang,
- K. Terao,
- M. Thomson,
- M. Toups,
- Y.-T. Tsai,
- S. Tufanli,
- T. Usher,
- W. Van De Pontseele,
- R. G. Van de Water,
- B. Viren,
- M. Weber,
- H. Wei,
- D. A. Wickremasinghe,
- K. Wierman,
- Z. Williams,
- S. Wolbers,
- T. Wongjirad,
- K. Woodruff,
- T. Yang,
- G. Yarbrough,
- L. E. Yates,
- G. P. Zeller,
- J. Zennamo,
- C. Zhang
Affiliations
- C. Adams
- Harvard University
- R. An
- Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
- J. Anthony
- University of Cambridge
- J. Asaadi
- University of Texas
- M. Auger
- Universität Bern
- S. Balasubramanian
- Yale University
- B. Baller
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- C. Barnes
- University of Michigan
- G. Barr
- University of Oxford
- M. Bass
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- F. Bay
- TUBITAK Space Technologies Research Institute
- A. Bhat
- Syracuse University
- K. Bhattacharya
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
- M. Bishai
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- A. Blake
- Lancaster University
- T. Bolton
- Kansas State University (KSU)
- L. Camilleri
- Columbia University
- D. Caratelli
- Columbia University
- R. Castillo Fernandez
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- F. Cavanna
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- G. Cerati
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- H. Chen
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- Y. Chen
- Universität Bern
- E. Church
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
- D. Cianci
- Columbia University
- E. Cohen
- Tel Aviv University
- G. H. Collin
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- J. M. Conrad
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- M. Convery
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- L. Cooper-Troendle
- Yale University
- J. I. Crespo-Anadón
- Columbia University
- M. Del Tutto
- University of Oxford
- D. Devitt
- Lancaster University
- A. Diaz
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- S. Dytman
- University of Pittsburgh
- B. Eberly
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- A. Ereditato
- Universität Bern
- L. Escudero Sanchez
- University of Cambridge
- J. Esquivel
- Syracuse University
- J. J. Evans
- The University of Manchester
- A. A. Fadeeva
- Columbia University
- B. T. Fleming
- Yale University
- W. Foreman
- University of Chicago
- A. P. Furmanski
- The University of Manchester
- D. Garcia-Gamez
- The University of Manchester
- G. T. Garvey
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
- V. Genty
- Columbia University
- D. Goeldi
- Universität Bern
- S. Gollapinni
- University of Tennessee
- E. Gramellini
- Yale University
- H. Greenlee
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- R. Grosso
- University of Cincinnati
- R. Guenette
- Harvard University
- P. Guzowski
- The University of Manchester
- A. Hackenburg
- Yale University
- P. Hamilton
- Syracuse University
- O. Hen
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- J. Hewes
- The University of Manchester
- C. Hill
- The University of Manchester
- J. Ho
- University of Chicago
- G. A. Horton-Smith
- Kansas State University (KSU)
- A. Hourlier
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- E.-C. Huang
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
- C. James
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- J. Jan de Vries
- University of Cambridge
- L. Jiang
- University of Pittsburgh
- R. A. Johnson
- University of Cincinnati
- J. Joshi
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- H. Jostlein
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- Y.-J. Jwa
- Columbia University
- D. Kaleko
- Columbia University
- G. Karagiorgi
- Columbia University
- W. Ketchum
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- B. Kirby
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- M. Kirby
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- T. Kobilarcik
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- I. Kreslo
- Universität Bern
- Y. Li
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- A. Lister
- Lancaster University
- B. R. Littlejohn
- Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
- S. Lockwitz
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- D. Lorca
- Universität Bern
- W. C. Louis
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
- M. Luethi
- Universität Bern
- B. Lundberg
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- X. Luo
- Yale University
- A. Marchionni
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- S. Marcocci
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- C. Mariani
- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech
- J. Marshall
- University of Cambridge
- D. A. Martinez Caicedo
- Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
- A. Mastbaum
- University of Chicago
- V. Meddage
- Kansas State University (KSU)
- T. Mettler
- Universität Bern
- T. Miceli
- New Mexico State University (NMSU)
- G. B. Mills
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
- A. Mogan
- University of Tennessee
- J. Moon
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- M. Mooney
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- C. D. Moore
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- J. Mousseau
- University of Michigan
- M. Murphy
- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech
- R. Murrells
- The University of Manchester
- D. Naples
- University of Pittsburgh
- P. Nienaber
- Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota
- J. Nowak
- Lancaster University
- O. Palamara
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- V. Pandey
- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech
- V. Paolone
- University of Pittsburgh
- A. Papadopoulou
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- V. Papavassiliou
- New Mexico State University (NMSU)
- S. F. Pate
- New Mexico State University (NMSU)
- Z. Pavlovic
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- E. Piasetzky
- Tel Aviv University
- D. Porzio
- The University of Manchester
- G. Pulliam
- Syracuse University
- X. Qian
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- J. L. Raaf
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- A. Rafique
- Kansas State University (KSU)
- L. Rochester
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- M. Ross-Lonergan
- Columbia University
- C. Rudolf von Rohr
- Universität Bern
- B. Russell
- Yale University
- D. W. Schmitz
- University of Chicago
- A. Schukraft
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- W. Seligman
- Columbia University
- M. H. Shaevitz
- Columbia University
- J. Sinclair
- Universität Bern
- A. Smith
- University of Cambridge
- E. L. Snider
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- M. Soderberg
- Syracuse University
- S. Söldner-Rembold
- The University of Manchester
- S. R. Soleti
- Harvard University
- P. Spentzouris
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- J. Spitz
- University of Michigan
- J. St. John
- University of Cincinnati
- T. Strauss
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- K. Sutton
- Columbia University
- S. Sword-Fehlberg
- New Mexico State University (NMSU)
- A. M. Szelc
- The University of Manchester
- N. Tagg
- Otterbein University
- W. Tang
- University of Tennessee
- K. Terao
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- M. Thomson
- University of Cambridge
- M. Toups
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- Y.-T. Tsai
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- S. Tufanli
- Yale University
- T. Usher
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- W. Van De Pontseele
- Harvard University
- R. G. Van de Water
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
- B. Viren
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- M. Weber
- Universität Bern
- H. Wei
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- D. A. Wickremasinghe
- University of Pittsburgh
- K. Wierman
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
- Z. Williams
- University of Texas
- S. Wolbers
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- T. Wongjirad
- Tufts University
- K. Woodruff
- New Mexico State University (NMSU)
- T. Yang
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- G. Yarbrough
- University of Tennessee
- L. E. Yates
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- G. P. Zeller
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- J. Zennamo
- University of Chicago
- C. Zhang
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-6742-3
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 79,
no. 3
pp. 1 – 31
Abstract
Abstract We measure a large set of observables in inclusive charged current muon neutrino scattering on argon with the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber operating at Fermilab. We evaluate three neutrino interaction models based on the widely used GENIE event generator using these observables. The measurement uses a data set consisting of neutrino interactions with a final state muon candidate fully contained within the MicroBooNE detector. These data were collected in 2016 with the Fermilab Booster Neutrino Beam, which has an average neutrino energy of $$800~\hbox {MeV}$$ 800MeV , using an exposure corresponding to $$ 5.0\times 10^{19}$$ 5.0×1019 protons-on-target. The analysis employs fully automatic event selection and charged particle track reconstruction and uses a data-driven technique to separate neutrino interactions from cosmic ray background events. We find that GENIE models consistently describe the shapes of a large number of kinematic distributions for fixed observed multiplicity.
