Measurement of neutrino-induced neutral-current coherent pi(0) production in the NOvA near detector


Acero M. A., Adamson P., Aliaga L., Alion T., Allakhverdian V., Anfimov N., ...Daha Fazla

PHYSICAL REVIEW D, cilt.102, sa.1, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 102 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1103/physrevd.102.012004
  • Dergi Adı: PHYSICAL REVIEW D
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Aerospace Database, INSPEC, zbMATH
  • Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

The cross section of neutrino-induced neutral-current coherent pi(0) production on a carbon-dominated target is measured in the NOvA near detector. This measurement uses a narrow-band neutrino beam with an average neutrino energy of 2.7 GeV, which is of interest to ongoing and future long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments. The measured, flux-averaged cross section is sigma = 13.8 +/- 0.9(stat) +/- 2.3(syst) x 10(-40) cm(2)/nucleus, consistent with model prediction. This result is the most precise measurement of neutral-current coherent pi(0) production in the few-GeV neutrino energy region.