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

Acero, M.; Adamson, P.; Aliaga, L.; Alion, T.; Allakhverdian, V; Anfimov, N.; Antoshkin, A.; Arrieta-Diaz, E.; Aurisano, A.; Back, A.; Backhouse, C.; Baird, M.; Balashov, N.; Baldi, P.; Bambah, B.; Basher, S.; Bays, K.; Behera, B.; Bending, S.; Bernstein, R.; Bhatnagar, V; Bhuyan, B.; Bian, J.; Blair, J.; Booth, A.; Bolshakova, A.; Bour, P.; Bromberg, C.; Buchanan, N.; Butkevich, A.; Campbell, M.; Carroll, T.; Catano-Mur, E.; Childress, S.; Choudhary, B.; Chowdhury, B.; Coan, T.; Colo, M.; Corwin, L.; Cremonesi, L.; Cronin-Hennessy, D.; Davies, G.; Derwent, P.; Ding, P.; Djurcic, Z.; Doyle, D.; Dukes, E.; Dung, P.; Duyang, H.; Edayath, S.; Ehrlich, R.; Feldman, G.; Flanagan, W.; Frank, M.; Gallagher, H.; Gandrajula, R.; Gao, F.; Germani, S.; Giri, A.; Gomes, R.; Goodman, M.; Grichine, V; Groh, M.; Group, R.; Guo, B.; Habig, A.; Hakl, F.; Hartnell, J.; Hatcher, R.; Hatzikoutelis, A.; Heller, K.; Himmel, A.; Holin, A.; Howard, B.; Huang, J.; Hylen, J.; Jediny, F.; Johnson, C.; Judah, M.; Kakorin, I; Kalra, D.; Kaplan, D.; Keloth, R.; Klimov, O.; Koerner, L.; Kolupaeva, L.; Kotelnikov, S.; Kreymer, A.; Kullenberg, Ch; Kumar, A.; Kuruppu, C.; Kus, V; Lackey, T.; Lang, K.; Lin, S.; Lokajicek, M.; Lozier, J.; Luchuk, S.; Maan, K.; Magill, S.; Mann, W.; Marshak, M.; Matveev, V; Mendez, D.; Messier, M.; Meyer, H.; Miao, T.; Miller, W.; Mishra, S.; Mislivec, A.; Mohanta, R.; Moren, A.; Mualem, L.; Muether, M.; Mulder, K.; Mufson, S.; Murphy, R.; Musser, J.; Naples, D.; Nayak, N.; Nelson, J.; Nichol, R.; Niner, E.; Norman, A.; Nosek, T.; Oksuzian, Y.; Olshevskiy, A.; Olson, T.; Paley, J.; Patterson, R.; Pawloski, G.; Pershey, D.; Petrova, O.; Petti, R.; Plunkett, R.; Potukuchi, B.; Principato, C.; Psihas, F.; Raj, V; Radovic, A.; Rameika, R.; Rebel, B.; Rojas, P.; Ryabov, V; Sachdev, K.; Samoylov, O.; Sanchez, M.; Seong, I.; Shanahan, P.; Sheshukov, A.; Singh, P.; Singh, V; Smith, E.; Smolik, J.; Snopok, P.; Solomey, N.; Song, E.; Sousa, A.; Soustruznik, K.; Strait, M.; Suter, L.; Talaga, R.; Tas, P.; Thayyullathil, R.; Thomas, J.; Tiras, EMRAH; Torbunov, D.; Tripathi, J.; Tsaris, A.; Torun, Y.; Urheim, J.; Vahle, P.; Vasel, J.; Vinton, L.; Vokac, P.; Vrba, T.; Wang, B.; Warburton, T.; Wetstein, M.; While, M.; Whittington, D.; Wojcicki, S.; Wolcott, J.; Yadav, N.; Dombara, A.; Yang, S.; Yonehara, K.; Yu, S.; Zalesak, J.; Zamorano, B.; Zwaska, R.

doi:10.1103/physrevd.102.012004

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

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

PHYSICAL REVIEW D, vol.102, no.1, 2020 (SCI-Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 102 Issue: 1
Publication Date: 2020
Doi Number: 10.1103/physrevd.102.012004
Journal Name: PHYSICAL REVIEW D
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Aerospace Database, INSPEC, zbMATH
Erciyes University Affiliated: No

Abstract

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.