Measurement of the double-differential muon-neutrino charged-current inclusive cross section in the NOvA near detector

Acero, M.A.; Adamson, P.; Aliaga, L.; Anfimov, N.; Antoshkin, A.; Arrieta-Diaz, E.; Asquith, L.; Aurisano, A.; Back, A.; Baird, M.; Balashov, N.; Baldi, P.; Bambah, B.A.; Bashar, S.; Bays, K.; Behera, B.; Bernstein, R.; Bhatnagar, V.; Bhattarai, D.; Bhuyan, B.; Bian, J.; Blair, J.; Booth, A.C.; Bowles, R.; Bromberg, C.; Buchanan, N.; Butkevich, A.; Calvez, S.; Carroll, T.J.; Catano-Mur, E.; Choudhary, B.C.; Christensen, A.; Coan, T.E.; Colo, M.; Cremonesi, L.; Davies, G.S.; Derwent, P.F.; Ding, P.; Djurcic, Z.; Dolce, M.; Doyle, D.; Dueñas Tonguino, D.; Dukes, E.C.; Duyang, H.; Edayath, S.; Ehrlich, R.; Elkins, M.; Ewart, E.; Feldman, G.J.; Filip, P.; Franc, J.; Frank, M.J.; Gallagher, H.R.; Gandrajula, R.; Gao, F.; Giri, A.; Gomes, R.A.; Goodman, M.C.; Grichine, V.; Groh, M.; Group, R.; Guo, B.; Habig, A.; Hakl, F.; Hall, A.; Hartnell, J.; Hatcher, R.; Hausner, H.; He, M.; Heller, K.; Hewes, V.; Himmel, A.; Holin, A.; Huang, J.; Jargowsky, B.; Jarosz, J.; Jediny, F.; Johnson, C.; Judah, M.; Kakorin, I.; Kalitkina, A.; Kalra, D.; Kaplan, D.M.; Keloth, R.; Klimov, O.; Koerner, L.W.; Kolupaeva, L.; Kotelnikov, S.; Kralik, R.; Kullenberg, Ch.; Kubu, M.; Kumar, A.; Kuruppu, C.D.; Kus, V.; Lackey, T.; Lang, K.; Lasorak, P.; Lesmeister, J.; Lin, S.; Lister, A.; Liu, J.; Lokajicek, M.; Magill, S.; Manrique Plata, M.; Mann, W.A.; Marshak, M.L.; Martinez-Casales, M.; Matveev, V.; Mayes, B.; Méndez, D.P.; Messier, M.D.; Meyer, H.; Miao, T.; Miller, W.H.; Mishra, S.R.; Mislivec, A.; Mohanta, R.; Moren, A.; Morozova, A.; Mu, W.; Mualem, L.; Muether, M.; Mulder, K.; Naples, D.; Nayak, N.; Nelson, J.K.; Nichol, R.; Niner, E.; Norman, A.; Norrick, A.; Nosek, T.; Oh, H.; Olshevskiy, A.; Olson, T.; Ott, J.; Paley, J.; Patterson, R.B.; Pawloski, G.; Petrova, O.; Petti, R.; Phan, D.D.; Plunkett, R.K.; Porter, J.C.C.; Rafique, A.; Raj, V.; Rajaoalisoa, M.; Ramson, B.; Rebel, B.; Rojas, P.; Roy, P.; Ryabov, V.; Sachdev, K.; Samoylov, O.; Sanchez, M.C.; Sánchez Falero, S.; Shanahan, P.; Sheshukov, A.; Singh, P.; Singh, V.; Smith, E.; Smolik, J.; Snopok, P.; Solomey, N.; Sousa, A.; Soustruznik, K.; Strait, M.; Suter, L.; Sutton, A.; Swain, S.; Sweeney, C.; Sztuc, A.; Tapia Oregui, B.; Tas, P.; Thakore, T.; Thayyullathil, R.B.; Thomas, J.; Tiras, E.; Tripathi, J.; Trokan-Tenorio, J.; Tsaris, A.; Torun, Y.; Urheim, J.; Vahle, P.; Vallari, Z.; Vasel, J.; Vokac, P.; Vrba, T.; Wallbank, M.; Warburton, T.K.; Wetstein, M.; Whittington, D.; Wickremasinghe, D.A.; Wojcicki, S.G.; Wolcott, J.; Wu, W.; Xiao, Y.; Yallappa Dombara, A.; Yankelevich, A.; Yonehara, K.; Yu, S.; Yu, Y.; Zadorozhnyy, S.; Zalesak, J.; Zhang, Y.; Zwaska, R.

doi:10.1103/physrevd.107.052011

Measurement of the double-differential muon-neutrino charged-current inclusive cross section in the NOvA near detector

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Acero M., Adamson P., Aliaga L., Anfimov N., Antoshkin A., Arrieta-Diaz E., ...More

Physical Review D, vol.107, no.5, 2023 (SCI-Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 107 Issue: 5
Publication Date: 2023
Doi Number: 10.1103/physrevd.107.052011
Journal Name: Physical Review D
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Aerospace Database, Chemical Abstracts Core, INSPEC, zbMATH
Erciyes University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

We report cross-section measurements of the final-state muon kinematics for νμ charged-current interactions in the NOvA near detector using an accumulated 8.09×1020 protons on target in the NuMI beam. We present the results as a double-differential cross section in the observed outgoing muon energy and angle, as well as single-differential cross sections in the derived neutrino energy, Eν, and square of the four-momentum transfer, Q2. We compare the results to inclusive cross-section predictions from various neutrino event generators via χ2 calculations using a covariance matrix that accounts for bin-to-bin correlations of systematic uncertainties. These comparisons show a clear discrepancy between the data and each of the tested predictions at forward muon angle and low Q2, indicating a missing suppression of the cross section in current neutrino-nucleus scattering models.