Measurement of muon plus proton final states in νμ interactions on hydrocarbon at Eν =4.2GeV

T. Walton; M. Betancourt; L. Aliaga; O. Altinok; A. Bodek; A. Bravar; H. Budd; M. Bustamante; A. Butkevich; D. A. Martinez Caicedo; M. F. Carneiro; C. M. Castromonte; M. E. Christy; J. Chvojka; H. Da Motta; M. Datta; J. Devan; S. A. Dytman; G. A. Díaz; B. Eberly; J. Felix; L. Fields; R. Fine; G. A. Fiorentini; A. Gago; H. Gallagher; R. Gran; D. A. Harris; A. Higuera; K. Hurtado; J. Kleykamp; M. Kordosky; S. A. Kulagin; T. Le; E. Maher; S. Manly; W. A. Mann; C. M. Marshall; C. Martin Mari; K. S. McFarland; C. L. McGivern; A. M. McGowan; B. Messerly; J. Miller; A. Mislivec; J. G. Morfín; J. Mousseau; T. Muhlbeier; D. Naples; 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; C. Simon; F. D. Snider; J. T. Sobczyk; C. J. Solano Salinas; N. Tagg; B. G. Tice; E. Valencia; J. Wolcott; M. Wospakrik; G. Zavala; D. Zhang; B. P. Ziemer

Measurement of muon plus proton final states in νμ interactions on hydrocarbon at Eν =4.2GeV

T. Walton
, M. Betancourt
, L. Aliaga
, O. Altinok
, A. Bodek
, A. Bravar
, H. Budd
, M. Bustamante
, A. Butkevich
, D. A. Martinez Caicedo
, M. F. Carneiro
, C. M. Castromonte
, M. E. Christy
, J. Chvojka
, H. Da Motta
, M. Datta
, J. Devan
, S. A. Dytman
, G. A. Díaz
, B. Eberly

J. Felix, L. Fields, R. Fine, G. A. Fiorentini, A. Gago, H. Gallagher, R. Gran, D. A. Harris, A. Higuera, K. Hurtado, J. Kleykamp, M. Kordosky, S. A. Kulagin, T. Le, E. Maher, S. Manly, W. A. Mann, C. M. Marshall, C. Martin Mari, K. S. McFarland, C. L. McGivern, A. M. McGowan, B. Messerly, J. Miller, A. Mislivec, J. G. Morfín, J. Mousseau, T. Muhlbeier, D. Naples, 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, C. Simon, F. D. Snider, J. T. Sobczyk, C. J. Solano Salinas, N. Tagg, B. G. Tice, E. Valencia, J. Wolcott, M. Wospakrik, G. Zavala, D. Zhang, B. P. Ziemer

Sección de Física

Hampton University
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
William & Mary
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Tufts University
University of Rochester
Université de Genève
Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas
University of Pittsburgh
Universidad de Guanajuato
Northwestern University
University of Minnesota Duluth
Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria, Lima
Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
University of Florida
The Enrico Fermi Institute
University of California, Irvine
Otterbein University

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Abstract

A study of charged-current muon neutrino scattering on hydrocarbon in which the final state includes a muon, at least one proton, and no pions is presented. Although this signature has the topology of neutrino quasielastic scattering from neutrons, the event sample contains contributions from quasielastic and inelastic processes where pions are absorbed in the nucleus. The analysis accepts events with muon production angles up to 70° and proton kinetic energies greater than 110 MeV. The cross section, when based completely on hadronic kinematics, is well described by a relativistic Fermi gas nuclear model including the neutrino event generator modeling for inelastic processes and particle transportation through the nucleus. This is in contrast to the quasielastic cross section based on muon kinematics, which is best described by an extended model that incorporates multinucleon correlations. This measurement guides the formulation of a complete description of neutrino-nucleus interactions that encompasses the hadronic as well as the leptonic aspects of this process.

Original language	Spanish
Journal	Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume	91
State	Published - 1 Apr 2015

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Walton, T., Betancourt, M., Aliaga, L., Altinok, O., Bodek, A., Bravar, A., Budd, H., Bustamante, M., Butkevich, A., Martinez Caicedo, D. A., Carneiro, M. F., Castromonte, C. M., Christy, M. E., Chvojka, J., Da Motta, H., Datta, M., Devan, J., Dytman, S. A., Díaz, G. A., ... Ziemer, B. P. (2015). Measurement of muon plus proton final states in νμ interactions on hydrocarbon at Eν =4.2GeV. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 91.

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