@article{6a8d51a886f34baf9430413f457d18c5,
title = "Simultaneous Measurement of νμ Quasielasticlike Cross Sections on CH, C, H2 O, Fe, and Pb as a Function of Muon Kinematics at MINERvA",
abstract = "This Letter presents the first simultaneous measurement of the quasielasticlike neutrino-nucleus cross sections on C, water, Fe, Pb, and scintillator (hydrocarbon or CH) as a function of longitudinal and transverse muon momentum. The ratio of cross sections per nucleon between Pb and CH is always above unity and has a characteristic shape as a function of transverse muon momentum that evolves slowly as a function of longitudinal muon momentum. The ratio is constant versus longitudinal momentum within uncertainties above a longitudinal momentum of 4.5 GeV/c. The cross section ratios to CH for C, water, and Fe remain roughly constant with increasing longitudinal momentum, and the ratios between water or C to CH do not have any significant deviation from unity. Both the overall cross section level and the shape for Pb and Fe as a function of transverse muon momentum are not reproduced by current neutrino event generators. These measurements provide a direct test of nuclear effects in quasielasticlike interactions, which are major contributors to long-baseline neutrino oscillation data samples.",
author = "\{MINERvA Collaboration\} and J. Kleykamp and S. Akhter and \{Ahmad Dar\}, Z. and V. Ansari and Ascencio, \{M. V.\} and \{Sajjad Athar\}, M. and A. Bashyal and A. Bercellie and M. Betancourt and A. Bodek and Bonilla, \{J. L.\} and A. Bravar and H. Budd and G. Caceres and T. Cai and Carneiro, \{M. F.\} and D{\'i}az, \{G. A.\} and \{Da Motta\}, H. and Dytman, \{S. A.\} and J. Felix and L. Fields and A. Filkins and R. Fine and Gago, \{A. M.\} and H. Gallagher and Gilligan, \{S. M.\} and R. Gran and E. Granados and Harris, \{D. A.\} and S. Henry and D. Jena and S. Jena and A. Klustov{\'a} and M. Kordosky and D. Last and A. Lozano and Lu, \{X. G.\} and E. Maher and S. Manly and Mann, \{W. A.\} and C. Mauger and McFarland, \{K. S.\} and B. Messerly and J. Miller and O. Moreno and Morf{\'i}n, \{J. G.\} and D. Naples and Nelson, \{J. K.\} and C. Nguyen and A. Olivier",
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year = "2023",
month = apr,
day = "21",
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.161801",
language = "English",
volume = "13",
journal = "Physical Review Letters",
issn = "0031-9007",
number = "16",
}