@article{f07f7dd4bb524e7f8b9c00387b65e087,
title = "Constraining the NuMI neutrino flux using inverse muon decay reactions in MINERvA",
abstract = "Inverse muon decay, νμe-→μ-νe, is a reaction whose cross section can be predicted with very small uncertainties. It has a neutrino energy threshold of ≈11 GeV and can be used to constrain the high-energy part of the flux in the NuMI neutrino beam. This reaction is the dominant source of events which only contain high-energy muons nearly parallel to the direction of the neutrino beam. We have isolated a sample of hundreds of such events in neutrino and antineutrino enhanced beams, and have constrained the predicted high-energy flux.",
author = "\{(The MINERνA Collaboration)\} and D. Ruterbories and \{Ahmad Dar\}, Z. and F. Akbar and Ascencio, \{M. V.\} 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 J. Felix and L. Fields and A. Filkins and R. Fine and Gago, \{A. M.\} and H. Gallagher and A. Ghosh and R. Gran and Harris, \{D. A.\} and S. Henry and D. Jena and S. Jena and J. Kleykamp and M. Kordosky and D. Last and T. Le 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 McGowan, \{A. M.\} and B. Messerly and J. Miller and Morf{\'i}n, \{J. G.\} and D. Naples and Nelson, \{J. K.\} and C. Nguyen and A. Norrick and A. Olivier and V. Paolone and Perdue, \{G. N.\}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 authors. Published by the American Physical Society.",
year = "2021",
month = nov,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevD.104.092010",
language = "English",
volume = "104",
journal = "Physical Review D",
issn = "2470-0010",
number = "9",
}