Measurement of neutrino flux from neutrino-electron elastic scattering

(MINERνA Collaboration)

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.93.112007

Measurement of neutrino flux from neutrino-electron elastic scattering

(MINERνA Collaboration)

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University of Rochester
College of William and Mary
Pontifical Catholic Univ. of Peru
Tufts University
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
University of Geneva
Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas
Hampton University
University of Pittsburgh
Slac National Acceleratory Laboratory
Universidad de Guanajuato
Northwestern University
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa Maria
University of Minnesota Duluth
University of Houston
Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Illinois Institute of Technology
University of Florida
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Université d'Antananarivo
Oregon State University
Universidad Nacional de Ingenieriá
Otterbein University

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Muon-neutrino elastic scattering on electrons is an observable neutrino process whose cross section is precisely known. Consequently a measurement of this process in an accelerator-based νμ beam can improve the knowledge of the absolute neutrino flux impinging upon the detector; typically this knowledge is limited to ∼10% due to uncertainties in hadron production and focusing. We have isolated a sample of 135±17 neutrino-electron elastic scattering candidates in the segmented scintillator detector of MINERvA, after subtracting backgrounds and correcting for efficiency. We show how this sample can be used to reduce the total uncertainty on the NuMI νμ flux from 9% to 6%. Our measurement provides a flux constraint that is useful to other experiments using the NuMI beam, and this technique is applicable to future neutrino beams operating at multi-GeV energies.

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Número de artículo	112007
Publicación	Physical Review D
Volumen	93
N.º	11
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.112007
Estado	Publicada - 10 jun. 2016

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