Simultaneous Measurement of νμ Quasielasticlike Cross Sections on CH, C, H2 O, Fe, and Pb as a Function of Muon Kinematics at MINERvA

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doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.161801

Simultaneous Measurement of νμ Quasielasticlike Cross Sections on CH, C, H2 O, Fe, and Pb as a Function of Muon Kinematics at MINERvA

MINERvA Collaboration

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University of Rochester
University of Mississippi
Aligarh Muslim University
College of William and Mary
Pontifical Catholic Univ. of Peru
Iowa State University
Oregon State University
Argonne National Laboratory
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Universidad de Guanajuato
University of Geneva
Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas
University of California at Davis
York University Toronto
Brookhaven National Laboratory
University of Pittsburgh
University of Notre Dame
Syracuse University
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Tufts University
University of Minnesota Duluth
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali
Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine
University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences
University of Warwick
University of Oxford
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa Maria
University of Florida
Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick
Universidad Nacional de Ingenieriá
Queen Mary University of London
University of Cincinnati

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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.

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Número de artículo	161801
Publicación	Physical Review Letters
Volumen	13
N.º	16
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.161801
Estado	Publicada - 21 abr. 2023

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Simultaneous Measurement of νμ Quasielasticlike Cross Sections on CH, C, H2 O, Fe, and Pb as a Function of Muon Kinematics at MINERvA

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