Measurement of the νμ CCQE cross section on carbon with the ND280 detector at T2K

UNSPECIFIED (2015) Measurement of the νμ CCQE cross section on carbon with the ND280 detector at T2K. Physical Review D, 92 (11): 112003. ISSN 1550-7998

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Abstract

The Charged-Current Quasi-Elastic (CCQE) interaction, νl + n → l − + p, is the dominant CC process at Eν ∼ 1 GeV and contributes to the signal in accelerator-based long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments operating at intermediate neutrino energies. This paper reports a measurement by the T2K experiment of the νµ CCQE cross section on a carbon target with the off-axis detector based on the observed distribution of muon momentum (pµ) and angle with respect to the incident neutrino beam (θµ). The flux-integrated CCQE cross section was measured to be hσi = (0.83 ± 0.12) × 10−38 cm2 . The energy dependence of the CCQE cross section is also reported. The axial mass, MQE A , of the dipole axial form factor was extracted assuming the Smith-Moniz CCQE model with a relativistic Fermi gas nuclear model. Using the absolute (shapeonly) pµ-cosθµ distribution, the effective M QE A parameter was measured to be 1.26+0.21 −0.18 GeV/c2 (1.43+0.28 −0.22 GeV/c2 ).

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Physical Review D
Additional Information:
© 2015 American Physical Society
Subjects:
?? single pion-productionresonance regiondelta-resonancetrue absorptionnuclear targetsgev-cscatteringexchangeexcitation ??
ID Code:
74434
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Deposited On:
30 Jun 2015 13:30
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Yes
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Published
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