Measurement of the Inclusive Electron Neutrino Charged Current Cross Section on Carbon with the T2K Near Detector



Abe, K, Adam, J, Aihara, H, Akiri, T, Andreopoulos, Constantinos ORCID: 0000-0003-2020-8215, Aoki, S, Ariga, A, Assylbekov, S, Autiero, D, Barbi, M
et al (show 312 more authors) (2014) Measurement of the Inclusive Electron Neutrino Charged Current Cross Section on Carbon with the T2K Near Detector. Physical Review Letters, 113 (24).

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Abstract

The T2K off-axis near detector ND280 is used to make the first differential cross-section measurements of electron neutrino charged current interactions at energies ∼1  GeV as a function of electron momentum, electron scattering angle, and four-momentum transfer of the interaction. The total flux-averaged νe charged current cross section on carbon is measured to be ⟨σ⟩ϕ=1.11±0.10(stat)±0.18(syst)×10-38  cm2/nucleon. The differential and total cross-section measurements agree with the predictions of two leading neutrino interaction generators, NEUT and GENIE. The NEUT prediction is 1.23×10-38  cm2/nucleon and the GENIE prediction is 1.08×10-38  cm2/nucleon. The total νe charged current cross-section result is also in agreement with data from the Gargamelle experiment.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Submitted to PRL. Please see http://t2k-experiment.org/results/nd280-nue-xs-2014 for the data releated to these results
Uncontrolled Keywords: T2K Collaboration
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 03 May 2017 09:11
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2023 07:05
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.241803
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3007216