Measurement of the inclusive ν<sub>μ</sub> charged current cross section on iron and hydrocarbon in the T2K on-axis neutrino beam



Abe, K, Adam, J, Aihara, H, Akiri, T, Andreopoulos, C ORCID: 0000-0003-2020-8215, Aoki, S, Ariga, A, Assylbekov, S, Autiero, D, Barbi, M
et al (show 317 more authors) (2014) Measurement of the inclusive ν<sub>μ</sub> charged current cross section on iron and hydrocarbon in the T2K on-axis neutrino beam. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 90 (5). 052010-.

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Abstract

We report a measurement of the $\nu_\mu$ inclusive charged current cross sections on iron and hydrocarbon in the T2K on-axis neutrino beam. The measured inclusive charged current cross sections on iron and hydrocarbon averaged over the T2K on-axis flux with a mean neutrino energy of 1.51 GeV are $(1.444\pm0.002(stat.)_{-0.157}^{+0.189}(syst.))\times 10^{-38}\mathrm{cm}^2/\mathrm{nucleon}$, and $(1.379\pm0.009(stat.)_{-0.147}^{+0.178}(syst.))\times 10^{-38}\mathrm{cm}^2/\mathrm{nucleon}$, respectively, and their cross section ratio is $1.047\pm0.007(stat.)\pm0.035(syst.)$. These results agree well with the predictions of the neutrino interaction model, and thus we checked the correct treatment of the nuclear effect for iron and hydrocarbon targets in the model within the measurement precisions.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: 15 pages, 17 figures
Uncontrolled Keywords: hep-ex, hep-ex
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 03 May 2017 09:17
Last Modified: 17 Oct 2023 03:00
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.90.052010
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3007219