First Measurement of νe and νμ Interaction Cross Sections at the LHC with FASER's Emulsion Detector



Abraham, RM ORCID: 0000-0003-4678-3808, Anders, J ORCID: 0000-0002-1846-0262, Antel, C ORCID: 0000-0001-9683-0890, Ariga, A ORCID: 0000-0002-6832-2466, Ariga, T ORCID: 0000-0001-9880-3562, Atkinson, J ORCID: 0009-0003-3287-2196, Bernlochner, FU ORCID: 0000-0001-8153-2719, Boeckh, T ORCID: 0009-0000-7721-2114, Boyd, J ORCID: 0000-0001-7360-0726, Brenner, L ORCID: 0000-0001-5350-7081
et al (show 90 more authors) (2024) First Measurement of νe and νμ Interaction Cross Sections at the LHC with FASER's Emulsion Detector Physical Review Letters, 133 (2). 021802-. ISSN 0031-9007, 1079-7114

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Abstract

The first results of the study of high-energy electron neutrino (νe) and muon neutrino (νμ) charged-current interactions in the FASERν emulsion-tungsten detector of the FASER experiment at the LHC are presented. A 128.8 kg subset of the FASERν volume was analyzed after exposure to 9.5 fb-1 of s=13.6 TeV pp data. Four (eight) νe (νμ) interaction candidate events are observed with a statistical significance of 5.2σ (5.7σ). This is the first direct observation of νe interactions at a particle collider and includes the highest-energy νe and νμ ever detected from an artificial source. The interaction cross section per nucleon σ/Eν is measured over an energy range of 560-1740 GeV (520-1760 GeV) for νe (νμ) to be (1.2-0.7+0.8)×10-38 cm2 GeV-1 [(0.5±0.2)×10-38 cm2 GeV-1], consistent with standard model predictions. These are the first measurements of neutrino interaction cross sections in those energy ranges.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: FASER Collaboration
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 19 Aug 2024 08:49
Last Modified: 24 Jan 2026 04:57
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.021802
Open Access URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.12520
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3183858
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