Measurement of the muon neutrino inclusive charged-current cross section in the energy range of 1–3 GeV with the T2K INGRID detector
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Journal Article
Abstract
We report a measurement of the νμ-nucleus inclusive charged-current cross section (=σcc) on iron using data from the INGRID detector exposed to the J-PARC neutrino beam. The detector consists of 14 modules in total, which are spread over a range of off-axis angles from 0° to 1.1°. The variation in the neutrino energy spectrum as a function of the off-axis angle, combined with event topology information, is used to calculate this cross section as a function of neutrino energy. The cross section is measured to be σcc(1.1 GeV)=1.10±0.15 (10−38 cm2/nucleon), σcc(2.0 GeV)=2.07±0.27 (10−38 cm2/nucleon), and σcc(3.3 GeV)=2.29±0.45 (10−38 cm2/nucleon), at energies of 1.1, 2.0, and 3.3 GeV, respectively. These results are consistent with the cross section calculated by the neutrino interaction generators currently used by T2K. More importantly, the method described here opens up a new way to determine the energy dependence of neutrino-nucleus cross sections.
Date Issued
2016-04-05
Date Acceptance
2016-01-08
Citation
Physical Review D, 2016, 93 (7)
ISSN
1550-7998
Publisher
American Physical Society
Journal / Book Title
Physical Review D
Volume
93
Issue
7
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Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Grant Number
ST/K001604/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Physics, Particles & Fields
Physics
MULTIPLICITY DISTRIBUTIONS
PION ABSORPTION
MONTE-CARLO
NUCLEI
SIMULATION
COLLISIONS
hep-ex
Nuclear & Particles Physics
0201 Astronomical And Space Sciences
0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle And Plasma Physics
0206 Quantum Physics
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
072002