Measurement of the muon neutrino charged-current cross sections on water, hydrocarbon and iron, and their ratios, with the T2K on-axis detectors
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Abstract
We report a measurement of the flux-integrated νμ charged-current cross sections on water, hydrocarbon, and iron in the T2K on-axis neutrino beam with a mean neutrino energy of 1.5 GeV. The measured cross sections on water, hydrocarbon, and iron are σH2OCC=(0.840±0.010(stat.)+0.10−0.08(syst.))×10−38cm2/nucleon, σCHCC=(0.817±0.007(stat.)+0.11−0.08(syst.))×10−38cm2/nucleon, and σFeCC=(0.859±0.003(stat.)+0.12−0.10(syst.))×10−38cm2/nucleon, respectively, for a restricted phase space of induced muons: θμ<45∘ and pμ>0.4 GeV/c in the laboratory frame. The measured cross section ratios are σH2OCC/σCHCC=1.028±0.016(stat.)±0.053(syst.), σFeCC/σH2OCC=1.023±0.012(stat.)±0.058(syst.), and σFeCC/σCHCC=1.049±0.010(stat.)±0.043(syst.). These results, with an unprecedented precision for the measurements of neutrino cross sections on water in the studied energy region, show good agreement with the current neutrino interaction models used in the T2K oscillation analyses.
Date Issued
2019-09-01
Date Acceptance
2019-09-01
Citation
Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, 2019, 2019 (9), pp.1-30
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0033-068X
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Publication Office of Progress of Theoretical Physics
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1
End Page
30
Journal / Book Title
Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics
Volume
2019
Issue
9
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© The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Physical Society of Japan.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
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ST/N000242/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Physics, Particles & Fields
Physics
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Published
Article Number
ARTN 093C02
Date Publish Online
2019-09-26