Measurement of νμ charged-current inclusive π0 production in the NOvA near detector
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- Acero, M. A.
- Adamson, P.
- Agam, G.
- Aliaga, L.
- Alion, T.
- Allakhverdian, V.
- Altakarli, S.
- Anfimov, N.
- Antoshkin, A.
- Asquith, L.
- Arrieta-Diaz, E.
- Aurisano, A.
- Back, A.
- Baird, M.
- Balashov, N.
- Baldi, P.
- Bambah, B. A.
- Bashar, S.
- Bays, K.
- Bending, S.
- Bernstein, R.
- Bhatnagar, V.
- Bhuyan, B.
- Bian, J.
- Blair, J.
- Booth, A. C.
- Bour, P.
- Bromberg, C.
- Buchanan, N.
- Butkevich, A.
- Calvez, S.
- Campbell, M.
- Carroll, T. J.
- Catano-Mur, E.
- Childress, S.
- Choudhary, B. C.
- Chowdhury, B.
- Coan, T. E.
- Colo, M.
- Corwin, L.
- Cremonesi, L.
- Davies, G. S.
- Derwent, P. F.
- Dharmapalan, R.
- Ding, P.
- Djurcic, Z.
- Dolce, M.
- Doyle, D.
- Dukes, E. C.
- Dueñas Tonguino, D.
- Dung, P.
- Duyang, H.
- Edayath, S.
- Ehrlich, R.
- Feldman, G. J.
- Filip, P.
- Flanagan, W.
- Frank, M. J.
- Gallagher, H. R.
- Gandrajula, R.
- Gao, F.
- Germani, S.
- Giri, A.
- Gomes, R. A.
- Goodman, M. C.
- Grichine, V.
- Groh, M.
- Group, R.
- Guo, B.
- Habig, A.
- Hakl, F.
- Hall, A.
- Hartnell, J.
- Hatcher, R.
- Hatzikoutelis, A.
- Heller, K.
- Hewes, V.
- Himmel, A.
- Holin, A.
- Howard, B.
- Huang, J.
- Hylen, J.
- Jediny, F.
- Johnson, C.
- Judah, M.
- Kakorin, I.
- Kalra, D.
- Kaplan, D. M.
- Keloth, R.
- Klimov, O.
- Koerner, L. W.
- Kolupaeva, L.
- Kotelnikov, S.
- Kreymer, A.
- Kubu, M.
- Kullenberg, Ch.
- Kumar, A.
- Kuruppu, C. D.
- Kus, V.
- Lackey, T.
- Lang, K.
- Li, L.
- Lin, S.
- Lister, A.
- Lokajicek, M.
- Luchuk, S.
- Maan, K.
- Magill, S.
- Mann, W. A.
- Marshak, M. L.
- Martinez-Casales, M.
- Matveev, V.
- Mayes, B.
- Méndez, D. P.
- Messier, M. D.
- Meyer, H.
- Miao, T.
- Miller, W. H.
- Mishra, S. R.
- Mislivec, A.
- Mohanta, R.
- Moren, A.
- Mualem, L.
- Muether, M.
- Mufson, S.
- Mulder, K.
- Murphy, R.
- Musser, J.
- Naples, D.
- Nayak, N.
- Nelson, J. K.
- Nichol, R.
- Nikseresht, G.
- Niner, E.
- Norman, A.
- Norrick, A.
- Nosek, T.
- Olshevskiy, A.
- Olson, T.
- Paley, J.
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Patterson, R. B.1
- Pawloski, G.
- Pershey, D.1
- Petrova, O.
- Petti, R.
- Phan, D. D.
- Phan-Budd, S.
- Plunkett, R. K.
- Potukuchi, B.
- Principato, C.
- Psihas, F.
- Radovic, A.
- Rafique, A.
- Raj, V.1
- Rameika, R. A.
- Rebel, B.
- Rojas, P.
- Ryabov, V.
- Samoylov, O.
- Sanchez, M. C.
- Sánchez Falero, S.
- Seong, I. S.
- Shanahan, P.
- Sheshukov, A.
- Singh, P.
- Singh, V.
- Smith, E.
- Smolik, J.
- Snopok, P.
- Solomey, N.
- Song, E.
- Sousa, A.
- Soustruznik, K.
- Strait, M.
- Suter, L.
- Sutton, A.
- Talaga, R. L.
- Tapia Oregui, B.
- Tas, P.
- Thayyullathil, R. B.
- Thomas, J.
- Tiras, E.
- Torbunov, D.
- Tripathi, J.
- Tsaris, A.
- Torun, Y.
- Urheim, J.
- Vahle, P.
- Vasel, J.
- Vokac, P.
- Vrba, T.
- Wallbank, M.
- Warburton, T. K.
- Wetstein, M.
- While, M.
- Whittington, D.
- Wickremasinghe, D. A.
- Wojcicki, S. G.
- Wolcott, J.
- Yallappa Dombara, A.
- Yonehara, K.
- Yu, S.
- Yu, Y.
- Zadorozhnyy, S.
- Zalesak, J.
- Zhang, Y.
- Zwaska, R.
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California Institute of Technology
Abstract
Cross sections for the interaction 𝜈𝜇𝐴→𝜇−𝜋0𝑋 with neutrino energies between 1 and 5 GeV are measured using a sample of 165,000 selected events collected in the NOvA experiment’s near detector, a hydrocarbon-based detector exposed to the Neutrinos from the Main Injector beam at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. Results are presented as a flux-averaged total cross section and as differential cross sections in the momenta and angles of the outgoing muon and 𝜋0, the total four-momentum transfer, and the invariant mass of the hadronic system. Comparisons are made with predictions from a reference version of the genie neutrino interaction generator. The measured total cross section of (3.57±0.44)×10−39 cm2 is 7.5% higher than the genie prediction, but is consistent within experimental errors.
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Acknowledgement
This document was prepared by the NOvACollaboration
using the resources of the Fermi National Accelerator
Laboratory (Fermilab), a U.S. Department of Energy,
Office of Science, HEP User Facility. Fermilab is managed
by Fermi Research Alliance, LLC (FRA), acting under
Contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11359. This work was supported
by the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S.
National Science Foundation; the Department of Science
and Technology, India; the European Research Council; the
MSMT CR, GA UK, Czech Republic; the RAS, MSHE,
and RFBR, Russia; CNPq and FAPEG, Brazil; UKRI,
STFC, and the Royal Society, United Kingdom; and the
state and University of Minnesota. We are grateful for the
contributions of the staffs of the University of Minnesota at
the Ash River Laboratory and of Fermilab.
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- ISSN
- 2470-0029
- United States Department of Energy
- DE-AC02-07CH11359
- National Science Foundation
- Department of Science and Technology
- European Research Council
- Ministry of Education Youth and Sports
- Russian Academy of Sciences
- Russian Foundation for Basic Research
- National Council for Scientific and Technological Development
- Fundação de Apoio a Pesquisa do Estado de Goiás
- UK Research and Innovation
- Science and Technology Facilities Council
- Royal Society
- University of Minnesota System
- MSHE
- Accepted
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2023-06-05Accepted paper
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- Published