Measurement of Electron Neutrino Quasielastic and Quasielasticlike Scattering on Hydrocarbon at Eν ©=3.6 GeV

J. Wolcott; L. Aliaga; O. Altinok; L. Bellantoni; A. Bercellie; M. Betancourt; A. Bodek; A. Bravar; H. Budd; T. Cai; M. F. Carneiro; J. Chvojka; H. Da Motta; J. Devan; S. A. Dytman; G. A. Díaz; B. Eberly; J. Felix; L. Fields; R. Fine; A. M. Gago; R. Galindo; H. Gallagher; A. Ghosh; T. Golan; R. Gran; D. A. Harris; A. Higuera; M. Kiveni; J. Kleykamp; M. Kordosky; T. Le; E. Maher; S. Manly; W. A. Mann; C. M. Marshall; D. A. Martinez Caicedo; K. S. McFarland; C. L. McGivern; A. M. McGowan; B. Messerly; J. Miller; A. Mislivec; J. G. Morfín; J. Mousseau; T. Muhlbeier; D. Naples; J. K. Nelson; A. Norrick; J. Osta; (MINERvA Collaboration)

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.081802

Measurement of Electron Neutrino Quasielastic and Quasielasticlike Scattering on Hydrocarbon at Eν ©=3.6 GeV

J. Wolcott, L. Aliaga, O. Altinok, L. Bellantoni, A. Bercellie, M. Betancourt, A. Bodek, A. Bravar, H. Budd, T. Cai, M. F. Carneiro, J. Chvojka, H. Da Motta, J. Devan, S. A. Dytman, G. A. Díaz, B. Eberly, J. Felix, L. Fields, R. FineA. M. Gago, R. Galindo, H. Gallagher, A. Ghosh, T. Golan, R. Gran, D. A. Harris, A. Higuera, M. Kiveni, J. Kleykamp, M. Kordosky, T. Le, E. Maher, S. Manly, W. A. Mann, C. M. Marshall, D. A. Martinez Caicedo, K. S. McFarland, C. L. McGivern, A. M. McGowan, B. Messerly, J. Miller, A. Mislivec, J. G. Morfín, J. Mousseau, T. Muhlbeier, D. Naples, J. K. Nelson, A. Norrick, J. Osta, (MINERvA Collaboration)

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The first direct measurement of electron neutrino quasielastic and quasielasticlike scattering on hydrocarbon in the few-GeV region of incident neutrino energy has been carried out using the MINERvA detector in the NuMI beam at Fermilab. The flux-integrated differential cross sections in the electron production angle, electron energy, and Q2 are presented. The ratio of the quasielastic, flux-integrated differential cross section in Q2 for νe with that of similarly selected νμ-induced events from the same exposure is used to probe assumptions that underpin conventional treatments of charged-current νe interactions used by long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments. The data are found to be consistent with lepton universality and are well described by the predictions of the neutrino event generator GENIE.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	081802
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	116
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.081802
State	Published - Feb 25 2016

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Wolcott, J., Aliaga, L., Altinok, O., Bellantoni, L., Bercellie, A., Betancourt, M., Bodek, A., Bravar, A., Budd, H., Cai, T., Carneiro, M. F., Chvojka, J., Da Motta, H., Devan, J., Dytman, S. A., Díaz, G. A., Eberly, B., Felix, J., Fields, L., ... (MINERvA Collaboration) (2016). Measurement of Electron Neutrino Quasielastic and Quasielasticlike Scattering on Hydrocarbon at Eν ©=3.6 GeV. Physical review letters, 116(8), Article 081802. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.081802

Wolcott, J, Aliaga, L, Altinok, O, Bellantoni, L, Bercellie, A, Betancourt, M, Bodek, A, Bravar, A, Budd, H, Cai, T, Carneiro, MF, Chvojka, J, Da Motta, H, Devan, J, Dytman, SA, Díaz, GA, Eberly, B, Felix, J, Fields, L, Fine, R, Gago, AM, Galindo, R, Gallagher, H, Ghosh, A, Golan, T, Gran, R, Harris, DA, Higuera, A, Kiveni, M, Kleykamp, J, Kordosky, M, Le, T, Maher, E, Manly, S, Mann, WA, Marshall, CM, Martinez Caicedo, DA, McFarland, KS, McGivern, CL, McGowan, AM, Messerly, B, Miller, J, Mislivec, A, Morfín, JG, Mousseau, J, Muhlbeier, T, Naples, D, Nelson, JK, Norrick, A, Osta, J & (MINERvA Collaboration) 2016, 'Measurement of Electron Neutrino Quasielastic and Quasielasticlike Scattering on Hydrocarbon at Eν ©=3.6 GeV', Physical review letters, vol. 116, no. 8, 081802. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.081802

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Measurement of Electron Neutrino Quasielastic and Quasielasticlike Scattering on Hydrocarbon at Eν ©=3.6 GeV

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