Measurement of muon neutrino quasielastic scattering on a hydrocarbon target at Eν∼3.5 GeV

G. A. Fiorentini; D. W. Schmitz; P. A. Rodrigues; L. Aliaga; O. Altinok; B. Baldin; A. Baumbaugh; A. Bodek; D. Boehnlein; S. Boyd; R. Bradford; W. K. Brooks; H. Budd; A. Butkevich; D. A. Martinez Caicedo; C. M. Castromonte; M. E. Christy; H. Chung; J. Chvojka; M. Clark; H. Da Motta; D. S. Damiani; I. Danko; M. Datta; M. Day; R. Demaat; J. Devan; E. Draeger; S. A. Dytman; G. A. Díaz; B. Eberly; D. A. Edmondson; J. Felix; L. Fields; T. Fitzpatrick; A. M. Gago; H. Gallagher; C. A. George; J. A. Gielata; C. Gingu; B. Gobbi; R. Gran; N. Grossman; J. Hanson; D. A. Harris; J. Heaton; A. Higuera; I. J. Howley; K. Hurtado; M. Jerkins; T. Kafka; J. Kaisen; M. O. Kanter; C. E. Keppel; J. Kilmer; M. Kordosky; A. H. Krajeski; S. A. Kulagin; T. Le; H. Lee; A. G. Leister; G. Locke; G. Maggi; E. Maher; S. Manly; W. A. Mann; C. M. Marshall; K. S. McFarland; C. L. McGivern; A. M. McGowan; A. Mislivec; J. G. Morfín; J. Mousseau; D. Naples; J. K. Nelson; G. Niculescu; I. Niculescu; N. Ochoa; C. D. O'Connor; J. Olsen; B. Osmanov; J. Osta; J. L. Palomino; V. Paolone; J. Park; C. E. Patrick; G. N. Perdue; C. Peña; L. Rakotondravohitra; R. D. Ransome; H. Ray; L. Ren; C. Rude; K. E. Sassin; H. Schellman; R. M. Schneider; E. C. Schulte; C. Simon; F. D. Snider; M. C. Snyder; J. T. Sobczyk; C. J. Solano Salinas; N. Tagg; W. Tan; B. G. Tice; G. Tzanakos; J. P. Velásquez; J. Walding; T. Walton; J. Wolcott; B. A. Wolthuis; N. Woodward; G. Zavala; H. B. Zeng; D. Zhang; L. Y. Zhu; B. P. Ziemer

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Measurement of muon neutrino quasielastic scattering on a hydrocarbon target at E_ν∼3.5 GeV

G. A. Fiorentini, D. W. Schmitz, P. A. Rodrigues, L. Aliaga, O. Altinok, B. Baldin, A. Baumbaugh, A. Bodek, D. Boehnlein, S. Boyd, R. Bradford, W. K. Brooks, H. Budd, A. Butkevich, D. A. Martinez Caicedo, C. M. Castromonte, M. E. Christy, H. Chung, J. Chvojka, M. ClarkH. Da Motta, D. S. Damiani, I. Danko, M. Datta, M. Day, R. Demaat, J. Devan, E. Draeger, S. A. Dytman, G. A. Díaz, B. Eberly, D. A. Edmondson, J. Felix, L. Fields, T. Fitzpatrick, A. M. Gago, H. Gallagher, C. A. George, J. A. Gielata, C. Gingu, B. Gobbi, R. Gran, N. Grossman, J. Hanson, D. A. Harris, J. Heaton, A. Higuera, I. J. Howley, K. Hurtado, M. Jerkins, T. Kafka, J. Kaisen, M. O. Kanter, C. E. Keppel, J. Kilmer, M. Kordosky, A. H. Krajeski, S. A. Kulagin, T. Le, H. Lee, A. G. Leister, G. Locke, G. Maggi, E. Maher, S. Manly, W. A. Mann, C. M. Marshall, K. S. McFarland, C. L. McGivern, A. M. McGowan, A. Mislivec, J. G. Morfín, J. Mousseau, D. Naples, J. K. Nelson, G. Niculescu, I. Niculescu, N. Ochoa, C. D. O'Connor, J. Olsen, B. Osmanov, J. Osta, J. L. Palomino, V. Paolone, J. Park, C. E. Patrick, G. N. Perdue, C. Peña, L. Rakotondravohitra, R. D. Ransome, H. Ray, L. Ren, C. Rude, K. E. Sassin, H. Schellman, R. M. Schneider, E. C. Schulte, C. Simon, F. D. Snider, M. C. Snyder, J. T. Sobczyk, C. J. Solano Salinas, N. Tagg, W. Tan, B. G. Tice, G. Tzanakos, J. P. Velásquez, J. Walding, T. Walton, J. Wolcott, B. A. Wolthuis, N. Woodward, G. Zavala, H. B. Zeng, D. Zhang, L. Y. Zhu, B. P. Ziemer

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We report a study of ν_μ charged-current quasielastic events in the segmented scintillator inner tracker of the MINERvA experiment running in the NuMI neutrino beam at Fermilab. The events were selected by requiring a μ^- and low calorimetric recoil energy separated from the interaction vertex. We measure the flux-averaged differential cross section, dσ/dQ2, and study the low energy particle content of the final state. Deviations are found between the measured dσ/dQ2 and the expectations of a model of independent nucleons in a relativistic Fermi gas. We also observe an excess of energy near the vertex consistent with multiple protons in the final state.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	022502
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	111
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.022502
State	Published - Jul 11 2013

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Fiorentini, G. A., Schmitz, D. W., Rodrigues, P. A., Aliaga, L., Altinok, O., Baldin, B., Baumbaugh, A., Bodek, A., Boehnlein, D., Boyd, S., Bradford, R., Brooks, W. K., Budd, H., Butkevich, A., Martinez Caicedo, D. A., Castromonte, C. M., Christy, M. E., Chung, H., Chvojka, J., ... Ziemer, B. P. (2013). Measurement of muon neutrino quasielastic scattering on a hydrocarbon target at E_ν∼3.5 GeV. Physical review letters, 111(2), Article 022502. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.022502

Fiorentini, GA, Schmitz, DW, Rodrigues, PA, Aliaga, L, Altinok, O, Baldin, B, Baumbaugh, A, Bodek, A, Boehnlein, D, Boyd, S, Bradford, R, Brooks, WK, Budd, H, Butkevich, A, Martinez Caicedo, DA, Castromonte, CM, Christy, ME, Chung, H, Chvojka, J, Clark, M, Da Motta, H, Damiani, DS, Danko, I, Datta, M, Day, M, Demaat, R, Devan, J, Draeger, E, Dytman, SA, Díaz, GA, Eberly, B, Edmondson, DA, Felix, J, Fields, L, Fitzpatrick, T, Gago, AM, Gallagher, H, George, CA, Gielata, JA, Gingu, C, Gobbi, B, Gran, R, Grossman, N, Hanson, J, Harris, DA, Heaton, J, Higuera, A, Howley, IJ, Hurtado, K, Jerkins, M, Kafka, T, Kaisen, J, Kanter, MO, Keppel, CE, Kilmer, J, Kordosky, M, Krajeski, AH, Kulagin, SA, Le, T, Lee, H, Leister, AG, Locke, G, Maggi, G, Maher, E, Manly, S, Mann, WA, Marshall, CM, McFarland, KS, McGivern, CL, McGowan, AM, Mislivec, A, Morfín, JG, Mousseau, J, Naples, D, Nelson, JK, Niculescu, G, Niculescu, I, Ochoa, N, O'Connor, CD, Olsen, J, Osmanov, B, Osta, J, Palomino, JL, Paolone, V, Park, J, Patrick, CE, Perdue, GN, Peña, C, Rakotondravohitra, L, Ransome, RD, Ray, H, Ren, L, Rude, C, Sassin, KE, Schellman, H, Schneider, RM, Schulte, EC, Simon, C, Snider, FD, Snyder, MC, Sobczyk, JT, Solano Salinas, CJ, Tagg, N, Tan, W, Tice, BG, Tzanakos, G, Velásquez, JP, Walding, J, Walton, T, Wolcott, J, Wolthuis, BA, Woodward, N, Zavala, G, Zeng, HB, Zhang, D, Zhu, LY & Ziemer, BP 2013, 'Measurement of muon neutrino quasielastic scattering on a hydrocarbon target at E_ν∼3.5 GeV', Physical review letters, vol. 111, no. 2, 022502. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.022502

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