e-Article
Single neutral pion production by charged-current ν¯μ interactions on hydrocarbon at 〈Eν〉=3.6 GeV
Document Type
article
Author
T. Le; J.L. Palomino; L. Aliaga; O. Altinok; A. Bercellie; A. Bodek; A. Bravar; W.K. Brooks; A. Butkevich; D.A. Martinez Caicedo; M.F. Carneiro; M.E. Christy; J. Chvojka; H. da Motta; J. Devan; S.A. Dytman; G.A. Díaz; B. Eberly; J. Felix; L. Fields; R. Fine; A.M. Gago; H. Gallagher; R. Gran; D.A. Harris; A. Higuera; K. Hurtado; M. Kordosky; E. Maher; S. Manly; W.A. Mann; C.M. Marshall; K.S. McFarland; C.L. McGivern; A.M. McGowan; J. Miller; J.G. Morfín; J. Mousseau; J.K. Nelson; A. Norrick; J. Osta; V. Paolone; J. Park; C.E. Patrick; G.N. Perdue; L. Rakotondravohitra; R.D. Ransome; H. Ray; L. Ren; P.A. Rodrigues; D. Ruterbories; H. Schellman; D.W. Schmitz; J.T. Sobczyk; C.J. Solano Salinas; N. Tagg; B.G. Tice; E. Valencia; T. Walton; J. Wolcott; H. Yepes-Ramirez; G. Zavala; D. Zhang; B.P. Ziemer
Source
Physics Letters B, Vol 749, Iss C, Pp 130-136 (2015)
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Language
English
ISSN
0370-2693
1873-2445
1873-2445
Abstract
Single neutral pion production via muon antineutrino charged-current interactions in plastic scintillator (CH) is studied using the MINERvA detector exposed to the NuMI low-energy, wideband antineutrino beam at Fermilab. Measurement of this process constrains models of neutral pion production in nuclei, which is important because the neutral-current analog is a background for ν¯e appearance oscillation experiments. The differential cross sections for π0 momentum and production angle, for events with a single observed π0 and no charged pions, are presented and compared to model predictions. These results comprise the first measurement of the π0 kinematics for this process.