학술논문

First measurement of νμ charged-current π0 production on argon with the MicroBooNE detector
Document Type
article
Source
Physical Review D. 99(9)
Subject
Nuclear and Plasma Physics
Particle and High Energy Physics
Synchrotrons and Accelerators
Physical Sciences
hep-ex
physics.ins-det
Astronomical and Space Sciences
Atomic
Molecular
Nuclear
Particle and Plasma Physics
Quantum Physics
Nuclear & Particles Physics
Mathematical physics
Astronomical sciences
Particle and high energy physics
Language
Abstract
We report the first measurement of the flux-integrated cross section of νμ charged-current single π0 production on argon. This measurement is performed with the MicroBooNE detector, an 85 ton active mass liquid argon time projection chamber exposed to the Booster Neutrino Beam at Fermilab. This result on argon is compared to past measurements on lighter nuclei to investigate the scaling assumptions used in models of the production and transport of pions in neutrino-nucleus scattering. The techniques used are an important demonstration of the successful reconstruction and analysis of neutrino interactions producing electromagnetic final states using a liquid argon time projection chamber operating at the Earth's surface.