Title

Measurement of the muon antineutrino double-differential cross section for quasielastic-like scattering on hydrocarbon at E-v similar to 3.5 GeV

Authors

C. E. Patrick
Leonidas Aliaga Soplin, College of William and MaryFollow
A. Bashyal, College of William and MaryFollow
L. BellantoniFollow
A. BercellieFollow
M. BetancourtFollow
A. BodekFollow
A. BravarFollow
H. BuddFollow
G. F. R. CaceresFollow
M. F. CarneiroFollow
E. ChavarriaFollow
H. da Motta
S. A. Dytman
G. A. Diaz
J. Felix
L. Fields
R. Fine
A. M. Gago
R. GalindoFollow
Michael A. Kordosky, College of William and MaryFollow
Jeffrey K. Nelson, College of William and MaryFollow
Anne Norrick, College of William and Mary
Edgar Valencia-Rodriguez, College of William and MaryFollow
D. Zhang, College of William and Mary

Document Type

Article

Department/Program

Physics

Journal Title

PHYSICAL REVIEW D

Pub Date

3-8-2018

Volume

97

Issue

5

First Page

1

Abstract

We present double-differential measurements of antineutrino charged-current quasielastic scattering in the MINERvA detector. This study improves on a previous single-differential measurement by using updated reconstruction algorithms and interaction models and provides a complete description of observed muon kinematics in the form of a double-differential cross section with respect to muon transverse and longitudinal momentum. We include in our signal definition zero-meson final states arising from multinucleon interactions and from resonant pion production followed by pion absorption in the primary nucleus. We find that model agreement is considerably improved by a model tuned to MINERvA inclusive neutrino scattering data that incorporates nuclear effects such as weak nuclear screening and two-particle, two-hole enhancements.

Recommended Citation

Patrick, C. E.; Aliaga Soplin, Leonidas; Bashyal, A.; Bellantoni, L.; Bercellie, A.; Betancourt, M.; Bodek, A.; Bravar, A.; Budd, H.; Caceres, G. F. R.; Carneiro, M. F.; Chavarria, E.; da Motta, H.; Dytman, S. A.; Diaz, G. A.; Felix, J.; Fields, L.; Fine, R.; Gago, A. M.; Galindo, R.; Kordosky, Michael A.; Nelson, Jeffrey K.; Norrick, Anne; Valencia-Rodriguez, Edgar; and Zhang, D., Measurement of the muon antineutrino double-differential cross section for quasielastic-like scattering on hydrocarbon at E-v similar to 3.5 GeV (2018). PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 97(5), 1-49.
10.1103/PhysRevD.97.052002

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevD.97.052002