Devenish, N E, Falk, E, Hartnell, J and The MINOS Collaboration, et al (2016) Measurement of single π0 production by coherent neutral-current ν Fe interactions in the MINOS Near Detector. Physical Review D, 94 (7). ISSN 2470-0010
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Abstract
Forward single π0 production by coherent neutral-current interactions, νA → νAπ0, is investigated using a 2.8 × 10^20 protons-on-target exposure of the MINOS Near Detector. For single-shower topologies, the event distribution in production angle exhibits a clear excess above the estimated background at very forward angles for visible energy in the range 1–8 GeV. Cross sections are obtained for the detector medium comprised of 80% iron and 20% carbon nuclei with <A> = 48, the highest-<A> target used to date in the study of this coherent reaction. The total cross section for coherent neutral-current single π0 production initiated by the νμ flux of the NuMI low-energy beam with mean (mode) Eν of 4.9 GeV (3.0 GeV), is 77.6±5.0(stat)+15.0−16.8 (syst) × 10−40 cm2 pernucleus. The results are in good agreement with predictions of the Berger-Sehgal model.
Item Type: | Article |
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Schools and Departments: | School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences > Physics and Astronomy |
Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics |
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Depositing User: | Billy Wichaidit |
Date Deposited: | 08 Sep 2017 09:07 |
Last Modified: | 08 Sep 2017 09:18 |
URI: | http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/70060 |
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