First measurement of the nu(mu) charged-current cross section on a water target without pions in the final state

This paper reports the first differential measurement of the charged-current interaction cross section of νμ on water with no pions in the final state. This flux-averaged measurement has been made using the T2K experiment’s off-axis near detector, and is reported in doubly differential bins of muon...

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Main Authors: Abe, K, Amey, J, Andreopoulos, C, Barr, G, Coplowe, D, Dolan, S, Lu, X, Shah, R, Vladisavljevic, T, Wark, D, Weber, A, T2K Collaboration et al.
Format: Journal article
Published: American Physical Society 2018
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Summary:This paper reports the first differential measurement of the charged-current interaction cross section of νμ on water with no pions in the final state. This flux-averaged measurement has been made using the T2K experiment’s off-axis near detector, and is reported in doubly differential bins of muon momentum and angle. The flux-averaged total cross section in a restricted region of phase space was found to be σ=(0.95±0.08(stat)±0.06(det syst)±0.04(model syst)±0.08(flux))×10^−38 cm^2/n.