Measurement of muon neutrino quasielastic scattering on carbon

Authors

A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo, Columbia University
A. O. Bazarko, Princeton University
S. J. Brice, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
B. C. Brown, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
L. Bugel, Columbia University
J. Cao, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
L. Coney, Columbia University
J. M. Conrad, Columbia University
D. C. Cox, Indiana University Bloomington
A. Curioni, Yale University
Z. Djurcic, Columbia University
D. A. Finley, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
B. T. Fleming, Yale University
R. Ford, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
F. G. Garcia, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
G. T. Garvey, Los Alamos National Laboratory
C. Green, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
J. A. Green, Indiana University Bloomington
T. L. Hart, University of Colorado Boulder
E. Hawker, Western Illinois University
R. Imlay, Louisiana State University
R. A. Johnson, University of Cincinnati
P. Kasper, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
T. Katori, Indiana University Bloomington
T. Kobilarcik, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
I. Kourbanis, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
S. Koutsoliotas, Bucknell University
E. M. Laird, Princeton University
J. M. Link, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Y. Liu, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Y. Liu, The University of Alabama
W. C. Louis, Los Alamos National Laboratory
K. B.M. Mahn, Columbia University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-23-2008

Abstract

The observation of neutrino oscillations is clear evidence for physics beyond the standard model. To make precise measurements of this phenomenon, neutrino oscillation experiments, including MiniBooNE, require an accurate description of neutrino charged current quasielastic (CCQE) cross sections to predict signal samples. Using a high-statistics sample of νμ CCQE events, MiniBooNE finds that a simple Fermi gas model, with appropriate adjustments, accurately characterizes the CCQE events observed in a carbon-based detector. The extracted parameters include an effective axial mass, MAeff=1.23±0. 20GeV, that describes the four-momentum dependence of the axial-vector form factor of the nucleon, and a Pauli-suppression parameter, κ=1. 019±0.011. Such a modified Fermi gas model may also be used by future accelerator-based experiments measuring neutrino oscillations on nuclear targets. © 2008 The American Physical Society.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Physical Review Letters

Recommended Citation

Aguilar-Arevalo, A., Bazarko, A., Brice, S., Brown, B., Bugel, L., Cao, J., Coney, L., Conrad, J., Cox, D., Curioni, A., Djurcic, Z., Finley, D., Fleming, B., Ford, R., Garcia, F., Garvey, G., Green, C., Green, J., Hart, T., Hawker, E., Imlay, R., Johnson, R., Kasper, P., Katori, T., Kobilarcik, T., Kourbanis, I., Koutsoliotas, S., Laird, E., Link, J., Liu, Y., Liu, Y., Louis, W., & Mahn, K. (2008). Measurement of muon neutrino quasielastic scattering on carbon. Physical Review Letters, 100 (3) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.032301