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Differential cross section measurement of charged current $v_e$ interactions without final-state pions in MicroBooNE
Creators
- Abratenko, P.1
- Anthony, J.2
- Arellano, L.3
- Asaadi, J.4
- Ashkenazi, A.5
- Balasubramanian, S.6
- Baller, B.6
- Barnes, C.7
- Barr, G.8
- Barrow, J.9
- Basque, V.6
- Bathe-Peters, L.10
- Benevides Rodrigues, O.11
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Berkman, S.6
- Bhanderi, A.3
- Bhattacharya, M.6
- Bishai, M.12
- Blake, A.13
- Bogart, B.7
- Bolton, T.14
- Miller, K.15
- Schmitz, D. W.15
- 1. Tufts University
- 2. University of California, Santa Barbara
- 3. University of Manchester
- 4. University of Texas
- 5. Tel Aviv University
- 6. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
- 7. University of Michigan
- 8. University of Oxford
- 9. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 10. Harvard University
- 11. Syracuse University
- 12. Brookhaven National Laboratory
- 13. Lancaster University
- 14. Kansas State University
- 15. University of Chicago
Description
In this paper we present the first measurements of an exclusive electron neutrino cross section with the MicroBooNE experiment using data from the Booster neutrino beamline at Fermilab. These measurements are made for a selection of charged-current electron neutrinos without final-state pions. Differential cross sections are extracted in energy and angle with respect to the beam for the electron and the leading proton. The differential cross section as a function of proton energy is measured using events with protons both above and below the visibility threshold. This is done by including a separate selection of electron neutrino events without reconstructed proton candidates in addition to those with proton candidates. Results are compared to the predictions from several modern generators, and we find the data agrees well with these models. The data shows best agreement, as quantified by the 𝑝-value, with the generators that predict a lower overall cross section, such as GENIE v3 and NuWro.
Notes
Due to the large number of authors, only the first 20 and the University of Chicago authors are included on the above author list. Please download the article for the complete list of authors.
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- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.106.L051102
- Other
- oai:uchicago.tind.io:13267
Funding
- U.S. Department of Energy
- DE-AC02-07CH11359
- National Science Foundation
- Swiss National Science Foundation
- United Kingdom Research and Innovation
- Royal Society
- UK Research and Innovation
- Future Leaders Fellowship
- Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics