Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-26-2019
Abstract
We report a measurement of the flux-integrated νμ charged-current cross sections on water, hydrocarbon, and iron in the T2K on-axis neutrino beam with a mean neutrino energy of 1.5 GeV. The measured cross sections on water, hydrocarbon, and iron are σH2oCC = (0.840±0.010(stat.)+0.10-0.08(syst.)) ×10-38 cm2/nucleon, σCHCC = (0.817±0.007(stat.)+0.11-0.08(syst.)) × 10-38 cm2/nucleon, and σFeCC = (0.859±0.003(stat.)^+0.12-0.10(syst.)) ×10-38 cm2/nucleon, respectively, for a restricted phase space of induced muons: θμ < 45° and pμ > 0.4 GeV/c in the laboratory frame. The measured cross section ratios are σH2oCC/σCHCC = 1.028±0.016(stat.)±0.053(syst.), σFeCC/σH2oCC = 1.023±0.012(stat.)±0.058(syst.), and σFeCC/σCHCC = 1.049±0.010(stat.)±0.043(syst.). These results, with an unprecedented precision for the measurements of neutrino cross sections on water in the studied energy region, show good agreement with the current neutrino interaction models used in the T2K oscillation analyses.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics
Recommended Citation
Abe, K., Akutsu, R., Ali, A., Andreopoulos, C., Anthony, L., Antonova, M., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Ashida, Y., Awataguchi, Y., Azuma, Y., Ban, S., Barbi, M., Barker, G., Barr, G., Barry, C., Batkiewicz-Kwasniak, M., Bench, F., Berardi, V., Berkman, S., Berner, R., Berns, L., Bhadra, S., Bienstock, S., Blondel, A., Bolognesi, S., Bourguille, B., & Boyd, S. (2019). Measurement of the muon neutrino charged-current cross sections on water, hydrocarbon and iron, and their ratios, with the T2K on-axis detectors. Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, 2019 (9) https://doi.org/10.1093/ptep/ptz070