Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-16-2011
Abstract
In this paper, we report on the measurement of the rate of inclusive π0 production induced by charged-current neutrino interactions in a C 8H8 target at a mean energy of 1.3 GeV in the K2K near detector. Out of a sample of 11606 charged-current neutrino interactions, we select 479 π0 events with two reconstructed photons. We find that the cross section for the inclusive π0 production relative to the charged-current quasielastic cross section is σCCπ0σCCQE=0. 426±0.032(stat)±0.035(syst). The energy-dependent cross section ratio is also measured. The results are consistent with previous experiments for exclusive channels on different targets. © 2011 American Physical Society.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Recommended Citation
Mariani, C., Tornero-Lopez, A., Alcaraz, J., Andringa, S., Aoki, S., Aoyama, Y., Argyriades, J., Asakura, K., Ashie, R., Berghaus, F., Berns, H., Bhang, H., Blondel, A., Borghi, S., Bouchez, J., Burguet-Castell, J., Casper, D., Catala, J., Cavata, C., Cervera, A., Chen, S., Cho, K., Choi, J., Dore, U., Espinal, X., Fechner, M., Fernandez, E., & Fujii, Y. (2011). Measurement of inclusive π0 production in the charged-current interactions of neutrinos in a 1.3-GeV wide band beam. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 83 (5) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.83.054023