Measurement of the νe -Nucleus Charged-Current Double-Differential Cross Section at «eν »=2.4 GeV Using NOvA

Acero, M.A. and Adamson, P and Giri, Anjan Kumar and et al, . (2022) Measurement of the νe -Nucleus Charged-Current Double-Differential Cross Section at «eν »=2.4 GeV Using NOvA. Physical Review D, 130 (5). ISSN 2470-0010

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Abstract

The inclusive electron neutrino charged-current cross section is measured in the NOvA near detector using 8.02×1020 protons-on-target in the NuMI beam. The sample of GeV electron neutrino interactions is the largest analyzed to date and is limited by ≃17% systematic rather than the ≃7.4% statistical uncertainties. The double-differential cross section in final-state electron energy and angle is presented for the first time, together with the single-differential dependence on Q2 (squared four-momentum transfer) and energy, in the range 1 GeV≤Eν<6 GeV. Detailed comparisons are made to the predictions of the GENIE, GiBUU, NEUT, and NuWro neutrino event generators. The data do not strongly favor a model over the others consistently across all three cross sections measured, though some models have especially good or poor agreement in the single differential cross section vs Q2.

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IITH Creators:

IITH Creators	ORCiD
Giri, Anjan Kumar	UNSPECIFIED

Item Type:

Article

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Charged current; Double differential cross sections; Electron neutrino; Energy; Final state; Measurements of; Neutrino interactions; NuMI beam; Single-differential; Statistical uncertainty

Subjects:

Physics

Divisions:

Department of Physics

Depositing User:

Mr Nigam Prasad Bisoyi

Date Deposited:

19 May 2023 11:53

Last Modified:

01 Jun 2023 12:07

URI:

http://raiithold.iith.ac.in/id/eprint/11509