First double-differential measurement of pionless charged-current muon neutrino interactions using kinematic imbalance observables on carbon and oxygen with the T2K experiment
Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: We report the first measurement of muon-neutrino charged-current cross section as a function of kinematic imbalance (KI) observables on oxygen with no pions and at least one proton in the final state, using the T2K ND280 detector. The cross section is extracted simultaneously for carbon and oxygen targets and double-differentially as a function of several KI observables, providing new insight into the modeling of nuclear effects. This joint measurement offers direct sensitivity to the correlations between two targets, a key ingredient for reducing systematic uncertainties in neutrino oscillation experiments that employ multiple target nuclei, such as T2K and Hyper-Kamiokande. Comparisons with predictions from widely used neutrino event generators show that none of the models fully describe the data across all regions of measured phase space. These results highlight possible directions where improvements in neutrino-nucleus interaction modeling are needed for current and future neutrino oscillation experiments.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Authors: Abe, K., Abe, S., Adhikary, H., Akutsu, R., Alarakia-Charles, H., Hakim, Y. I. Alj, Monsalve, S. Alonso, Anthony, L., Aoki, S., Apte, K. A., Arai, T., Arihara, T., Arimoto, S., Asami, Y., Asaoka, Y., Ashida, Y., Atkin, E. T., Babu, N., Baranov, V., Barker, G. J., Barr, G., Barrow, D., Bates, P., Bathe-Peters, L., Batkiewicz-Kwasniak, M., Baudis, N., Berardi, V., Berns, L., Bhattacharjee, S., Blanchet, A., Blondel, A., Bøe, L., Boistier, P. M. M., Bolognesi, S., Bordoni, S., Boyd, S. B., Bronner, C., Bubak, A., Avanzini, M. Buizza, Caballero, J. A., Calabria, N. F., Calvet, D., Cao, S., Carabadjac, D., Cartwright, S. L., Casado, M. P., Catanesi, M. G., Chakrani, J., Chalumeau, A., Cherdack, D., Chvirova, A., Coleman, J., Collazuol, G., Cormier, F., Craplet, A. A. L., Cudd, A., D'Ago, D., Dalmazzone, C., Daret, T., Davis, C., Davydov, Yu. I., de Perio, P., De Rosa, G., Dealtry, T., Densham, C., Dergacheva, A., Banerjee, R. Dharmapal, Di Lodovico, F., Lopez, G. Diaz, Dolan, S., Doyle, T. A., Drapier, O., Duffy, K. E., Dumarchez, J., Dunne, P., Dygnarowicz, K., Baz, M. El, Elias, J., Emery-Schrenk, S., Erofeev, G., Ershova, A., Eurin, G., Fani, M., Fedorova, D., Fedotov, S., Feltre, M., Feng, L., Ferlewicz, D., Finch, A. J., Fitton, M. D., Forza, C., Friend, M., Fujii, Y., Fukuda, Y., Funayama, N., Olmedo, A. N. Gaciño, García-Marcos, J., Germer, A. C., Giannessi, L., Giganti, C., Girgus, M., Glagolev, V., Gonin, M., Jimenez, R. Gonzalez, Rosa, J. González, Gorshanov, K., Govindaraj, P., Grassi, M., Guigue, M., Guo, F. Y., Hadley, D. R., Han, S., Harris, D. A., Harris, R. J., Hartz, M., Hasegawa, T., Hasnip, C. M., Hassani, S., Hastings, N. C., Hayashi, K., Hayato, Y., Heitkamp, I., Henaff, D., Hino, Y., Hiraide, K., Holeczek, J., Holin, A., Van, N. T. Hong, Honjo, T., Hooft, M. C. F., Huang, R., Hu, J., Ichikawa, A. K., Ieki, K., Ikeda, M., Ishida, T. H., Ishida, T., Ishitsuka, M., Ito, H., Ito, S., Izmaylov, A., Jachowicz, N., Jargowsky, B., Jenkins, S. J., Jesús-Valls, C., Ji, J. Y., Jones, T. P., Jonsson, P., Joshi, S., Jung, C. K., Kabirnezhad, M., Kaboth, A. C., Kadota, K., Kakuno, H., Kamata, A., Kameda, J., Karpova, S., Kasturi, V. S., Kataoka, Y., Katori, T., Kawabe, R., Kawaue, M., Kearns, E., Khabibullin, M., Khomutov, N. V., Khotjantsev, A., Kikawa, T., King, S., Kiseeva, V., Kisiel, J., Klustová, A., Kneale, L., Kobayashi, H., Kobayashi, S. R., Kobayashi, T., Koch, L., Kodama, S., Kolupanova, M., Kormos, L. L., Koshio, Y., Kowalik, K., Kralik, R., Kudenko, Y., Jha, A. Kumar, Kurjata, R., Kurochka, V., Kutter, T., Labarga, L., Lachat, M., Lachner, K., Lagoda, J., Lakshmi, S. M., James, M. Lamers, Langella, A., Langridge, D. H., Laporte, J. -F., Last, D., Latham, N., Laveder, M., Lavitola, L., Lawe, M., Leclerc, A., Lemaire, N., Silverio, D. Leon, Leplumey, T., Levorato, S., Lewis, S. V., Li, B., Lin, C., Litchfield, R. P., Li, W., Longhin, A., Ludovici, L., Lu, X., Lux, T., Machado, L. N., Magaletti, L., Mahn, K., Mahtani, K. K., Manly, S., Martin, D. G. R., Caicedo, D. A. Martinez, Martinez, L., Martini, M., Mashin, N., Matsubara, T., Matsumoto, R., Mauger, C., Mavrokoridis, K., McCauley, N., McFarland, K. S., McGrew, C., McKean, J., Mefodiev, A., Megias, G. D., Mellet, L., Metelko, C., Mezzetto, M., Miki, S., Mikola, V., Miller, E. W., Minamino, A., Mineev, O., Mine, S., Mirabito, J., Miura, M., Moriyama, S., Morrison, P., Mueller, Th. A., Munford, D., Muñoz, A., Munteanu, L., Nagai, Y., Nakadaira, T., Nakagiri, K., Nakahata, M., Nakajima, Y., Nakamura, K. D., Nakano, A., Nakano, Y., Nakayama, S., Nakaya, T., Nakayoshi, K., Naseby, C. E. R., Nguyen, D. T., Nguyen, V. Q., Niewczas, K., Nishimori, S., Nishimura, Y., Noguchi, Y., Nosek, T., Nova, F., Nugent, J. C., O'Keeffe, H. 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Institutions: Polytechnic University of Bari, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Lancaster University, ETH Zurich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Imperial College London, Kobe University, Kyoto University, Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, University of Houston, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA Paris-Saclay - Etablissement de Saclay, Institut de Recherche sur les Lois Fondamentales de l'Univers, University of Geneva, International Centre for Interdisciplinary Science and Education, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, École Polytechnique, University of Liverpool, Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Institute for High Energy Physics, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Institute for Nuclear Research, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, University of Colorado Boulder, Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, The University of Tokyo, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli, European Organization for Nuclear Research, Ghent University, International Laboratory for Astrophysics, Neutrino and Cosmology Experiments, International Centre of Physics, Viện Vật lý, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, Boston University, University of Naples Federico II, King's College London, University of Padua, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Sapienza University of Rome, University of Glasgow, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I, University of California, Irvine, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, VNU University of Science, Duke University, University of British Columbia
Language: English
Topic: Neutrino Physics Research
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funders: U.S. Department of Energy, National Foundation for Science and Technology Development, Universidad de Sevilla, CERN, UK Research and Innovation, Centres de Recerca de Catalunya, National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, European Commission, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Agence Nationale de la Recherche, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung, Generalitat de Catalunya, Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, Universiteit Gent, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Russian Science Foundation, Nemzeti Kutatási Fejlesztési és Innovációs Hivatal, Vlaamse regering, Sorbonne Université, Alliance de recherche numérique du Canada, Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca, European Regional Development Fund, Agencia Estatal de Investigación, Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo
Awards: G104587016, G1204740081, G120905174, G1272927172, G134384773, G1582200376, G1594289875, G1597638202, G1724840934, G1855990336, G1916845537, G1919446431, G196419191, G2262748287, G2575991346, G2585926585, G2614460161, G2660406951, G2988934680, G3005324705, G3345895242, G3436058682, G3477743816, G3480869486, G348919436, G3518538256, G357246561, G3623246279, G363809202, G3681454997, G4042783231, G4119031143, G4158373152, G425668148, G4278058701, G451917667, G4527516994, Suche nach CPVerletzung in NeutrinoOszillationen mit dem Experiment T2KII, G464105488, Suche nach leptonischer CPVerletzung mit dem T2KII Experiment, G5063303659, Hoàn thiện bức tranh dao động neutrino và kiểm chứng tính đơn nguyên của ma trận trộn lepton, Neutrino-nucleus cross-section meassurements using the new sFGD detector of T2K, G5266531347, G531036588, G5421974903, G5483924367, G5519330468, From Super-Kamiokande to Hyper-Kamiokande, G5852091828, G586857820, G5922099756, G5967599077, Xác định tiết diện hiệu dụng neutrino-hạt nhân sử dụng detector sFGD mới của T2K, G6649312515, G6656126374, Igor Strawinskys Ballettwerk: Entstehung und Konzeption als interdisziplinäres Projekt, G7084143925, G7169023097, 古代説話における諸寺縁起の研究, G7884162832, G8061683924, G8066517023, G8512683158, G8546142835, G8767559811, G8920660035, G9644609
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