Neutrino and antineutrino inclusive charged-current cross section measurements with the MINOS near detector
Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: The energy dependence of the neutrino-iron and antineutrino-iron inclusive charged-current cross sections and their ratio have been measured using a high-statistics sample with the MINOS near detector exposed to the NuMI beam from the main injector at Fermilab. Neutrino and antineutrino fluxes were determined using a low hadronic energy subsample of charged-current events. We report measurements of $\ensuremath{\nu}\mathrm{\text{\ensuremath{-}}}\mathrm{Fe}$ ($\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}}\mathrm{\text{\ensuremath{-}}}\mathrm{Fe}$) cross section in the energy range 3--50 GeV (5--50 GeV) with precision of 2%--8% (3%--9%) and their ratio which is measured with precision 2%--8%. The data set spans the region from low energy, where accurate measurements are sparse, up to the high-energy scaling region where the cross section is well understood.
Authors: P. Adamson, C. Andreopoulos, K. E. Arms, R. Armstrong, D. J. Auty, D. S. Ayres, C. Backhouse, P. D. Barnes, G. Barr, W. L. Barrett, D. Bhattacharya, M. Bishai, A. Blake, G. J. Bock, D. J. Boehnlein, D. Bogert, C. Bower, S. Cavanaugh, J. D. Chapman, D. Cherdack, S. Childress, B. C. Choudhary, J. A. B. Coelho, S. J. Coleman, D. Cronin-Hennessy, A. J. Culling, I. Z. Danko, J. K. de Jong, N. E. Devenish, M. V. Diwan, M. Dorman, A. R. Erwin, C. O. Escobar, J. J. Evans, E. Falk, G. J. Feldman, M. V. Frohne, H. R. Gallagher, A. Godley, M. C. Goodman, P. Gouffon, R. Gran, E. W. Grashorn, K. Grzelak, A. Habig, D. Harris, P. G. Harris, J. Hartnell, R. Hatcher, K. Heller, A. Himmel, A. Holin, J. Hylen, G. M. Irwin, Z. Isvan, D. E. Jaffe, C. James, D. Jensen, T. Kafka, S. M. S. Kasahara, J. J. Kim, G. Koizumi, S. Kopp, M. Kordosky, D. J. Koskinen, Z. Krahn, A. Kreymer, K. Lang, J. Ling, P. J. Litchfield, R. P. Litchfield, L. Loiacono, P. Lucas, J. Ma, W. A. Mann, M. L. Marshak, J. S. Marshall, N. Mayer, A. M. McGowan, R. Mehdiyev, J. R. Meier, M. D. Messier, C. J. Metelko, D. G. Michael, W. H. Miller, S. R. Mishra, J. Mitchell, C. D. Moore, J. Morfín, L. Mualem, S. Mufson, J. Musser, D. Naples, J. K. Nelson, H. B. Newman, R. J. Nichol, T. C. Nicholls, J. P. Ochoa-Ricoux, W. P. Oliver, T. Osiecki, R. Ospanov, J. Paley, V. Paolone, R. B. Patterson, Ž. Pavlović, G. Pawloski, G. F. Pearce, D. A. Petyt, R. Pittam, R. K. Plunkett, A. Rahaman, R. A. Rameika, T. M. Raufer, B. Rebel, P. A. Rodrigues, C. Rosenfeld, H. A. Rubin, V. A. Ryabov, M. C. Sanchez, N. Saoulidou, J. Schneps, P. Schreiner, V. K. Semenov, P. Shanahan, W. Smart, C. Smith, A. Sousa, P. Stamoulis, M. Strait, N. Tagg, R. L. Talaga, J. Thomas, M. A. Thomson, G. Tinti, R. Toner, V. A. Tsarev, G. Tzanakos, J. Urheim, P. Vahle, B. Viren, M. Watabe, A. Weber, R. C. Webb, N. West, C. White, L. Whitehead, S. G. Wojcicki, D. M. Wright, T. Yang, M. Zois, K. Zhang, R. Zwaska
Institutions: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Science and Technology Facilities Council, University of Minnesota, Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana University, University of Sussex, Argonne National Laboratory, University of Oxford, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Western Washington University, University of Pittsburgh, Brookhaven National Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Harvard University, Tufts University, California Institute of Technology, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), William & Mary, Illinois Institute of Technology, University College London, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Benedictine University, Holy Cross College, University of South Carolina, Universidade de São Paulo, University of Minnesota, Duluth, University of Warsaw, Stanford University, The University of Texas at Austin, P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute for High Energy Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Otterbein University, Texas A&M University
Language: English
Topic: Neutrino Physics Research
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funders: National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, University of Minnesota, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Fermilab
Awards: Sussex EPP Rolling Grant 2009, G263442057, G2772663732, Copy of Low-energy searches for symmetry violations and for particle physics beyond the Standard Model using neutrons, neutrinos and slow light, The Experimental Study of Elementary Particle Interactions at High Energy, G5084773133, G5704738596, Particle Physics Rolling Grant 2009, MINOS/MINOS+ PROJECT COORDINATION
OpenAlex ID: W2139373834