Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Experiment
Scientific paper
2010-02-13
Phys.Rev.D81:092005,2010
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
22 pages, 16 figures, published in Physical Review D, latest version to reflect changes in PRD editing
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.81.092005
A high-statistics sample of charged-current muon neutrino scattering events collected with the MiniBooNE experiment is analyzed to extract the first measurement of the double differential cross section ($\frac{d^2\sigma}{dT_\mu d\cos\theta_\mu}$) for charged-current quasielastic (CCQE) scattering on carbon. This result features minimal model dependence and provides the most complete information on this process to date. With the assumption of CCQE scattering, the absolute cross section as a function of neutrino energy ($\sigma[E_\nu]$) and the single differential cross section ($\frac{d\sigma}{dQ^2}$) are extracted to facilitate comparison with previous measurements. These quantities may be used to characterize an effective axial-vector form factor of the nucleon and to improve the modeling of low-energy neutrino interactions on nuclear targets. The results are relevant for experiments searching for neutrino oscillations.
Aguilar-Arevalo Alexis A.
Anderson Ernest C.
Bazarko Andrew O.
Brice S. J.
Brown Bruce C.
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