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Measurement of ν$_μ$ charged-current inclusive π$^0$ production in the NOvA near detector
NOvA Collaboration Meyer, Holger Muether, Mathew Solomey, Nickolas
NOvA Collaboration
Meyer, Holger
Muether, Mathew
Solomey, Nickolas
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2023-06-05
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Collaboration, N. O., Acero, M. A., Adamson, P., Agam, G., Aliaga, L., Alion, T., . . . Zwaska, R. (2023). Measurement of ν$_μ$ charged-current inclusive π$^0$ production in the NOvA near detector. Physical Review D, 107(11), 112008. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.107.112008
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Cross sections for the interaction ν$_μ$ A → μ −π$^0$ X with neutrino energies between 1 and 5 GeV are measured using a sample of 165,000 selected events collected in the NOvA experiment's near detector, a hydrocarbon-based detector exposed to the Neutrinos from the Main Injector beam at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. Results are presented as a flux-averaged total cross section and as differential cross sections in the momenta and angles of the outgoing muon and π$^0$, the total four-momentum transfer, and the invariant mass of the hadronic system. Comparisons are made with predictions from a reference version of the genie neutrino interaction generator. The measured total cross section of (3.57 ± 0.44) 10$^-39$ cm$^2$ is 7.5% higher than the genie prediction, but is consistent within experimental errors.
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Physical Review D
Volume 107, No. 11
Volume 107, No. 11
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2470-0010