Measurement of ¯νμ and νμ charged current inclusive cross sections and their ratio with the T2K off-axis near detector

The T2K Collaboration, Asher Kaboth

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Abstract

We report a measurement of cross section σ(νμ+nucleus→μ−+X) and the first measurements of the cross section σ(¯νμ+nucleus→μ++X) and their ratio R(σ(¯ν)σ(ν)) at (anti) neutrino energies below 1.5 GeV. We determine the single momentum bin cross section measurements, averaged over the T2K ¯ν/ν-flux, for the detector target material (mainly carbon, oxygen, hydrogen and copper) with phase space restricted laboratory frame kinematics of θμ<32° and pμ>500  MeV/c. The results are σ(¯ν)=(0.900±0.029(stat)±0.088(syst))×10−39 and σ(ν)=(2.41±0.022(stat)±0.231(syst))×10−39 in units of cm2/nucleon and R(σ(¯ν)σ(ν))=0.373±0.012(stat)±0.015(syst).
Original languageEnglish
Article number052001
Pages (from-to)1-15
Number of pages15
JournalPhysical Review D
Volume96
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Sept 2017

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