Neutrino and antineutrino inclusive charged-current cross section measurements with the MINOS near detector
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 ν-Fe (ν¯-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.
- Publication:
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Physical Review D
- Pub Date:
- April 2010
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.81.072002
- arXiv:
- arXiv:0910.2201
- Bibcode:
- 2010PhRvD..81g2002A
- Keywords:
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- 13.15.+g;
- Neutrino interactions;
- High Energy Physics - Experiment
- E-Print:
- accepted by PRD