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Measurement of the single π0 production rate in neutral current neutrino interactions on water

E. LarkinL. MaretM. J. WilkingP. N. RatoffT. KutterP. StamoulisXianguo LuM. FriendTeppei KatoriZ. J. LiptakE. KearnsE. KearnsO. V. MineevD. CherdackA. BlondelA. RychterA. HiramotoT. HasegawaK. AbeR. SaccoAndré RubbiaMasashi YokoyamaJ. HoleczekThomas B. CampbellP. StowellR. ShahR. ShahC. McgrewF. Di LodovicoHidekazu KakunoSusumu TakahashiS. MartynenkoS. MineK. NakayoshiM. BarbiAlyssa GarciaL. KochJ. R. WilsonM. TadaA. K. IchikawaD. KielczewskaM. BatkiewiczC. NielsenC. NielsenJochen SteinmannG. De RosaR. A. OwenP. NovellaY. HayatoP. MartinsR. L. HelmerC. AndreopoulosC. AndreopoulosA. BravarN. D. PatelYu. G. KudenkoM. MezzettoP. JonssonA. MefodievT. TsukamotoA. CliftonA. DabrowskaS. RothJ. KamedaL. L. KormosS. ManlyP. HamiltonTsuyoshi NakayaTsuyoshi NakayaM. MiuraHyun-chul KimE. S. Pinzon GuerraM. LamoureuxTh. A. MuellerM. R. VaginsM. R. VaginsM. A. M. RaynerJ. AmeyC. W. WalterT. StewartT. WachalaAntonin VacheretT. YuanT. VladisavljevicT. VladisavljevicA. T. SuzukiM. LicciardiM. AntonovaL. MagalettiC. GigantiT. FeuselsT. FeuselsK. S. McfarlandA. C. WeberA. C. WeberS. DolanT. LindnerA. HimmelT. RadermacherA. ShaikhievC. DenshamA. CuddT. IshiiM. TzanovR. G. CallandD. HansenJ. F. MartinM. LazosB. RossiT. KogaJ. A. NowakE. IwaiA. ChappellJ. ŻMudaD. CoploweF. GizzarelliC. J. MetelkoJ. LagodaK. KowalikT. IshidaD. AutieroT. NakadairaT. ShirahigeS. BordoniK. D. NakamuraMichal DziewieckiP. MijakowskiA. KnightM. PavinK. GiljeS. V. CaoS. KingW. R. KroppD. BrailsfordN. ChikumaM. Posiadala-zezulaN. GrantG. CollazuolMark ScottW. WarzychaSeiko HirotaT. KikawaHiroyuki SekiyaA. KorzenevYusuke SudaM. YuC. VilelaJ. MorrisonR. OhtaT. TomuraS. TobayamaS. TobayamaK. NakamuraAlexander FinchR. PoutissouP. Bartet-friburgP. P. KollerA. PritchardA. HillairetKatsumi KondoJ. M. PoutissouC. BronnerM. GoninVincenzo BerardiY. FukudaKendall MahnS. BolognesiD. R. HadleyC. K. JungS. R. DennisRosario CastilloY. NishimuraC. TouramanisS. B. BoydK. IekiM. JiangM. Buizza AvanziniAntonio EreditatoD. KarlenD. KarlenW. OryszczakM. M. KhabibullinP. PaudyalMasato ShiozawaN. YershovArtur F. IzmaylovAlan Cosimo RuggeriS. BanB. JamiesonB. A. PopovT. DealtryA. RedijK. E. DuffyJ. P. LopezC. RiccioTakaaki KajitaR. J. WilkesJ. L. PalominoR. TacikR. TacikD. FukudaF. SanchezA. KnoxO. DrapierA. MissertM. MccarthyS. BienstockD. DewhurstL. PickeringE. RondioS. BhadraT. MaruyamaS. L. CartwrightT. SekiguchiL. LudoviciL. SouthwellJ. MyslikJ. ImberG. VasseurC. PistilloKate ScholbergJ. H. JoS. ShortTakahiro HirakiH. M. O'keeffeT. GolanJan KisielM. IkedaA. ZalewskaN. C. HastingsM. SorelG.d. BarrN. MccauleyC. M. NantaisT. KobayashiJ. T. HaighM. HartzM. HartzYoshihiro SuzukiM. YamamotoYuki FujiiC. YanagisawaA. P. FurmanskiT. OvsyannikovaE. Reinherz-aronisD. TerhorstS. Di LuiseL. CremonesiC. BarryS. MurphyK. G. NakamuraJ. YooV. PaoloneD. PayneK. WakamatsuI. LamontJ. DumarchezJ. SchwehrA. KonakaGareth J. BarkerM. HierholzerF. SatoYuichi OyamaK. HuangA. JacobI. KarpikovE. ScantamburloKazuhiro SuzukiZ. VallariW. Y. MaR.p. KurjataYusuke KoshioE. D. ZimmermanJ. P. ColemanXiao-yan LiS. SuvorovR. P. LitchfieldF. ShakerF. HosomiR. A. WendellM. B. SmyP. PrzewlockiP. LasorakC. ChecchiaR. TerriAnatoly KopylovLester D.r. ThompsonT. OkusawaS. AssylbekovJungsang KimJungsang KimKoji YamamotoM. O. WasckoS. Y. SuzukiS. BerkmanS. BerkmanM. ZitoR. A. IntontiAsher KabothAsher KabothLeïla HaegelYoshikazu YamadaH. K. TanakaM. G. CatanesiD. SgalabernaM. NirkkoA. CerveraV. PalladinoM. KabirnezhadSteven C. JohnsonS. NakayamaS. YenT. YanoV. GalymovK. SakashitaS. M. OserS. M. OserY. SeiyaT. HayashinoS. Emery-schrenkK. ZarembaAtsushi TakedaE. MazzucatoT. ThakoreY. PetrovY. PetrovC. WilkinsonA. LonghinJ. MarteauM. ZiembickiJ. ZalipskaJ. InslerP. RojasK. MavrokoridisJ. D. PerkinC. WretR. TamuraM. HoganAkitaka ArigaKo OkumuraM. RavonelY. AshidaG. ChristodoulouY. NakanishiKenichi YoshidaS. MoriyamaMasayuki NakahataY. UchidaPatrick DunneShigeki AokiL. PickardA. N. KhotjantsevP. F. DennerS. GiffinV. MatveevT. J. IrvineH. A. TanakaH. A. TanakaT. LouM. LaweJ. HaradaH. W. SobelH. W. SobelK. IwamotoB. QuilainMarco LavederA. MinaminoM. MalekK. NishikawaJan T. SobczykL. ZambelliRobert WilsonG. A. FiorentiniD. ShawW. H. TokiM. DunkmanE. RadicioniD. L. WarkD. L. WarkT. HaraA. D. MarinoY. TakeuchiY. Takeuchi

subject

PhysicsParticle physicsNeutral currentPhysics::Instrumentation and Detectors010308 nuclear & particles physicsAstrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaDetectorFluxInteraction energy01 natural sciences7. Clean energyNuclear physicsCross section (physics)0103 physical sciencesMass spectrumHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentNeutrinoNuclear Experiment010306 general physicsNucleon

description

The single π0 production rate in neutral current neutrino interactions on water in a neutrino beam with a peak neutrino energy of 0.6 GeV has been measured using the POD, one of the subdetectors of the T2K near detector. The production rate was measured for data taking periods when the POD contained water (2.64×1020 protons-on-target) and also periods without water (3.49×1020 protons-on-target). A measurement of the neutral current single π0 production rate on water is made using appropriate subtraction of the production rate with water in from the rate with water out of the target region. The subtraction analysis yields 106±41±69 signal events where the uncertainties are statistical (stat.) and systematic (sys.) respectively. This is consistent with the prediction of 157 events from the nominal simulation. The measured to expected ratio is 0.68±0.26(stat)±0.44(sys)±0.12(flux). The nominal simulation uses a flux integrated cross section of 7.63×10−39  cm2 per nucleon with an average neutrino interaction energy of 1.3 GeV.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2018-02-02Physical Review D
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.97.032002