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Characterisation of nuclear effects in muon-neutrino scattering on hydrocarbon with a measurement of final-state kinematics and correlations in charged-current pionless interactions at T2K

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title = "Characterisation of nuclear effects in muon-neutrino scattering on hydrocarbon with a measurement of final-state kinematics and correlations in charged-current pionless interactions at T2K",
abstract = "This paper reports measurements of final-state proton multiplicity, muon and proton kinematics, and their correlations in charged-current pionless neutrino interactions, measured by the T2K ND280 near detector in its plastic scintillator (C8 H8) target. The data were taken between years 2010 and 2013, corresponding to approximately 6x1020 protons on target. Thanks to their exploration of the proton kinematics and of kinematic imbalances between the proton and muon kinematics, the results offer a novel probe of the nuclear-medium effects most pertinent to the (sub-)GeV neutrino-nucleus interactions that are used in accelerator-based long-baseline neutrino oscillation measurements. These results are compared to many neutrino-nucleus interaction models which all fail to describe at least part of the observed phase space. In case of events without a proton above a detection threshold in the final state, a fully consistent implementation of the local Fermi gas model with multinucleon interactions gives the best description of the data. In the case of at least one proton in the final state the spectral function model agrees well with the data, most notably when measuring the kinematic imbalance between the muon and the proton in the plane transverse to the incoming neutrino. A clear indication of existence of multinucleon interactions is observed. The effect of final-state interactions is also discussed.",
keywords = "hep-ex",
author = "K. Abe and J. Amey and C. Andreopoulos and M. Antonova and S. Aoki and A. Ariga and Y. Ashida and Y. Azuma and S. Ban and M. Barbi and Barker, {G. J.} and G. Barr and C. Barry and M. Batkiewicz and V. Berardi and S. Berkman and Berner, {R. M.} and L. Berns and S. Bhadra and S. Bienstock and A. Blondel and S. Bolognesi and S. Bordoni and B. Bourguille and D. Brailsford and A. Bravar and C. Bronner and Avanzini, {M. Buizza} and J. Calcutt and T. Campbell and S. Cao and Catanesi, {M. G.} and A. Cervera and A. Chappell and C. Checchia and D. Cherdack and N. Chikuma and G. Christodoulou and J. Coleman and G. Collazuol and T. Dealtry and Finch, {A. J.} and A. Knox and Kormos, {L. L.} and I. Lamont and M. Lawe and J. Nowak and O'Keeffe, {H. M.} and Ratoff, {P. N.} and D. Shaw and {T2K Collaboration}",
year = "2018",
month = aug,
day = "9",
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevD.98.032003",
language = "English",
volume = "98",
journal = "Physical Review D",
issn = "1550-7998",
publisher = "American Physical Society",

}

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Characterisation of nuclear effects in muon-neutrino scattering on hydrocarbon with a measurement of final-state kinematics and correlations in charged-current pionless interactions at T2K

AU - Abe, K.

AU - Amey, J.

AU - Andreopoulos, C.

AU - Antonova, M.

AU - Aoki, S.

AU - Ariga, A.

AU - Ashida, Y.

AU - Azuma, Y.

AU - Ban, S.

AU - Barbi, M.

AU - Barker, G. J.

AU - Barr, G.

AU - Barry, C.

AU - Batkiewicz, M.

AU - Berardi, V.

AU - Berkman, S.

AU - Berner, R. M.

AU - Berns, L.

AU - Bhadra, S.

AU - Bienstock, S.

AU - Blondel, A.

AU - Bolognesi, S.

AU - Bordoni, S.

AU - Bourguille, B.

AU - Brailsford, D.

AU - Bravar, A.

AU - Bronner, C.

AU - Avanzini, M. Buizza

AU - Calcutt, J.

AU - Campbell, T.

AU - Cao, S.

AU - Catanesi, M. G.

AU - Cervera, A.

AU - Chappell, A.

AU - Checchia, C.

AU - Cherdack, D.

AU - Chikuma, N.

AU - Christodoulou, G.

AU - Coleman, J.

AU - Collazuol, G.

AU - Dealtry, T.

AU - Finch, A. J.

AU - Knox, A.

AU - Kormos, L. L.

AU - Lamont, I.

AU - Lawe, M.

AU - Nowak, J.

AU - O'Keeffe, H. M.

AU - Ratoff, P. N.

AU - Shaw, D.

AU - T2K Collaboration

PY - 2018/8/9

Y1 - 2018/8/9

N2 - This paper reports measurements of final-state proton multiplicity, muon and proton kinematics, and their correlations in charged-current pionless neutrino interactions, measured by the T2K ND280 near detector in its plastic scintillator (C8 H8) target. The data were taken between years 2010 and 2013, corresponding to approximately 6x1020 protons on target. Thanks to their exploration of the proton kinematics and of kinematic imbalances between the proton and muon kinematics, the results offer a novel probe of the nuclear-medium effects most pertinent to the (sub-)GeV neutrino-nucleus interactions that are used in accelerator-based long-baseline neutrino oscillation measurements. These results are compared to many neutrino-nucleus interaction models which all fail to describe at least part of the observed phase space. In case of events without a proton above a detection threshold in the final state, a fully consistent implementation of the local Fermi gas model with multinucleon interactions gives the best description of the data. In the case of at least one proton in the final state the spectral function model agrees well with the data, most notably when measuring the kinematic imbalance between the muon and the proton in the plane transverse to the incoming neutrino. A clear indication of existence of multinucleon interactions is observed. The effect of final-state interactions is also discussed.

AB - This paper reports measurements of final-state proton multiplicity, muon and proton kinematics, and their correlations in charged-current pionless neutrino interactions, measured by the T2K ND280 near detector in its plastic scintillator (C8 H8) target. The data were taken between years 2010 and 2013, corresponding to approximately 6x1020 protons on target. Thanks to their exploration of the proton kinematics and of kinematic imbalances between the proton and muon kinematics, the results offer a novel probe of the nuclear-medium effects most pertinent to the (sub-)GeV neutrino-nucleus interactions that are used in accelerator-based long-baseline neutrino oscillation measurements. These results are compared to many neutrino-nucleus interaction models which all fail to describe at least part of the observed phase space. In case of events without a proton above a detection threshold in the final state, a fully consistent implementation of the local Fermi gas model with multinucleon interactions gives the best description of the data. In the case of at least one proton in the final state the spectral function model agrees well with the data, most notably when measuring the kinematic imbalance between the muon and the proton in the plane transverse to the incoming neutrino. A clear indication of existence of multinucleon interactions is observed. The effect of final-state interactions is also discussed.

KW - hep-ex

U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.98.032003

DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.98.032003

M3 - Journal article

VL - 98

JO - Physical Review D

JF - Physical Review D

SN - 1550-7998

M1 - 032003

ER -