Neutrino and antineutrino inclusive charged-current cross section measurements with the MINOS near detector

P. Adamson, C. Andreopoulos, K. E. Arms, R. Armstrong, D. J. Auty, D. S. Ayres, C. Backhouse, P. D. Barnes, G. Barr, W. L. Barrett, D. Bhattacharya, M. Bishai, A. Blake, G. J. Bock, D. J. Boehnlein, D. Bogert, C. Bower, S. Cavanaugh, J. D. Chapman, D. CherdackS. Childress, B. C. Choudhary, J. A B Coelho, S. J. Coleman, D. Cronin-Hennessy, A. J. Culling, I. Z. Danko, J. K. De Jong, N. E. Devenish, M. V. Diwan, M. Dorman, A. R. Erwin, C. O. Escobar, J. J. Evans, E. Falk, G. J. Feldman, M. V. Frohne, H. R. Gallagher, A. Godley, M. C. Goodman, P. Gouffon, R. Gran, E. W. Grashorn, K. Grzelak, A. Habig, D. Harris, P. G. Harris, J. Hartnell, R. Hatcher, K. Heller, A. Himmel, A. Holin, J. Hylen, G. M. Irwin, Z. Isvan, D. E. Jaffe, C. James, D. Jensen, T. Kafka, S. M S Kasahara, J. J. Kim, G. Koizumi, S. Kopp, M. Kordosky, D. J. Koskinen, Z. Krahn, A. Kreymer, K. Lang, J. Ling, P. J. Litchfield, R. P. Litchfield, L. Loiacono, P. Lucas, J. Ma, W. A. Mann, M. L. Marshak, J. S. Marshall, N. Mayer, A. M. McGowan, R. Mehdiyev, J. R. Meier, M. D. Messier, C. J. Metelko, D. G. Michael, W. H. Miller, S. R. Mishra, J. Mitchell, C. D. Moore, J. Morfín, L. Mualem, S. Mufson, J. Musser, D. Naples, J. K. Nelson, H. B. Newman, R. J. Nichol, T. C. Nicholls, J. P. Ochoa-Ricoux, W. P. Oliver, T. Osiecki, R. Ospanov, J. Paley, V. Paolone, R. B. Patterson, Ž Pavlović, G. Pawloski, G. F. Pearce, D. A. Petyt, R. Pittam, R. K. Plunkett, A. Rahaman, R. A. Rameika, T. M. Raufer, B. Rebel, P. A. Rodrigues, C. Rosenfeld, H. A. Rubin, V. A. Ryabov, M. C. Sanchez, N. Saoulidou, J. Schneps, P. Schreiner, V. K. Semenov, P. Shanahan, W. Smart, C. Smith, A. Sousa, P. Stamoulis, M. Strait, N. Tagg, R. L. Talaga, J. Thomas, M. A. Thomson, G. Tinti, R. Toner, V. A. Tsarev, G. Tzanakos, J. Urheim, P. Vahle, B. Viren, M. Watabe, A. Weber, R. C. Webb, N. West, C. White, L. Whitehead, S. G. Wojcicki, D. M. Wright, T. Yang, M. Zois, K. Zhang, R. Zwaska

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    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 (ν̄-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. © 2010 The American Physical Society.
    Original languageEnglish
    Article number072002
    JournalPhysical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
    Volume81
    Issue number7
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 8 Apr 2010

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