First Measurement of Inclusive Muon Neutrino Charged Current Differential Cross Sections on Argon at E_{ν}∼0.8 GeV with the MicroBooNE Detector

P Abratenko; C Adams; M Alrashed; R An; J Anthony; J Asaadi; A Ashkenazi; M Auger; S Balasubramanian; B Baller; C Barnes; G Barr; M Bass; F Bay; A Bhat; K Bhattacharya; M Bishai; A Blake; T Bolton; L Camilleri; D Caratelli; I Caro Terrazas; R Carr; R Castillo Fernandez; F Cavanna; G Cerati; Y Chen; E Church; D Cianci; E O Cohen; G H Collin; J M Conrad; M Convery; L Cooper-Troendle; J I Crespo-Anadón; M Del Tutto; D Devitt; A Diaz; L Domine; K Duffy; S Dytman; B Eberly; A Ereditato; L Escudero Sanchez; J Esquivel; J J Evans; R S Fitzpatrick; B T Fleming; D Franco; A P Furmanski; D Garcia-Gamez; V Genty; D Goeldi; S Gollapinni; O Goodwin; E Gramellini; H Greenlee; R Grosso; L Gu; W Gu; R Guenette; P Guzowski; A Hackenburg; P Hamilton; O Hen; C Hill; G A Horton-Smith; A Hourlier; E-C Huang; C James; J Jan de Vries; X Ji; L Jiang; R A Johnson; J Joshi; H Jostlein; Y-J Jwa; G Karagiorgi; W Ketchum; B Kirby; M Kirby; T Kobilarcik; I Kreslo; I Lepetic; Y Li; A Lister; B R Littlejohn; S Lockwitz; D Lorca; W C Louis; M Luethi; B Lundberg; X Luo; A Marchionni; S Marcocci; C Mariani; J Marshall; J Martin-Albo; D A Martinez Caicedo; K Mason; A Mastbaum; V Meddage; T Mettler; J Mills; K Mistry; A Mogan; J Moon; M Mooney; C D Moore; J Mousseau; M Murphy; R Murrells; D Naples; P Nienaber; J Nowak; O Palamara; V Pandey; V Paolone; A Papadopoulou; V Papavassiliou; S F Pate; Z Pavlovic; E Piasetzky; D Porzio; G Pulliam; X Qian; J L Raaf; A Rafique; L Ren; L Rochester; H E Rogers; M Ross-Lonergan; C Rudolf von Rohr; B Russell; G Scanavini; D W Schmitz; A Schukraft; W Seligman; M H Shaevitz; R Sharankova; J Sinclair; A Smith; E L Snider; M Soderberg; S Söldner-Rembold; S R Soleti; P Spentzouris; J Spitz; M Stancari; J St John; T Strauss; K Sutton; S Sword-Fehlberg; A M Szelc; N Tagg; W Tang; K Terao; M Thomson; R T Thornton; M Toups; Y-T Tsai; S Tufanli; T Usher; W Van De Pontseele; R G Van de Water; B Viren; M Weber; H Wei; D A Wickremasinghe; K Wierman; Z Williams; S Wolbers; T Wongjirad; K Woodruff; W Wu; T Yang; G Yarbrough; L E Yates; G P Zeller; J Zennamo; C Zhang; MicroBooNE Collaboration

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.131801

First Measurement of Inclusive Muon Neutrino Charged Current Differential Cross Sections on Argon at E_{ν}∼0.8 GeV with the MicroBooNE Detector

Phys Rev Lett. 2019 Sep 27;123(13):131801. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.131801.

Authors

P Abratenko¹, C Adams², M Alrashed³, R An⁴, J Anthony⁵, J Asaadi⁶, A Ashkenazi⁷, M Auger⁸, S Balasubramanian⁹, B Baller¹⁰, C Barnes¹, G Barr¹¹, M Bass¹², F Bay¹³, A Bhat¹⁴, K Bhattacharya¹⁵, M Bishai¹², A Blake¹⁶, T Bolton³, L Camilleri¹⁷, D Caratelli¹⁰, I Caro Terrazas¹⁸, R Carr⁷, R Castillo Fernandez¹⁰, F Cavanna¹⁰, G Cerati¹⁰, Y Chen⁸, E Church¹⁵, D Cianci¹⁷, E O Cohen¹⁹, G H Collin⁷, J M Conrad⁷, M Convery²⁰, L Cooper-Troendle⁹, J I Crespo-Anadón¹⁷, M Del Tutto¹¹, D Devitt¹⁶, A Diaz⁷, L Domine²⁰, K Duffy¹⁰, S Dytman²¹, B Eberly²², A Ereditato⁸, L Escudero Sanchez⁵, J Esquivel¹⁴, J J Evans²³, R S Fitzpatrick¹, B T Fleming⁹, D Franco⁹, A P Furmanski²³, D Garcia-Gamez²³, V Genty¹⁷, D Goeldi⁸, S Gollapinni²⁴, O Goodwin²³, E Gramellini^{10

9}, H Greenlee¹⁰, R Grosso²⁵, L Gu²⁶, W Gu¹², R Guenette², P Guzowski²³, A Hackenburg⁹, P Hamilton¹⁴, O Hen⁷, C Hill²³, G A Horton-Smith³, A Hourlier⁷, E-C Huang²⁷, C James¹⁰, J Jan de Vries⁵, X Ji¹², L Jiang²¹, R A Johnson²⁵, J Joshi¹², H Jostlein¹⁰, Y-J Jwa¹⁷, G Karagiorgi¹⁷, W Ketchum¹⁰, B Kirby¹², M Kirby¹⁰, T Kobilarcik¹⁰, I Kreslo⁸, I Lepetic⁴, Y Li¹², A Lister¹⁶, B R Littlejohn⁴, S Lockwitz¹⁰, D Lorca⁸, W C Louis²⁷, M Luethi⁸, B Lundberg¹⁰, X Luo⁹, A Marchionni¹⁰, S Marcocci¹⁰, C Mariani²⁶, J Marshall^{5

28}, J Martin-Albo², D A Martinez Caicedo^{4

29}, K Mason³⁰, A Mastbaum³¹, V Meddage³, T Mettler⁸, J Mills³⁰, K Mistry²³, A Mogan²⁴, J Moon⁷, M Mooney¹⁸, C D Moore¹⁰, J Mousseau¹, M Murphy²⁶, R Murrells²³, D Naples²¹, P Nienaber³², J Nowak¹⁶, O Palamara¹⁰, V Pandey²⁶, V Paolone²¹, A Papadopoulou⁷, V Papavassiliou³³, S F Pate³³, Z Pavlovic¹⁰, E Piasetzky¹⁹, D Porzio²³, G Pulliam¹⁴, X Qian¹², J L Raaf¹⁰, A Rafique³, L Ren³³, L Rochester²⁰, H E Rogers¹⁸, M Ross-Lonergan¹⁷, C Rudolf von Rohr⁸, B Russell⁹, G Scanavini⁹, D W Schmitz³¹, A Schukraft¹⁰, W Seligman¹⁷, M H Shaevitz¹⁷, R Sharankova³⁰, J Sinclair⁸, A Smith⁵, E L Snider¹⁰, M Soderberg¹⁴, S Söldner-Rembold²³, S R Soleti^{2

11}, P Spentzouris¹⁰, J Spitz¹, M Stancari¹⁰, J St John¹⁰, T Strauss¹⁰, K Sutton¹⁷, S Sword-Fehlberg³³, A M Szelc²³, N Tagg³⁴, W Tang²⁴, K Terao²⁰, M Thomson⁵, R T Thornton²⁷, M Toups¹⁰, Y-T Tsai²⁰, S Tufanli⁹, T Usher²⁰, W Van De Pontseele^{2

11}, R G Van de Water²⁷, B Viren¹², M Weber⁸, H Wei¹², D A Wickremasinghe²¹, K Wierman¹⁵, Z Williams⁶, S Wolbers¹⁰, T Wongjirad³⁰, K Woodruff³³, W Wu¹⁰, T Yang¹⁰, G Yarbrough²⁴, L E Yates⁷, G P Zeller¹⁰, J Zennamo¹⁰, C Zhang¹²; MicroBooNE Collaboration

Affiliations

¹ University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
² Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.
³ Kansas State University (KSU), Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA.
⁴ Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA.
⁵ University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom.
⁶ University of Texas, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA.
⁷ Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
⁸ Universität Bern, Bern CH-3012, Switzerland.
⁹ Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA.
¹⁰ Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.
¹¹ University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom.
¹² Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, New York 11973, USA.
¹³ TUBITAK Space Technologies Research Institute, METU Campus, TR-06800, Ankara, Turkey.
¹⁴ Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA.
¹⁵ Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, Washington 99352, USA.
¹⁶ Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YW, United Kingdom.
¹⁷ Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA.
¹⁸ Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA.
¹⁹ Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, 69978.
²⁰ SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA.
²¹ University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA.
²² Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina 28035, USA.
²³ The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom.
²⁴ University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA.
²⁵ University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA.
²⁶ Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA.
²⁷ Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.
²⁸ University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.
²⁹ South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSMT), Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA.
³⁰ Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA.
³¹ University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
³² Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, Winona, Minnesota 55987, USA.
³³ New Mexico State University (NMSU), Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, USA.
³⁴ Otterbein University, Westerville, Ohio 43081, USA.

PMID: 31697542
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.131801

Abstract

We report the first measurement of the double-differential and total muon neutrino charged current inclusive cross sections on argon at a mean neutrino energy of 0.8 GeV. Data were collected using the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber located in the Fermilab Booster neutrino beam and correspond to 1.6×10^{20} protons on target of exposure. The measured differential cross sections are presented as a function of muon momentum, using multiple Coulomb scattering as a momentum measurement technique, and the muon angle with respect to the beam direction. We compare the measured cross sections to multiple neutrino event generators and find better agreement with those containing more complete treatment of quasielastic scattering processes at low Q^{2}. The total flux integrated cross section is measured to be 0.693±0.010(stat)±0.165(syst)×10^{-38} cm^{2}.