First Measurement of Differential Charged Current Quasielasticlike νμ -Argon Scattering Cross Sections with the MicroBooNE Detector

P. Abratenko; M. Alrashed; R. An; J. Anthony; J. Asaadi; A. Ashkenazi; S. Balasubramanian; B. Baller; C. Barnes; G. Barr; V. Basque; L. Bathe-Peters; O. Benevides Rodrigues; S. Berkman; A. Bhanderi; A. Bhat; M. Bishai; A. Blake; T. Bolton; L. Camilleri; D. Caratelli; I. Caro Terrazas; R. Castillo Fernandez; F. Cavanna; G. Cerati; Y. Chen; E. Church; D. Cianci; E. O. Cohen; J. M. Conrad; M. Convery; L. Cooper-Troendle; J. I. Crespo-Anadón; M. Del Tutto; D. Devitt; R. Diurba; L. Domine; R. Dorrill; K. Duffy; S. Dytman; B. Eberly; A. Ereditato; L. Escudero Sanchez; J. J. Evans; G. A. Fiorentini Aguirre; R. S. Fitzpatrick; B. T. Fleming; N. Foppiani; D. Franco; A. P. Furmanski; D. Garcia-Gamez; S. Gardiner; S. Gollapinni; O. Goodwin; E. Gramellini; P. Green; H. Greenlee; L. Gu; W. Gu; R. Guenette; P. Guzowski; E. Hall; P. Hamilton; O. Hen; G. A. Horton-Smith; A. Hourlier; E. C. Huang; R. Itay; C. James; J. Jan De Vries; X. Ji; L. Jiang; J. H. Jo; R. A. Johnson; Y. J. Jwa; N. Kamp; G. Karagiorgi; W. Ketchum; B. Kirby; M. Kirby; T. Kobilarcik; I. Kreslo; R. Lazur; I. Lepetic; K. Li; Y. Li; B. R. Littlejohn; D. Lorca; W. C. Louis; X. Luo; A. Marchionni; S. Marcocci; C. Mariani; D. Marsden; J. Marshall; J. Martin-Albo; D. A. Martinez Caicedo; K. Mason; A. Mastbaum; N. McConkey; V. Meddage; T. Mettler; K. Miller; J. Mills; K. Mistry; A. Mogan; T. Mohayai; J. Moon; M. Mooney; A. F. Moor; C. D. Moore; J. Mousseau; M. Murphy; D. Naples; A. Navrer-Agasson; R. K. Neely; P. Nienaber; J. Nowak; O. Palamara; V. Paolone; A. Papadopoulou; V. Papavassiliou; S. F. Pate; A. Paudel; Z. Pavlovic; E. Piasetzky; I. D. Ponce-Pinto; D. Porzio; S. Prince; X. Qian; J. L. Raaf; V. Radeka; A. Rafique; M. Reggiani-Guzzo; L. Ren; L. Rochester; J. Rodriguez Rondon; H. E. Rogers; M. Rosenberg; M. Ross-Lonergan; B. Russell; G. Scanavini; D. W. Schmitz; A. Schukraft; 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; R. T. Thornton; C. Thorpe; M. Toups; Y. T. Tsai; S. Tufanli; M. A. Uchida; T. Usher; W. Van De Pontseele; R. G. Van De Water; B. Viren; M. Weber; H. Wei; Z. Williams; S. Wolbers; T. Wongjirad; M. Wospakrik; W. Wu; T. Yang; G. Yarbrough; L. E. Yates; G. P. Zeller; J. Zennamo; C. Zhang

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.201803

First Measurement of Differential Charged Current Quasielasticlike νμ -Argon Scattering Cross Sections with the MicroBooNE Detector

P. Abratenko, M. Alrashed, R. An, J. Anthony, J. Asaadi, A. Ashkenazi, S. Balasubramanian, B. Baller, C. Barnes, G. Barr, V. Basque, L. Bathe-Peters, O. Benevides Rodrigues, S. Berkman, A. Bhanderi, A. Bhat, M. Bishai, A. Blake, T. Bolton, L. CamilleriD. Caratelli, I. Caro Terrazas, R. Castillo Fernandez, F. Cavanna, G. Cerati, Y. Chen, E. Church, D. Cianci, E. O. Cohen, J. M. Conrad, M. Convery, L. Cooper-Troendle, J. I. Crespo-Anadón, M. Del Tutto, D. Devitt, R. Diurba, L. Domine, R. Dorrill, K. Duffy, S. Dytman, B. Eberly, A. Ereditato, L. Escudero Sanchez, J. J. Evans, G. A. Fiorentini Aguirre, R. S. Fitzpatrick, B. T. Fleming, N. Foppiani, D. Franco, A. P. Furmanski, D. Garcia-Gamez, S. Gardiner, S. Gollapinni, O. Goodwin, E. Gramellini, P. Green, H. Greenlee, L. Gu, W. Gu, R. Guenette, P. Guzowski, E. Hall, P. Hamilton, O. Hen, G. A. Horton-Smith, A. Hourlier, E. C. Huang, R. Itay, C. James, J. Jan De Vries, X. Ji, L. Jiang, J. H. Jo, R. A. Johnson, Y. J. Jwa, N. Kamp, G. Karagiorgi, W. Ketchum, B. Kirby, M. Kirby, T. Kobilarcik, I. Kreslo, R. Lazur, I. Lepetic, K. Li, Y. Li, B. R. Littlejohn, D. Lorca, W. C. Louis, X. Luo, A. Marchionni, S. Marcocci, C. Mariani, D. Marsden, J. Marshall, J. Martin-Albo, D. A. Martinez Caicedo, K. Mason, A. Mastbaum, N. McConkey, V. Meddage, T. Mettler, K. Miller, J. Mills, K. Mistry, A. Mogan, T. Mohayai, J. Moon, M. Mooney, A. F. Moor, C. D. Moore, J. Mousseau, M. Murphy, D. Naples, A. Navrer-Agasson, R. K. Neely, P. Nienaber, J. Nowak, O. Palamara, V. Paolone, A. Papadopoulou, V. Papavassiliou, S. F. Pate, A. Paudel, Z. Pavlovic, E. Piasetzky, I. D. Ponce-Pinto, D. Porzio, S. Prince, X. Qian, J. L. Raaf, V. Radeka, A. Rafique, M. Reggiani-Guzzo, L. Ren, L. Rochester, J. Rodriguez Rondon, H. E. Rogers, M. Rosenberg, M. Ross-Lonergan, B. Russell, G. Scanavini, D. W. Schmitz, A. Schukraft, 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, R. T. Thornton, C. Thorpe, M. Toups, Y. T. Tsai, S. Tufanli, M. A. Uchida, T. Usher, W. Van De Pontseele, R. G. Van De Water, B. Viren, M. Weber, H. Wei, Z. Williams, S. Wolbers, T. Wongjirad, M. Wospakrik, W. Wu, T. Yang, G. Yarbrough, L. E. Yates, G. P. Zeller, J. Zennamo, C. Zhang

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We report on the first measurement of flux-integrated single differential cross sections for charged-current (CC) muon neutrino (νμ) scattering on argon with a muon and a proton in the final state, Ar40 (νμ,μp)X. The measurement was carried out using the Booster Neutrino Beam at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber detector with an exposure of 4.59×1019 protons on target. Events are selected to enhance the contribution of CC quasielastic (CCQE) interactions. The data are reported in terms of a total cross section as well as single differential cross sections in final state muon and proton kinematics. We measure the integrated per-nucleus CCQE-like cross section (i.e., for interactions leading to a muon, one proton, and no pions above detection threshold) of (4.93±0.76stat±1.29sys)×10-38 cm2, in good agreement with theoretical calculations. The single differential cross sections are also in overall good agreement with theoretical predictions, except at very forward muon scattering angles that correspond to low-momentum-transfer events.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	201803
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	125
Issue number	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.201803
State	Published - Nov 13 2020

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Abratenko, P., Alrashed, M., An, R., Anthony, J., Asaadi, J., Ashkenazi, A., Balasubramanian, S., Baller, B., Barnes, C., Barr, G., Basque, V., Bathe-Peters, L., Benevides Rodrigues, O., Berkman, S., Bhanderi, A., Bhat, A., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bolton, T., ... Zhang, C. (2020). First Measurement of Differential Charged Current Quasielasticlike νμ -Argon Scattering Cross Sections with the MicroBooNE Detector. Physical Review Letters, 125(20), Article 201803. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.201803

Abratenko, P, Alrashed, M, An, R, Anthony, J, Asaadi, J, Ashkenazi, A, Balasubramanian, S, Baller, B, Barnes, C, Barr, G, Basque, V, Bathe-Peters, L, Benevides Rodrigues, O, Berkman, S, Bhanderi, A, Bhat, A, Bishai, M, Blake, A, Bolton, T, Camilleri, L, Caratelli, D, Caro Terrazas, I, Castillo Fernandez, R, Cavanna, F, Cerati, G, Chen, Y, Church, E, Cianci, D, Cohen, EO, Conrad, JM, Convery, M, Cooper-Troendle, L, Crespo-Anadón, JI, Del Tutto, M, Devitt, D, Diurba, R, Domine, L, Dorrill, R, Duffy, K, Dytman, S, Eberly, B, Ereditato, A, Escudero Sanchez, L, Evans, JJ, Fiorentini Aguirre, GA, Fitzpatrick, RS, Fleming, BT, Foppiani, N, Franco, D, Furmanski, AP, Garcia-Gamez, D, Gardiner, S, Gollapinni, S, Goodwin, O, Gramellini, E, Green, P, Greenlee, H, Gu, L, Gu, W, Guenette, R, Guzowski, P, Hall, E, Hamilton, P, Hen, O, Horton-Smith, GA, Hourlier, A, Huang, EC, Itay, R, James, C, Jan De Vries, J, Ji, X, Jiang, L, Jo, JH, Johnson, RA, Jwa, YJ, Kamp, N, Karagiorgi, G, Ketchum, W, Kirby, B, Kirby, M, Kobilarcik, T, Kreslo, I, Lazur, R, Lepetic, I, Li, K, Li, Y, Littlejohn, BR, Lorca, D, Louis, WC, Luo, X, Marchionni, A, Marcocci, S, Mariani, C, Marsden, D, Marshall, J, Martin-Albo, J, Martinez Caicedo, DA, Mason, K, Mastbaum, A, McConkey, N, Meddage, V, Mettler, T, Miller, K, Mills, J, Mistry, K, Mogan, A, Mohayai, T, Moon, J, Mooney, M, Moor, AF, Moore, CD, Mousseau, J, Murphy, M, Naples, D, Navrer-Agasson, A, Neely, RK, Nienaber, P, Nowak, J, Palamara, O, Paolone, V, Papadopoulou, A, Papavassiliou, V, Pate, SF, Paudel, A, Pavlovic, Z, Piasetzky, E, Ponce-Pinto, ID, Porzio, D, Prince, S, Qian, X, Raaf, JL, Radeka, V, Rafique, A, Reggiani-Guzzo, M, Ren, L, Rochester, L, Rodriguez Rondon, J, Rogers, HE, Rosenberg, M, Ross-Lonergan, M, Russell, B, Scanavini, G, Schmitz, DW, Schukraft, A, Shaevitz, MH, Sharankova, R, Sinclair, J, Smith, A, Snider, EL, Soderberg, M, Söldner-Rembold, S, Soleti, SR, Spentzouris, P, Spitz, J, Stancari, M, John, JS, Strauss, T, Sutton, K, Sword-Fehlberg, S, Szelc, AM, Tagg, N, Tang, W, Terao, K, Thornton, RT, Thorpe, C, Toups, M, Tsai, YT, Tufanli, S, Uchida, MA, Usher, T, Van De Pontseele, W, Van De Water, RG, Viren, B, Weber, M, Wei, H, Williams, Z, Wolbers, S, Wongjirad, T, Wospakrik, M, Wu, W, Yang, T, Yarbrough, G, Yates, LE, Zeller, GP, Zennamo, J & Zhang, C 2020, 'First Measurement of Differential Charged Current Quasielasticlike νμ -Argon Scattering Cross Sections with the MicroBooNE Detector', Physical Review Letters, vol. 125, no. 20, 201803. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.201803

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abstract = "We report on the first measurement of flux-integrated single differential cross sections for charged-current (CC) muon neutrino (νμ) scattering on argon with a muon and a proton in the final state, Ar40 (νμ,μp)X. The measurement was carried out using the Booster Neutrino Beam at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber detector with an exposure of 4.59×1019 protons on target. Events are selected to enhance the contribution of CC quasielastic (CCQE) interactions. The data are reported in terms of a total cross section as well as single differential cross sections in final state muon and proton kinematics. We measure the integrated per-nucleus CCQE-like cross section (i.e., for interactions leading to a muon, one proton, and no pions above detection threshold) of (4.93±0.76stat±1.29sys)×10-38 cm2, in good agreement with theoretical calculations. The single differential cross sections are also in overall good agreement with theoretical predictions, except at very forward muon scattering angles that correspond to low-momentum-transfer events.",

author = "P. Abratenko and M. Alrashed and R. An and J. Anthony and J. Asaadi and A. Ashkenazi and S. Balasubramanian and B. Baller and C. Barnes and G. Barr and V. Basque and L. Bathe-Peters and {Benevides Rodrigues}, O. and S. Berkman and A. Bhanderi and A. Bhat and M. Bishai and A. Blake and T. Bolton and L. Camilleri and D. Caratelli and {Caro Terrazas}, I. and {Castillo Fernandez}, R. and F. Cavanna and G. Cerati and Y. Chen and E. Church and D. Cianci and Cohen, {E. O.} and Conrad, {J. M.} and M. Convery and L. Cooper-Troendle and Crespo-Anad{\'o}n, {J. I.} and {Del Tutto}, M. and D. Devitt and R. Diurba and L. Domine and R. Dorrill and K. Duffy and S. Dytman and B. Eberly and A. Ereditato and {Escudero Sanchez}, L. and Evans, {J. J.} and {Fiorentini Aguirre}, {G. A.} and Fitzpatrick, {R. S.} and Fleming, {B. T.} and N. Foppiani and D. Franco and Furmanski, {A. P.} and D. Garcia-Gamez and S. Gardiner and S. Gollapinni and O. Goodwin and E. Gramellini and P. Green and H. Greenlee and L. Gu and W. Gu and R. Guenette and P. Guzowski and E. Hall and P. Hamilton and O. Hen and Horton-Smith, {G. A.} and A. Hourlier and Huang, {E. C.} and R. Itay and C. James and {Jan De Vries}, J. and X. Ji and L. Jiang and Jo, {J. H.} and Johnson, {R. A.} and Jwa, {Y. J.} and N. Kamp and G. Karagiorgi and W. Ketchum and B. Kirby and M. Kirby and T. Kobilarcik and I. Kreslo and R. Lazur and I. Lepetic and K. Li and Y. Li and Littlejohn, {B. R.} and D. Lorca and Louis, {W. C.} and X. Luo and A. Marchionni and S. Marcocci and C. Mariani and D. Marsden and J. Marshall and J. Martin-Albo and {Martinez Caicedo}, {D. A.} and K. Mason and A. Mastbaum and N. McConkey and V. Meddage and T. Mettler and K. Miller and J. Mills and K. Mistry and A. Mogan and T. Mohayai and J. Moon and M. Mooney and Moor, {A. F.} and Moore, {C. D.} and J. Mousseau and M. Murphy and D. Naples and A. Navrer-Agasson and Neely, {R. K.} and P. Nienaber and J. Nowak and O. Palamara and V. Paolone and A. Papadopoulou and V. Papavassiliou and Pate, {S. F.} and A. Paudel and Z. Pavlovic and E. Piasetzky and Ponce-Pinto, {I. D.} and D. Porzio and S. Prince and X. Qian and Raaf, {J. L.} and V. Radeka and A. Rafique and M. Reggiani-Guzzo and L. Ren and L. Rochester and {Rodriguez Rondon}, J. and Rogers, {H. E.} and M. Rosenberg and M. Ross-Lonergan and B. Russell and G. Scanavini and Schmitz, {D. W.} and A. Schukraft and Shaevitz, {M. H.} and R. Sharankova and J. Sinclair and A. Smith and Snider, {E. L.} and M. Soderberg and S. S{\"o}ldner-Rembold and Soleti, {S. R.} and P. Spentzouris and J. Spitz and M. Stancari and John, {J. St} and T. Strauss and K. Sutton and S. Sword-Fehlberg and Szelc, {A. M.} and N. Tagg and W. Tang and K. Terao and Thornton, {R. T.} and C. Thorpe and M. Toups and Tsai, {Y. T.} and S. Tufanli and Uchida, {M. A.} and T. Usher and {Van De Pontseele}, W. and {Van De Water}, {R. G.} and B. Viren and M. Weber and H. Wei and Z. Williams and S. Wolbers and T. Wongjirad and M. Wospakrik and W. Wu and T. Yang and G. Yarbrough and Yates, {L. E.} and Zeller, {G. P.} and J. Zennamo and C. Zhang",

note = "Funding Information: This document was prepared by the MicroBooNE Collaboration using the resources of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), a U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, HEP User Facility. Fermilab is managed by Fermi Research Alliance, LLC (FRA), acting under Contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11359. MicroBooNE is supported by the following: the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Offices of High Energy Physics and Nuclear Physics; the U.S. National Science Foundation; the Swiss National Science Foundation; the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), part of the United Kingdom Research and Innovation; and The Royal Society (United Kingdom). Additional support for the laser calibration system and cosmic ray tagger was provided by the Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Bern, Switzerland. The work presented in this manuscript was supported in part by the Azrieli Foundation, Israel Science Foundation, Visiting Scholars Award Program of the Universities Research Association, and the Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 authors.",

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T1 - First Measurement of Differential Charged Current Quasielasticlike νμ -Argon Scattering Cross Sections with the MicroBooNE Detector

AU - Abratenko, P.

AU - Alrashed, M.

AU - An, R.

AU - Anthony, J.

AU - Asaadi, J.

AU - Ashkenazi, A.

AU - Balasubramanian, S.

AU - Baller, B.

AU - Barnes, C.

AU - Barr, G.

AU - Basque, V.

AU - Bathe-Peters, L.

AU - Benevides Rodrigues, O.

AU - Berkman, S.

AU - Bhanderi, A.

AU - Bhat, A.

AU - Bishai, M.

AU - Blake, A.

AU - Bolton, T.

AU - Camilleri, L.

AU - Caratelli, D.

AU - Caro Terrazas, I.

AU - Castillo Fernandez, R.

AU - Cavanna, F.

AU - Cerati, G.

AU - Chen, Y.

AU - Church, E.

AU - Cianci, D.

AU - Cohen, E. O.

AU - Conrad, J. M.

AU - Convery, M.

AU - Cooper-Troendle, L.

AU - Crespo-Anadón, J. I.

AU - Del Tutto, M.

AU - Devitt, D.

AU - Diurba, R.

AU - Domine, L.

AU - Dorrill, R.

AU - Duffy, K.

AU - Dytman, S.

AU - Eberly, B.

AU - Ereditato, A.

AU - Escudero Sanchez, L.

AU - Evans, J. J.

AU - Fiorentini Aguirre, G. A.

AU - Fitzpatrick, R. S.

AU - Fleming, B. T.

AU - Foppiani, N.

AU - Franco, D.

AU - Furmanski, A. P.

AU - Garcia-Gamez, D.

AU - Gardiner, S.

AU - Gollapinni, S.

AU - Goodwin, O.

AU - Gramellini, E.

AU - Green, P.

AU - Greenlee, H.

AU - Gu, L.

AU - Gu, W.

AU - Guenette, R.

AU - Guzowski, P.

AU - Hall, E.

AU - Hamilton, P.

AU - Hen, O.

AU - Horton-Smith, G. A.

AU - Hourlier, A.

AU - Huang, E. C.

AU - Itay, R.

AU - James, C.

AU - Jan De Vries, J.

AU - Ji, X.

AU - Jiang, L.

AU - Jo, J. H.

AU - Johnson, R. A.

AU - Jwa, Y. J.

AU - Kamp, N.

AU - Karagiorgi, G.

AU - Ketchum, W.

AU - Kirby, B.

AU - Kirby, M.

AU - Kobilarcik, T.

AU - Kreslo, I.

AU - Lazur, R.

AU - Lepetic, I.

AU - Li, K.

AU - Li, Y.

AU - Littlejohn, B. R.

AU - Lorca, D.

AU - Louis, W. C.

AU - Luo, X.

AU - Marchionni, A.

AU - Marcocci, S.

AU - Mariani, C.

AU - Marsden, D.

AU - Marshall, J.

AU - Martin-Albo, J.

AU - Martinez Caicedo, D. A.

AU - Mason, K.

AU - Mastbaum, A.

AU - McConkey, N.

AU - Meddage, V.

AU - Mettler, T.

AU - Miller, K.

AU - Mills, J.

AU - Mistry, K.

AU - Mogan, A.

AU - Mohayai, T.

AU - Moon, J.

AU - Mooney, M.

AU - Moor, A. F.

AU - Moore, C. D.

AU - Mousseau, J.

AU - Murphy, M.

AU - Naples, D.

AU - Navrer-Agasson, A.

AU - Neely, R. K.

AU - Nienaber, P.

AU - Nowak, J.

AU - Palamara, O.

AU - Paolone, V.

AU - Papadopoulou, A.

AU - Papavassiliou, V.

AU - Pate, S. F.

AU - Paudel, A.

AU - Pavlovic, Z.

AU - Piasetzky, E.

AU - Ponce-Pinto, I. D.

AU - Porzio, D.

AU - Prince, S.

AU - Qian, X.

AU - Raaf, J. L.

AU - Radeka, V.

AU - Rafique, A.

AU - Reggiani-Guzzo, M.

AU - Ren, L.

AU - Rochester, L.

AU - Rodriguez Rondon, J.

AU - Rogers, H. E.

AU - Rosenberg, M.

AU - Ross-Lonergan, M.

AU - Russell, B.

AU - Scanavini, G.

AU - Schmitz, D. W.

AU - Schukraft, A.

AU - Shaevitz, M. H.

AU - Sharankova, R.

AU - Sinclair, J.

AU - Smith, A.

AU - Snider, E. L.

AU - Soderberg, M.

AU - Söldner-Rembold, S.

AU - Soleti, S. R.

AU - Spentzouris, P.

AU - Spitz, J.

AU - Stancari, M.

AU - John, J. St

AU - Strauss, T.

AU - Sutton, K.

AU - Sword-Fehlberg, S.

AU - Szelc, A. M.

AU - Tagg, N.

AU - Tang, W.

AU - Terao, K.

AU - Thornton, R. T.

AU - Thorpe, C.

AU - Toups, M.

AU - Tsai, Y. T.

AU - Tufanli, S.

AU - Uchida, M. A.

AU - Usher, T.

AU - Van De Pontseele, W.

AU - Van De Water, R. G.

AU - Viren, B.

AU - Weber, M.

AU - Wei, H.

AU - Williams, Z.

AU - Wolbers, S.

AU - Wongjirad, T.

AU - Wospakrik, M.

AU - Wu, W.

AU - Yang, T.

AU - Yarbrough, G.

AU - Yates, L. E.

AU - Zeller, G. P.

AU - Zennamo, J.

AU - Zhang, C.

N1 - Funding Information: This document was prepared by the MicroBooNE Collaboration using the resources of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), a U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, HEP User Facility. Fermilab is managed by Fermi Research Alliance, LLC (FRA), acting under Contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11359. MicroBooNE is supported by the following: the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Offices of High Energy Physics and Nuclear Physics; the U.S. National Science Foundation; the Swiss National Science Foundation; the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), part of the United Kingdom Research and Innovation; and The Royal Society (United Kingdom). Additional support for the laser calibration system and cosmic ray tagger was provided by the Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Bern, Switzerland. The work presented in this manuscript was supported in part by the Azrieli Foundation, Israel Science Foundation, Visiting Scholars Award Program of the Universities Research Association, and the Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program. Publisher Copyright: © 2020 authors.

PY - 2020/11/13

Y1 - 2020/11/13

N2 - We report on the first measurement of flux-integrated single differential cross sections for charged-current (CC) muon neutrino (νμ) scattering on argon with a muon and a proton in the final state, Ar40 (νμ,μp)X. The measurement was carried out using the Booster Neutrino Beam at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber detector with an exposure of 4.59×1019 protons on target. Events are selected to enhance the contribution of CC quasielastic (CCQE) interactions. The data are reported in terms of a total cross section as well as single differential cross sections in final state muon and proton kinematics. We measure the integrated per-nucleus CCQE-like cross section (i.e., for interactions leading to a muon, one proton, and no pions above detection threshold) of (4.93±0.76stat±1.29sys)×10-38 cm2, in good agreement with theoretical calculations. The single differential cross sections are also in overall good agreement with theoretical predictions, except at very forward muon scattering angles that correspond to low-momentum-transfer events.

AB - We report on the first measurement of flux-integrated single differential cross sections for charged-current (CC) muon neutrino (νμ) scattering on argon with a muon and a proton in the final state, Ar40 (νμ,μp)X. The measurement was carried out using the Booster Neutrino Beam at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber detector with an exposure of 4.59×1019 protons on target. Events are selected to enhance the contribution of CC quasielastic (CCQE) interactions. The data are reported in terms of a total cross section as well as single differential cross sections in final state muon and proton kinematics. We measure the integrated per-nucleus CCQE-like cross section (i.e., for interactions leading to a muon, one proton, and no pions above detection threshold) of (4.93±0.76stat±1.29sys)×10-38 cm2, in good agreement with theoretical calculations. The single differential cross sections are also in overall good agreement with theoretical predictions, except at very forward muon scattering angles that correspond to low-momentum-transfer events.

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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.201803

DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.201803

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C2 - 33258649

AN - SCOPUS:85096196987

SN - 0031-9007

VL - 125

JO - Physical Review Letters

JF - Physical Review Letters

IS - 20

M1 - 201803

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First Measurement of Differential Charged Current Quasielasticlike νμ -Argon Scattering Cross Sections with the MicroBooNE Detector

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