Constraining the NuMI neutrino flux using inverse muon decay reactions in MINERvA

(The MINERν A Collaboration)

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.104.092010

Constraining the NuMI neutrino flux using inverse muon decay reactions in MINERvA

(The MINERν A Collaboration)

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Inverse muon decay, νμe-→μ-νe, is a reaction whose cross section can be predicted with very small uncertainties. It has a neutrino energy threshold of ≈11 GeV and can be used to constrain the high-energy part of the flux in the NuMI neutrino beam. This reaction is the dominant source of events which only contain high-energy muons nearly parallel to the direction of the neutrino beam. We have isolated a sample of hundreds of such events in neutrino and antineutrino enhanced beams, and have constrained the predicted high-energy flux.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	092010
Journal	Physical Review D
Volume	104
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.104.092010
State	Published - Nov 1 2021

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Constraining the NuMI neutrino flux using inverse muon decay reactions in MINERvA

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