Measurement of Muon antineutrino quasielastic scattering on a hydrocarbon target at Eν∼3.5 GeV

L. Fields; J. Chvojka; L. Aliaga; O. Altinok; B. Baldin; A. Baumbaugh; A. Bodek; D. Boehnlein; S. Boyd; R. Bradford; W. K. Brooks; H. Budd; A. Butkevich; D. A. Martinez Caicedo; C. M. Castromonte; M. E. Christy; H. Chung; M. Clark; H. Da Motta; D. S. Damiani; I. Danko; M. Datta; M. Day; R. Demaat; J. Devan; E. Draeger; S. A. Dytman; G. A. Díaz; B. Eberly; D. A. Edmondson; J. Felix; T. Fitzpatrick; G. A. Fiorentini; A. M. Gago; H. Gallagher; C. A. George; J. A. Gielata; C. Gingu; B. Gobbi; R. Gran; N. Grossman; J. Hanson; D. A. Harris; J. Heaton; A. Higuera; I. J. Howley; K. Hurtado; M. Jerkins; T. Kafka; J. Kaisen; M. O. Kanter; C. E. Keppel; J. Kilmer; M. Kordosky; A. H. Krajeski; S. A. Kulagin; T. Le; H. Lee; A. G. Leister; G. Locke; G. Maggi; E. Maher; S. Manly; W. A. Mann; C. M. Marshall; K. S. McFarland; C. L. McGivern; A. M. McGowan; A. Mislivec; J. G. Morfín; J. Mousseau; D. Naples; J. K. Nelson; G. Niculescu; I. Niculescu; N. Ochoa; C. D. O'Connor; J. Olsen; B. Osmanov; J. Osta; J. L. Palomino; V. Paolone; J. Park; C. E. Patrick; G. N. Perdue; C. Peña; L. Rakotondravohitra; R. D. Ransome; H. Ray; L. Ren; P. A. Rodrigues; C. Rude; K. E. Sassin; H. Schellman; D. W. Schmitz; R. M. Schneider; E. C. Schulte; C. Simon; F. D. Snider; M. C. Snyder; J. T. Sobczyk; C. J. Solano Salinas; N. Tagg; W. Tan; B. G. Tice; G. Tzanakos; J. P. Velásquez; J. Walding; T. Walton; J. Wolcott; B. A. Wolthuis; N. Woodward; G. Zavala; H. B. Zeng; D. Zhang; L. Y. Zhu; B. P. Ziemer

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Measurement of Muon antineutrino quasielastic scattering on a hydrocarbon target at E_ν∼3.5 GeV

L. Fields, J. Chvojka, L. Aliaga, O. Altinok, B. Baldin, A. Baumbaugh, A. Bodek, D. Boehnlein, S. Boyd, R. Bradford, W. K. Brooks, H. Budd, A. Butkevich, D. A. Martinez Caicedo, C. M. Castromonte, M. E. Christy, H. Chung, M. Clark, H. Da Motta, D. S. DamianiI. Danko, M. Datta, M. Day, R. Demaat, J. Devan, E. Draeger, S. A. Dytman, G. A. Díaz, B. Eberly, D. A. Edmondson, J. Felix, T. Fitzpatrick, G. A. Fiorentini, A. M. Gago, H. Gallagher, C. A. George, J. A. Gielata, C. Gingu, B. Gobbi, R. Gran, N. Grossman, J. Hanson, D. A. Harris, J. Heaton, A. Higuera, I. J. Howley, K. Hurtado, M. Jerkins, T. Kafka, J. Kaisen, M. O. Kanter, C. E. Keppel, J. Kilmer, M. Kordosky, A. H. Krajeski, S. A. Kulagin, T. Le, H. Lee, A. G. Leister, G. Locke, G. Maggi, E. Maher, S. Manly, W. A. Mann, C. M. Marshall, K. S. McFarland, C. L. McGivern, A. M. McGowan, A. Mislivec, J. G. Morfín, J. Mousseau, D. Naples, J. K. Nelson, G. Niculescu, I. Niculescu, N. Ochoa, C. D. O'Connor, J. Olsen, B. Osmanov, J. Osta, J. L. Palomino, V. Paolone, J. Park, C. E. Patrick, G. N. Perdue, C. Peña, L. Rakotondravohitra, R. D. Ransome, H. Ray, L. Ren, P. A. Rodrigues, C. Rude, K. E. Sassin, H. Schellman, D. W. Schmitz, R. M. Schneider, E. C. Schulte, C. Simon, F. D. Snider, M. C. Snyder, J. T. Sobczyk, C. J. Solano Salinas, N. Tagg, W. Tan, B. G. Tice, G. Tzanakos, J. P. Velásquez, J. Walding, T. Walton, J. Wolcott, B. A. Wolthuis, N. Woodward, G. Zavala, H. B. Zeng, D. Zhang, L. Y. Zhu, B. P. Ziemer

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We have isolated ν_̄μ charged-current quasielastic (QE) interactions occurring in the segmented scintillator tracking region of the MINERvA detector running in the NuMI neutrino beam at Fermilab. We measure the flux-averaged differential cross section, dσ/dQ2, and compare to several theoretical models of QE scattering. Good agreement is obtained with a model where the nucleon axial mass, M_A, is set to 0.99 GeV/c2 but the nucleon vector form factors are modified to account for the observed enhancement, relative to the free nucleon case, of the cross section for the exchange of transversely polarized photons in electron-nucleus scattering. Our data at higher Q2 favor this interpretation over an alternative in which the axial mass is increased.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	022501
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	111
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.022501
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Fields, L., Chvojka, J., Aliaga, L., Altinok, O., Baldin, B., Baumbaugh, A., Bodek, A., Boehnlein, D., Boyd, S., Bradford, R., Brooks, W. K., Budd, H., Butkevich, A., Martinez Caicedo, D. A., Castromonte, C. M., Christy, M. E., Chung, H., Clark, M., Da Motta, H., ... Ziemer, B. P. (2013). Measurement of Muon antineutrino quasielastic scattering on a hydrocarbon target at E_ν∼3.5 GeV. Physical review letters, 111(2), [022501]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.022501

Fields, L, Chvojka, J, Aliaga, L, Altinok, O, Baldin, B, Baumbaugh, A, Bodek, A, Boehnlein, D, Boyd, S, Bradford, R, Brooks, WK, Budd, H, Butkevich, A, Martinez Caicedo, DA, Castromonte, CM, Christy, ME, Chung, H, Clark, M, Da Motta, H, Damiani, DS, Danko, I, Datta, M, Day, M, Demaat, R, Devan, J, Draeger, E, Dytman, SA, Díaz, GA, Eberly, B, Edmondson, DA, Felix, J, Fitzpatrick, T, Fiorentini, GA, Gago, AM, Gallagher, H, George, CA, Gielata, JA, Gingu, C, Gobbi, B, Gran, R, Grossman, N, Hanson, J, Harris, DA, Heaton, J, Higuera, A, Howley, IJ, Hurtado, K, Jerkins, M, Kafka, T, Kaisen, J, Kanter, MO, Keppel, CE, Kilmer, J, Kordosky, M, Krajeski, AH, Kulagin, SA, Le, T, Lee, H, Leister, AG, Locke, G, Maggi, G, Maher, E, Manly, S, Mann, WA, Marshall, CM, McFarland, KS, McGivern, CL, McGowan, AM, Mislivec, A, Morfín, JG, Mousseau, J, Naples, D, Nelson, JK, Niculescu, G, Niculescu, I, Ochoa, N, O'Connor, CD, Olsen, J, Osmanov, B, Osta, J, Palomino, JL, Paolone, V, Park, J, Patrick, CE, Perdue, GN, Peña, C, Rakotondravohitra, L, Ransome, RD, Ray, H, Ren, L, Rodrigues, PA, Rude, C, Sassin, KE, Schellman, H, Schmitz, DW, Schneider, RM, Schulte, EC, Simon, C, Snider, FD, Snyder, MC, Sobczyk, JT, Solano Salinas, CJ, Tagg, N, Tan, W, Tice, BG, Tzanakos, G, Velásquez, JP, Walding, J, Walton, T, Wolcott, J, Wolthuis, BA, Woodward, N, Zavala, G, Zeng, HB, Zhang, D, Zhu, LY & Ziemer, BP 2013, 'Measurement of Muon antineutrino quasielastic scattering on a hydrocarbon target at E_ν∼3.5 GeV', Physical review letters, vol. 111, no. 2, 022501. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.022501

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Measurement of Muon antineutrino quasielastic scattering on a hydrocarbon target at E_ν∼3.5 GeV

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