Measurement of partonic nuclear effects in deep-inelastic neutrino scattering using MINERvA

J. Mousseau; M. Wospakrik; L. Aliaga; O. Altinok; L. Bellantoni; A. Bercellie; M. Betancourt; A. Bodek; A. Bravar; H. Budd; T. Cai; M. F. Carneiro; M. E. Christy; J. Chvojka; H. Da Motta; J. Devan; S. A. Dytman; G. A. Díaz; B. Eberly; J. Felix; L. Fields; R. Fine; A. M. Gago; R. Galindo; H. Gallagher; A. Ghosh; T. Golan; R. Gran; D. A. Harris; A. Higuera; K. Hurtado; M. Kiveni; J. Kleykamp; M. Kordosky; T. Le; E. Maher; S. Manly; W. A. Mann; C. M. Marshall; D. A. Martinez Caicedo; K. S. McFarland; C. L. McGivern; A. M. McGowan; B. Messerly; J. Miller; A. Mislivec; J. G. Morfín; D. Naples; J. K. Nelson; A. Norrick; The MINER ν A Collaboration

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Measurement of partonic nuclear effects in deep-inelastic neutrino scattering using MINERvA

J. Mousseau, M. Wospakrik, L. Aliaga, O. Altinok, L. Bellantoni, A. Bercellie, M. Betancourt, A. Bodek, A. Bravar, H. Budd, T. Cai, M. F. Carneiro, M. E. Christy, J. Chvojka, H. Da Motta, J. Devan, S. A. Dytman, G. A. Díaz, B. Eberly, J. FelixL. Fields, R. Fine, A. M. Gago, R. Galindo, H. Gallagher, A. Ghosh, T. Golan, R. Gran, D. A. Harris, A. Higuera, K. Hurtado, M. Kiveni, J. Kleykamp, M. Kordosky, T. Le, E. Maher, S. Manly, W. A. Mann, C. M. Marshall, D. A. Martinez Caicedo, K. S. McFarland, C. L. McGivern, A. M. McGowan, B. Messerly, J. Miller, A. Mislivec, J. G. Morfín, D. Naples, J. K. Nelson, A. Norrick, The MINER ν A Collaboration

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The MINERvA Collaboration reports a novel study of neutrino-nucleus charged-current deep inelastic scattering (DIS) using the same neutrino beam incident on targets of polystyrene, graphite, iron, and lead. Results are presented as ratios of C, Fe, and Pb to CH. The ratios of total DIS cross sections as a function of neutrino energy and flux-integrated differential cross sections as a function of the Bjorken scaling variable x are presented in the neutrino-energy range of 5-50 GeV. Based on the predictions of charged-lepton scattering ratios, good agreement is found between the data and prediction at medium x and low neutrino energy. However, the ratios appear to be below predictions in the vicinity of the nuclear shadowing region, x<0.1. This apparent deficit, reflected in the DIS cross-section ratio at high Eν, is consistent with previous MINERvA observations [B. Tice (MINERvA Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 231801 (2014).] and with the predicted onset of nuclear shadowing with the axial-vector current in neutrino scattering.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	071101
Journal	Physical Review D
Volume	93
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.071101
State	Published - Apr 19 2016

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Mousseau, J., Wospakrik, M., Aliaga, L., Altinok, O., Bellantoni, L., Bercellie, A., Betancourt, M., Bodek, A., Bravar, A., Budd, H., Cai, T., Carneiro, M. F., Christy, M. E., Chvojka, J., Da Motta, H., Devan, J., Dytman, S. A., Díaz, G. A., Eberly, B., ... The MINER ν A Collaboration (2016). Measurement of partonic nuclear effects in deep-inelastic neutrino scattering using MINERvA. Physical Review D, 93(7), Article 071101. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.071101

Mousseau, J, Wospakrik, M, Aliaga, L, Altinok, O, Bellantoni, L, Bercellie, A, Betancourt, M, Bodek, A, Bravar, A, Budd, H, Cai, T, Carneiro, MF, Christy, ME, Chvojka, J, Da Motta, H, Devan, J, Dytman, SA, Díaz, GA, Eberly, B, Felix, J, Fields, L, Fine, R, Gago, AM, Galindo, R, Gallagher, H, Ghosh, A, Golan, T, Gran, R, Harris, DA, Higuera, A, Hurtado, K, Kiveni, M, Kleykamp, J, Kordosky, M, Le, T, Maher, E, Manly, S, Mann, WA, Marshall, CM, Martinez Caicedo, DA, McFarland, KS, McGivern, CL, McGowan, AM, Messerly, B, Miller, J, Mislivec, A, Morfín, JG, Naples, D, Nelson, JK, Norrick, A & The MINER ν A Collaboration 2016, 'Measurement of partonic nuclear effects in deep-inelastic neutrino scattering using MINERvA', Physical Review D, vol. 93, no. 7, 071101. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.071101

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