Abstract
We have measured new observables based on the final state kinematic imbalances in the mesonless production of νμ+A→μ-+p+X in the MINERνA tracker. Components of the muon-proton momentum imbalances parallel (δpTy) and perpendicular (δpTx) to the momentum transfer in the transverse plane are found to be sensitive to the nuclear effects such as Fermi motion, binding energy, and non-quasielastic (QE) contributions. The QE peak location in δpTy is particularly sensitive to the binding energy. Differential cross sections are compared to predictions from different neutrino interaction models. The Fermi gas models presented in this study cannot simultaneously describe features such as QE peak location, width, and the non-QE events contributing to the signal process. Correcting the genie's binding energy implementation according to theory causes better agreement with data. Hints of proton left-right asymmetry are observed in δpTx. Better modeling of the binding energy can reduce the bias in neutrino energy reconstruction, and these observables can be applied in current and future experiments to better constrain nuclear effects.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 092001 |
| Journal | Physical Review D |
| Volume | 101 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 1 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory under US Department of Energy Contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11359, which included the MINERvA construction project. Construction support was also granted by the United States National Science Foundation under Grant No. PHY-0619727 and by the University of Rochester. Support for participating scientists was provided by NSF and DOE (USA), by CAPES and CNPq (Brazil), by CoNaCyT (Mexico), by Proyecto Basal FB 0821, CONICYT PIA ACT1413, Fondecyt 3170845 and 11130133 (Chile), by DGI-PUCP and UDI/VRI-IGI-UNI (Peru), by the Latin American Center for Physics (CLAF), by Science and Technology Facilities Council (UK), and by NCN Opus Grant No. 2016/21/B/ST2/01092 (Poland). We thank the MINOS Collaboration for use of its near detector data. We acknowledge the dedicated work of the Fermilab staff responsible for the operation and maintenance of the beam line and detector and the Fermilab Computing Division for support of data processing.
Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory under US Department of Energy Contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11359, which included the MINERνA construction project. Construction support was also granted by the United States National Science Foundation under Grant No. PHY-0619727 and by the University of Rochester. Support for participating scientists was provided by NSF and DOE (USA), by CAPES and CNPq (Brazil), by CoNaCyT (Mexico), by Proyecto Basal FB 0821, CONICYT PIA ACT1413, Fondecyt 3170845 and 11130133 (Chile), by DGI-PUCP and UDI/VRI-IGI-UNI (Peru), by the Latin American Center for Physics (CLAF), by Science and Technology Facilities Council (UK), and by NCN Opus Grant No. 2016/21/B/ST2/01092 (Poland). We thank the MINOS Collaboration for use of its near detector data. We acknowledge the dedicated work of the Fermilab staff responsible for the operation and maintenance of the beam line and detector and the Fermilab Computing Division for support of data processing.
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