Constraining the NuMI neutrino flux using inverse muon decay reactions in MINERvA
| dc.contributor.author | Jena, Satyajit | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-08-11T13:23:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-08-11T13:23:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.description | Only IISER Mohali authors are available in the record | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Inverse muon decay, ν μ e − → μ − ν e , 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. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Physical Review D, 104(9). | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.104.092010 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4543 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | American Physical Society | en_US |
| dc.subject | Lepton-lepton interactions | en_US |
| dc.subject | Secondary beams | en_US |
| dc.title | Constraining the NuMI neutrino flux using inverse muon decay reactions in MINERvA | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |