Measurement of inclusive charged-current ν μ scattering on hydrocarbon at ⟨ E ν ⟩ ∼ 6 GeV with low three-momentum transfer

Abstract

The MINER ν A experiment reports double-differential cross-section measurements for ν μ -carbon interactions with three-momentum transfer | → q | < 1.2

GeV obtained with medium energy exposures in the NuMI beam. These measurements are performed as a function of the three-momentum transfer and an energy transfer estimator called the available energy defined as the energy that would be visible in the detector. The double-differential cross sections are compared to the genie and nuwro predictions along with the modified version of genie which incorporates new models for better agreement with earlier measurements from MINER ν A . In these measurements, the quasielastic, resonance, and multinucleon knockout processes appear at different kinematics in this two-dimensional space. The results can be used to improve models for neutrino interactions needed by neutrino oscillation experiments