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  1. Book ; Online: Indirect search of Heavy Neutral Leptons using the DUNE Near Detector

    Carbajal, S. / Gago, A. M.

    2022  

    Abstract: We evaluate the potential of the DUNE Near Detector (DUNEND) for establishing bounds for heavy neutral leptons in the region of masses below 500 MeV. These bounds are obtained from the deficits of muon and electron charged current events expected at the ... ...

    Abstract We evaluate the potential of the DUNE Near Detector (DUNEND) for establishing bounds for heavy neutral leptons in the region of masses below 500 MeV. These bounds are obtained from the deficits of muon and electron charged current events expected at the LArTPC of DUNEND. Each deficit is due to two sources: the active neutrinos, decay products of the heavy ones, that do not hit the DUNEND and the disappearance oscillation of the active neutrinos, decay products of the parent mesons. We get limits of $|U_{\mu4}|^2 < 6.5 \times 10^{-2} (2.5 \times10^{-5})$ and $|U_{e4}|^4 < 2\times10^{-2} (3 \times10^{-5})$ for masses below 10 MeV, five years per each mode (neutrino/antineutrino) and for a 20%(0%) overall normalization uncertainty in neutrino charged current event rates prediction. These limits, within the region of masses below 2(10) MeV, are better than those that can be achieved by DUNE direct searches for the case of a 20%(0%) uncertainty. We can also impose limits on $|U_{\mu4}|^2$ in a mass region free of constraints (40 eV - 1 MeV). For masses below 1 MeV, we improve the current experimental constraints by up to 2 orders of magnitude when no uncertainties are considered. However, when a 20% uncertainty is present, our limits can only improve current constraints on $|U_{e4}|^2$ by up to a factor of 3 in a small region around 5 eV.

    Comment: 10 pages, 13 figures; added a possible overall normalization uncertainty in the neutrino CC Events at DUNEND and oscillation effects due to HNL
    Keywords High Energy Physics - Phenomenology ; High Energy Physics - Experiment
    Subject code 910
    Publishing date 2022-02-18
    Publishing country us
    Document type Book ; Online
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  2. Article ; Online: Simultaneous Measurement of Muon Neutrino ν_{μ} Charged-Current Single π^{+} Production in CH, C, H_{2}O, Fe, and Pb Targets in MINERvA.

    Bercellie, A / Kroma-Wiley, K A / Akhter, S / Ahmad Dar, Z / Akbar, F / Ansari, V / Ascencio, M V / Athar, M Sajjad / Bellantoni, L / Betancourt, M / Bodek, A / Bonilla, J L / Bravar, A / Budd, H / Caceres, G / Cai, T / Díaz, G A / da Motta, H / Dytman, S A /
    Felix, J / Fields, L / Filkins, A / Fine, R / Gago, A M / Gallagher, H / Gaur, P K / Ghosh, A / Gilligan, S M / Gran, R / Granados, E / Harris, D A / Jena, D / Jena, S / Kleykamp, J / Klustová, A / Kordosky, M / Last, D / Le, T / Lozano, A / Lu, X-G / Mahbub, I / Maher, E / Manly, S / Mann, W A / Mauger, C / McFarland, K S / Messerly, B / Miller, J / Moreno, O / Morfín, J G / Naples, D / Nelson, J K / Nguyen, C / Olivier, A / Paolone, V / Perdue, G N / Plows, K-J / Ramírez, M A / Ransome, R D / Ray, H / Ruterbories, D / Schellman, H / Solano Salinas, C J / Su, H / Sultana, M / Syrotenko, V S / Utt, B / Valencia, E / Vaughan, N H / Waldron, A V / Yaeggy, B / Zazueta, L

    Physical review letters

    2023  Volume 131, Issue 1, Page(s) 11801

    Abstract: Neutrino-induced charged-current single π^{+} production in the Δ(1232) resonance region is of considerable interest to accelerator-based neutrino oscillation experiments. In this Letter, high statistic differential cross sections are reported for the ... ...

    Abstract Neutrino-induced charged-current single π^{+} production in the Δ(1232) resonance region is of considerable interest to accelerator-based neutrino oscillation experiments. In this Letter, high statistic differential cross sections are reported for the semiexclusive reaction ν_{μ}A→μ^{-}π^{+}+ nucleon(s) on scintillator, carbon, water, iron, and lead targets recorded by MINERvA using a wideband ν_{μ} beam with ⟨E_{ν}⟩≈6  GeV. Suppression of the cross section at low Q^{2} and enhancement of low T_{π} are observed in both light and heavy nuclear targets compared with phenomenological models used in current neutrino interaction generators. The cross sections per nucleon for iron and lead compared with CH across the kinematic variables probed are 0.8 and 0.5 respectively, a scaling which is also not predicted by current generators.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-02-10
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 208853-8
    ISSN 1079-7114 ; 0031-9007
    ISSN (online) 1079-7114
    ISSN 0031-9007
    DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.011801
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  3. Article ; Online: Simultaneous Measurement of ν_{μ} Quasielasticlike Cross Sections on CH, C, H_{2}O, Fe, and Pb as a Function of Muon Kinematics at MINERvA.

    Kleykamp, J / Akhter, S / Ahmad Dar, Z / Ansari, V / Ascencio, M V / Sajjad Athar, M / Bashyal, A / Bercellie, A / Betancourt, M / Bodek, A / Bonilla, J L / Bravar, A / Budd, H / Caceres, G / Cai, T / Carneiro, M F / Díaz, G A / da Motta, H / Dytman, S A /
    Felix, J / Fields, L / Filkins, A / Fine, R / Gago, A M / Gallagher, H / Gilligan, S M / Gran, R / Granados, E / Harris, D A / Henry, S / Jena, D / Jena, S / Klustová, A / Kordosky, M / Last, D / Lozano, A / Lu, X-G / Maher, E / Manly, S / Mann, W A / Mauger, C / McFarland, K S / Messerly, B / Miller, J / Moreno, O / Morfín, J G / Naples, D / Nelson, J K / Nguyen, C / Olivier, A / Paolone, V / Perdue, G N / Plows, K-J / Ramírez, M A / Ransome, R D / Ray, H / Ruterbories, D / Schellman, H / Solano Salinas, C J / Su, H / Sultana, M / Syrotenko, V S / Valencia, E / Vaughan, N H / Waldron, A V / Wret, C / Yaeggy, B / Zazueta, L

    Physical review letters

    2023  Volume 130, Issue 16, Page(s) 161801

    Abstract: This Letter presents the first simultaneous measurement of the quasielasticlike neutrino-nucleus cross sections on C, water, Fe, Pb, and scintillator (hydrocarbon or CH) as a function of longitudinal and transverse muon momentum. The ratio of cross ... ...

    Abstract This Letter presents the first simultaneous measurement of the quasielasticlike neutrino-nucleus cross sections on C, water, Fe, Pb, and scintillator (hydrocarbon or CH) as a function of longitudinal and transverse muon momentum. The ratio of cross sections per nucleon between Pb and CH is always above unity and has a characteristic shape as a function of transverse muon momentum that evolves slowly as a function of longitudinal muon momentum. The ratio is constant versus longitudinal momentum within uncertainties above a longitudinal momentum of 4.5  GeV/c. The cross section ratios to CH for C, water, and Fe remain roughly constant with increasing longitudinal momentum, and the ratios between water or C to CH do not have any significant deviation from unity. Both the overall cross section level and the shape for Pb and Fe as a function of transverse muon momentum are not reproduced by current neutrino event generators. These measurements provide a direct test of nuclear effects in quasielasticlike interactions, which are major contributors to long-baseline neutrino oscillation data samples.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-05-08
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 208853-8
    ISSN 1079-7114 ; 0031-9007
    ISSN (online) 1079-7114
    ISSN 0031-9007
    DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.161801
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  4. Article ; Online: Measurement of the axial vector form factor from antineutrino-proton scattering.

    Cai, T / Moore, M L / Olivier, A / Akhter, S / Dar, Z Ahmad / Ansari, V / Ascencio, M V / Bashyal, A / Bercellie, A / Betancourt, M / Bodek, A / Bonilla, J L / Bravar, A / Budd, H / Caceres, G / Carneiro, M F / Díaz, G A / da Motta, H / Felix, J /
    Fields, L / Filkins, A / Fine, R / Gago, A M / Gallagher, H / Gilligan, S M / Gran, R / Granados, E / Harris, D A / Henry, S / Jena, D / Jena, S / Kleykamp, J / Klustová, A / Kordosky, M / Last, D / Le, T / Lozano, A / Lu, X-G / Maher, E / Manly, S / Mann, W A / Mauger, C / McFarland, K S / Messerly, B / Miller, J / Moreno, O / Morfín, J G / Naples, D / Nelson, J K / Nguyen, C / Paolone, V / Perdue, G N / Plows, K-J / Ramírez, M A / Ransome, R D / Ray, H / Ruterbories, D / Schellman, H / Salinas, C J Solano / Su, H / Sultana, M / Syrotenko, V S / Valencia, E / Vaughan, N H / Waldron, A V / Wascko, M O / Wret, C / Yaeggy, B / Zazueta, L

    Nature

    2023  Volume 614, Issue 7946, Page(s) 48–53

    Abstract: Scattering of high energy particles from nucleons probes their structure, as was done in the experiments that established the non-zero size of the proton using electron ... ...

    Abstract Scattering of high energy particles from nucleons probes their structure, as was done in the experiments that established the non-zero size of the proton using electron beams
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-02-01
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 120714-3
    ISSN 1476-4687 ; 0028-0836
    ISSN (online) 1476-4687
    ISSN 0028-0836
    DOI 10.1038/s41586-022-05478-3
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  5. Article ; Online: Simultaneous Measurement of Proton and Lepton Kinematics in Quasielasticlike ν_{μ}-Hydrocarbon Interactions from 2 to 20 GeV.

    Ruterbories, D / Akhter, S / Ahmad Dar, Z / Akbar, F / Ansari, V / Ascencio, M V / Sajjad Athar, M / Bashyal, A / Bercellie, A / Betancourt, M / Bodek, A / Bonilla, J L / Bravar, A / Budd, H / Caceres, G / Cai, T / Carneiro, M F / Díaz, G A / da Motta, H /
    Felix, J / Fields, L / Filkins, A / Fine, R / Gago, A M / Gallagher, H / Gaur, P K / Ghosh, A / Gilligan, S M / Gran, R / Haase, E / Harris, D A / Henry, S / Jacobsen, K / Jena, D / Jena, S / Kleykamp, J / Klustová, A / Kordosky, M / Last, D / Lozano, A / Lu, X-G / Maher, E / Manly, S / Mann, W A / Mauger, C / McFarland, K S / McGowan, A M / Messerly, B / Miller, J / Moreno, O / Morfín, J G / Naples, D / Nelson, J K / Nguyen, C / Olivier, A / Paolone, V / Perdue, G N / Plows, K-J / Ramírez, M A / Ransome, R D / Ray, H / Schellman, H / Solano Salinas, C J / Su, H / Sultana, M / Syrotenko, V S / Valencia, E / Vaughan, N H / Waldron, A V / Wascko, M O / Wret, C / Yaeggy, B / Zazueta, L

    Physical review letters

    2022  Volume 129, Issue 2, Page(s) 21803

    Abstract: Neutrino charged-current quasielastic-like scattering, a reaction category extensively used in neutrino oscillation measurements, probes nuclear effects that govern neutrino-nucleus interactions. This Letter reports the first measurement of the triple- ... ...

    Abstract Neutrino charged-current quasielastic-like scattering, a reaction category extensively used in neutrino oscillation measurements, probes nuclear effects that govern neutrino-nucleus interactions. This Letter reports the first measurement of the triple-differential cross section for ν_{μ} quasielastic-like reactions using the hydrocarbon medium of the MINERvA detector exposed to a wideband beam spanning 2≤E_{ν}≤20  GeV. The measurement maps the correlations among transverse and longitudinal muon momenta and summed proton kinetic energies, and compares them to predictions from a state-of-art simulation. Discrepancies are observed that likely reflect shortfalls with modeling of pion and nucleon intranuclear scattering and/or spectator nucleon ejection from struck nuclei. The separate determination of leptonic and hadronic variables can inform experimental approaches to neutrino-energy estimation.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-07-22
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 208853-8
    ISSN 1079-7114 ; 0031-9007
    ISSN (online) 1079-7114
    ISSN 0031-9007
    DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.021803
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  6. Book ; Online: Performance of ALICE AD modules in the CERN PS test beam

    Broz, M. / Noris, J. C. Cabanillas / Villar, E. Calvo / Galvan, C. Duarte / Endress, E. / Beltran, L. G. Espinoza / Tellez, A. Fernandez / Finogeev, D. / Gago, A. M. / Corral, G. Herrera / Kim, T. / Kurepin, A. / Kurepin, A. B. / Kurepin, N. / Monzon, I. Leon / Hernandez, M. I. Martinez / Mayer, C. / Mieskolainen, M. M. / Orava, R. /
    Moreno, L. A. Perez / Revol, J. -P. / Cahuantzi, M. Rodriguez / Torres, S. Rojas / Serebryakov, D. / Shabanov, A. / Usenko, E. / Tello, A. Villatoro

    2020  

    Abstract: Two modules of the AD detector have been studied with the test beam at the T10 facility at CERN. The AD detector is made of scintillator pads read out by wave-length shifters (WLS)coupled to clean fibres that carry the produced light to photo-multiplier ... ...

    Abstract Two modules of the AD detector have been studied with the test beam at the T10 facility at CERN. The AD detector is made of scintillator pads read out by wave-length shifters (WLS)coupled to clean fibres that carry the produced light to photo-multiplier tubes (PMTs). In ALICE the AD is used to trigger and study the physics of diffractive and ultra-peripheral collisions as well as for a variety of technical tasks like beam-gas background monitoring or as a luminometer. The position dependence of the modules' efficiency has been measured and the effect of hits on the WLS or PMTs has been evaluated. The charge deposited by pions and protons has been measured at different momenta of the test beam. The time resolution is determined as a function of the deposited charge. These results are important ingredients to better understand the AD detector, to benchmark the corresponding simulations, and very importantly they served as a baseline for a similar device, the Forward Diffractive Detector (FDD), being currently built and that will be in operation in ALICE during the LHC Runs 3 and 4.

    Comment: 12 pages, 9 figures
    Keywords Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors ; High Energy Physics - Experiment
    Subject code 621
    Publishing date 2020-06-26
    Publishing country us
    Document type Book ; Online
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  7. Article ; Online: High-Statistics Measurement of Neutrino Quasielasticlike Scattering at 6 GeV on a Hydrocarbon Target.

    Carneiro, M F / Ruterbories, D / Ahmad Dar, Z / Akbar, F / Andrade, D A / Ascencio, M V / Badgett, W / Bashyal, A / Bercellie, A / Betancourt, M / Bonin, K / Bravar, A / Budd, H / Caceres, G / Cai, T / da Motta, H / Díaz, G A / Felix, J / Fields, L /
    Filkins, A / Fine, R / Gago, A M / Ghosh, A / Gran, R / Hahn, D / Harris, D A / Henry, S / Hylen, J / Jena, S / Jena, D / Joe, C / King, B / Kleykamp, J / Kordosky, M / Last, D / Le, T / LeClerc, J / Lozano, A / Lu, X-G / Maher, E / Manly, S / Mann, W A / McFarland, K S / McGivern, C L / McGowan, A M / Messerly, B / Miller, J / Morfín, J G / Murphy, M / Naples, D / Nelson, J K / Nguyen, C / Norrick, A / Olivier, A / Paolone, V / Perdue, G N / Riehecky, P / Schellman, H / Schlabach, P / Solano Salinas, C J / Su, H / Sultana, M / Syrotenko, V S / Torretta, D / Wret, C / Yaeggy, B / Yonehara, K / Zazueta, L

    Physical review letters

    2020  Volume 124, Issue 12, Page(s) 121801

    Abstract: We measure neutrino charged-current quasielasticlike scattering on hydrocarbon at high statistics using the wideband Neutrinos at the Main Injector beam with neutrino energy peaked at 6 GeV. The double-differential cross section is reported in terms of ... ...

    Abstract We measure neutrino charged-current quasielasticlike scattering on hydrocarbon at high statistics using the wideband Neutrinos at the Main Injector beam with neutrino energy peaked at 6 GeV. The double-differential cross section is reported in terms of muon longitudinal (p_{∥}) and transverse (p_{⊥}) momentum. Cross section contours versus lepton momentum components are approximately described by a conventional generator-based simulation, however, discrepancies are observed for transverse momenta above 0.5  GeV/c for longitudinal momentum ranges 3-5 and 9-20  GeV/c. The single differential cross section versus momentum transfer squared (dσ/dQ_{QE}^{2}) is measured over a four-decade range of Q^{2} that extends to 10  GeV^{2}. The cross section turnover and falloff in the Q^{2} range 0.3-10  GeV^{2} is not fully reproduced by generator predictions that rely on dipole form factors. Our measurement probes the axial-vector content of the hadronic current and complements the electromagnetic form factor data obtained using electron-nucleon elastic scattering. These results help oscillation experiments because they probe the importance of various correlations and final-state interaction effects within the nucleus, which have different effects on the visible energy in detectors.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-04-13
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 208853-8
    ISSN 1079-7114 ; 0031-9007
    ISSN (online) 1079-7114
    ISSN 0031-9007
    DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.121801
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  8. Article ; Online: Publisher's Note: Identification of Nuclear Effects in Neutrino-Carbon Interactions at Low Three-Momentum Transfer [Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 071802 (2016)].

    Rodrigues, P A / Demgen, J / Miltenberger, E / Aliaga, L / Altinok, O / Bellantoni, L / Bercellie, A / Betancourt, M / Bodek, A / Bravar, A / Budd, H / Cai, T / Carneiro, M F / Chvojka, J / Devan, J / Dytman, S A / Díaz, G A / Eberly, B / Elkins, M /
    Felix, J / Fields, L / Fine, R / Gago, A M / Galindo, R / Gallagher, H / Ghosh, A / Golan, T / Gran, R / Harris, D A / Higuera, A / Hurtado, K / Kiveni, M / Kleykamp, J / Kordosky, M / Le, T / Leistico, J R / Lovlein, A / Maher, E / Manly, S / Mann, W A / Marshall, C M / Martinez Caicedo, D A / McFarland, K S / McGivern, C L / McGowan, A M / Messerly, B / Miller, J / Mislivec, A / Morfín, J G / Mousseau, J / Muhlbeier, T / Naples, D / Nelson, J K / Norrick, A / Nuruzzaman / Osta, J / Paolone, V / Patrick, C E / Perdue, G N / Ramirez, M A / Ransome, R D / Ray, H / Ren, L / Rimal, D / Ruterbories, D / Schellman, H / Schmitz, D W / Solano Salinas, C J / Tagg, N / Tice, B G / Valencia, E / Walton, T / Wolcott, J / Wospakrik, M / Zavala, G / Zhang, D

    Physical review letters

    2018  Volume 121, Issue 20, Page(s) 209902

    Abstract: This corrects the article DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.071802. ...

    Abstract This corrects the article DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.071802.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-11-27
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Published Erratum
    ZDB-ID 208853-8
    ISSN 1079-7114 ; 0031-9007
    ISSN (online) 1079-7114
    ISSN 0031-9007
    DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.209902
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  9. Article ; Online: Measurement of Final-State Correlations in Neutrino Muon-Proton Mesonless Production on Hydrocarbon at ⟨E_{ν}⟩=3  GeV.

    Lu, X-G / Betancourt, M / Walton, T / Akbar, F / Aliaga, L / Altinok, O / Andrade, D A / Ascencio, M / Bellantoni, L / Bercellie, A / Bodek, A / Bravar, A / Budd, H / Cai, T / Carneiro, M F / Chaves, J / Coplowe, D / da Motta, H / Dytman, S A /
    Díaz, G A / Felix, J / Fields, L / Fine, R / Gago, A M / Galindo, R / Gallagher, H / Ghosh, A / Gran, R / Harris, D A / Henry, S / Jena, S / Jena, D / Kleykamp, J / Kordosky, M / Le, T / Maher, E / Manly, S / Mann, W A / Marshall, C M / McFarland, K S / McGowan, A M / Messerly, B / Miller, J / Mislivec, A / Morfín, J G / Mousseau, J / Naples, D / Nelson, J K / Nguyen, C / Norrick, A / Nuruzzaman / Olivier, A / Paolone, V / Patrick, C E / Perdue, G N / Ramírez, M A / Ransome, R D / Ren, L / Rimal, D / Rodrigues, P A / Ruterbories, D / Schellman, H / Sobczyk, J T / Salinas, C J Solano / Su, H / Sultana, M / Valencia, E / Wark, D / Weber, A / Wolcott, J / Wospakrik, M / Yaeggy, B

    Physical review letters

    2018  Volume 121, Issue 2, Page(s) 22504

    Abstract: Final-state kinematic imbalances are measured in mesonless production of ν_{μ}+A→μ^{-}+p+X in the MINERvA tracker. Initial- and final-state nuclear effects are probed using the direction of the μ^{-}-p transverse momentum imbalance and the initial-state ... ...

    Abstract Final-state kinematic imbalances are measured in mesonless production of ν_{μ}+A→μ^{-}+p+X in the MINERvA tracker. Initial- and final-state nuclear effects are probed using the direction of the μ^{-}-p transverse momentum imbalance and the initial-state momentum of the struck neutron. Differential cross sections are compared to predictions based on current approaches to medium modeling. These models underpredict the cross section at intermediate intranuclear momentum transfers that generally exceed the Fermi momenta. As neutrino interaction models need to correctly incorporate the effect of the nucleus in order to predict neutrino energy resolution in oscillation experiments, this result points to a region of phase space where additional cross section strength is needed in current models, and demonstrates a new technique that would be suitable for use in fine-grained liquid argon detectors where the effect of the nucleus may be even larger.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-07-13
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 208853-8
    ISSN 1079-7114 ; 0031-9007
    ISSN (online) 1079-7114
    ISSN 0031-9007
    DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.022504
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  10. Article ; Online: Measurement of Neutral-Current K^{+} Production by Neutrinos using MINERvA.

    Marshall, C M / Aliaga, L / Altinok, O / Bellantoni, L / Bercellie, A / Betancourt, M / Bodek, A / Bravar, A / Cai, T / Carneiro, M F / da Motta, H / Dytman, S A / Díaz, G A / Dunkman, M / Eberly, B / Endress, E / Felix, J / Fields, L / Fine, R /
    Gago, A M / Galindo, R / Gallagher, H / Ghosh, A / Golan, T / Gran, R / Harris, D A / Higuera, A / Hurtado, K / Kleykamp, J / Kordosky, M / Le, T / Maher, E / Manly, S / Mann, W A / Caicedo, D A Martinez / McFarland, K S / McGivern, C L / McGowan, A M / Messerly, B / Miller, J / Mislivec, A / Morfín, J G / Mousseau, J / Naples, D / Nelson, J K / Norrick, A / Nuruzzaman / Paolone, V / Patrick, C E / Perdue, G N / Ramírez, M A / Ransome, R D / Ray, H / Ren, L / Rimal, D / Rodrigues, P A / Ruterbories, D / Schmitz, D W / Solano Salinas, C J / Sultana, M / Sánchez Falero, S / Valencia, E / Walton, T / Wolcott, J / Wospakrik, M / Yaeggy, B / Zhang, D

    Physical review letters

    2017  Volume 119, Issue 1, Page(s) 11802

    Abstract: Neutral-current production of K^{+} by atmospheric neutrinos is a background in searches for the proton decay p→K^{+}ν[over ¯]. Reactions such as νp→νK^{+}Λ are indistinguishable from proton decays when the decay products of the Λ are below detection ... ...

    Abstract Neutral-current production of K^{+} by atmospheric neutrinos is a background in searches for the proton decay p→K^{+}ν[over ¯]. Reactions such as νp→νK^{+}Λ are indistinguishable from proton decays when the decay products of the Λ are below detection threshold. Events with K^{+} are identified in MINERvA by reconstructing the timing signature of a K^{+} decay at rest. A sample of 201 neutrino-induced neutral-current K^{+} events is used to measure differential cross sections with respect to the K^{+} kinetic energy, and the non-K^{+} hadronic visible energy. An excess of events at low hadronic visible energy is observed relative to the prediction of the neut event generator. Good agreement is observed with the cross section prediction of the genie generator. A search for photons from π^{0} decay, which would veto a neutral-current K^{+} event in a proton decay search, is performed, and a 2σ deficit of detached photons is observed relative to the genie prediction.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-07-07
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 208853-8
    ISSN 1079-7114 ; 0031-9007
    ISSN (online) 1079-7114
    ISSN 0031-9007
    DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.011802
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