2015/01/21 by J. Wolcott, Wolcott, Jeremy
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Particle accelerators and beam dynamics #Neutrino Physics Research #Muon and positron interactions and applications
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1501.05210
Among the most important tasks of neutrino oscillation experiments is correctly estimating the parent neutrino energy from the by-products of their interactions. Large uncertainties in our current understanding of such processes can significantly hamper this effort. We explore several recent measurements made using the \mnv detector in the few-GeV NuMI muon neutrino beam at Fermilab: the differential cross-section vs. Q2 for charged-current quasi-elastic scattering, the differential cross-sections vs. pion angle and pion kinetic energy for resonant single charged pion production, and the differential cross-sections vs. pion angle and kinetic energy for coherent pion production. We furthermore discuss their implications for energy reconstruction in oscillation measurements.