Search for charged current coherent pion production on carbon in a few-GeV neutrino beam

Date
2008-12-01Author
Hiraide, K.
Alcaraz-Aunion, J. L.
Brice, S. J.
Bugel, L.
Catala-Perez, J.
Cheng, G.
Conrad, Janet M.
Djurcic, Zelimir
Dore, U.
Finley, D. A.
Franke, A. J.
Giganti, C.
Gomez-Cadenas, J. J.
Guzowski, P.
Hanson, A.
Hayato, Y.
Jover-Manas, G.
Karagiorgi, Georgia S.
Katori, T.
Kobayashi, K.
Kobilarcik, T.
Kubo, H.
Kurimoto, Y.
Louis, W. C.
Loverre, P. F.
Ludovici, L.
Mahn, K. B. M.
Mariani, Camillo
Masuike, S.
Matsuoka, K.
Metcalf, W.
Mills, G.
Mitsuka, G.
Miyachi, Y.
Mizugashira, S.
Moore, C. D.
Nakajima, Y.
Nakaya, T.
Napora, R.
Nienaber, P.
Nguyen, V.
Orme, D.
Otani, M.
Russell, A. D.
Sanchez, F.
Shaevitz, Marjorie Hansen
Shibata, T. A.
Sorel, M.
Stefanski, R. J.
Takei, H.
Tanaka, H. K.
Tanaka, M.
Tayloe, R.
Taylor, I. J.
Tesarek, R. J.
Uchida, Y.
Van de Water, R. G.
Walding, J. J.
Wascko, M. O.
White, H.
Wilking, M. J.
Yokoyama, M.
Zeller, Geralyn P.
Zimmerman, E. D.
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The SciBooNE Collaboration has performed a search for charged current coherent pion production from muon neutrinos scattering on carbon, νυ 12C &8594; μ 12Cπ ⁺, with two distinct data samples. No evidence for coherent pion production is observed. We set 90% confidence level upper limits on the cross section ratio of charged current coherent pion production to the total charged current cross section at 0.67 x 102 at mean neutrino energy 1.1 GeV and 1.36 x 102 at mean neutrino energy 2.2 GeV.