Improved measurement of neutral current coherent π⁰ production on carbon in a few-GeV neutrino beam

Thumbnail
View/Open
Accepted Version (274.2Kb)
Downloads: 108
Date
2010-06-16
Author
Kurimoto, Y.
Alcaraz-Aunion, J. L.
Brice, S. J.
Bugel, L.
Catala-Perez, J.
Cheng, G.
Conrad, J. M.
Djurcic, Z.
Dore, U.
Finley, D. A.
Franke, A. J.
Giganti, C.
Gomez-Cadenas, J. J.
Guzowski, P.
Hanson, A.
Hayato, Y.
Hiraide, K.
Jover-Manas, G.
Karagiorgi, G.
Katori, T.
Kobayashi, Y. K.
Kobilarcik, T.
Kubo, H.
Louis, W. C.
Loverre, P. F.
Ludovici, L.
Mahn, K. B. M.
Mariani, Camillo
Masuike, S.
Matsuoka, K.
McGary, V. T.
Metcalf, W.
Mills, G. B.
Mitsuka, G.
Miyachi, Y.
Mizugashira, S.
Moore, C. D.
Nakajima, Y.
Nakaya, T.
Napora, R.
Nienaber, P.
Orme, D.
Otani, M.
Russell, A. D.
Sanchez, F.
Shaevitz, M. H.
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.
Walding, J. J.
Wascko, M. O.
White, H. B.
Wilking, M. J.
Yokoyama, M.
Zeller, G. P.
Zimmerman, E. D .
Metadata
Show full item record
Abstract
The SciBooNE Collaboration reports a measurement of neutral current coherent π⁰ production on carbon by a muon neutrino beam with average energy 0.8 GeV. The separation of coherent from inclusive π⁰ production has been improved by detecting recoil protons from resonant π⁰ production. We measure the ratio of the neutral current coherent π⁰ production to total charged current cross sections to be (1.16 ± 0.24) x 10⁻². The ratio of charged current coherent π⁺ to neutral current coherent π⁰ production is calculated to be 0.14+0.30−0.28, using our published charged current coherent pion measurement.
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10919/81654
Collections