Wilkinson, C., Terri, R., Andreopoulos, C. et al. (26 more authors) (2016) Testing charged current quasi-elastic and multinucleon interaction models in the NEUT neutrino interaction generator with published datasets from the MiniBooNE and MINERνA experiments. Physical Review D, 93 (7). 072010. ISSN 2470-0010
Abstract
The MiniBooNE large axial mass anomaly has prompted a great deal of theoretical work on sophisticated Charged Current Quasi-Elastic (CCQE) neutrino interaction models in recent years. As the dominant interaction mode at T2K energies, and the signal process in oscillation analyses, it is important for the T2K experiment to include realistic CCQE cross section uncertainties in T2K analyses. To this end, T2K’s Neutrino Interaction Working Group has implemented a number of recent models in NEUT, T2K’s primary neutrino interaction event generator. In this paper, we give an overview of the models implemented, and present fits to published νµ and νµ CCQE cross section measurements from the MiniBooNE and MINERνA experiments. The results of the fits are used to select a default cross section model for future T2K analyses, and to constrain the cross section uncertainties of the model. We find a model consisting of a modified relativistic Fermi gas model and multinucleon interactions most consistently describes the available data.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 American Physical Society. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Physical Review D. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Physics and Astronomy (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 19 Oct 2018 11:51 |
Last Modified: | 19 Oct 2018 11:51 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.072010 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Physical Society |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1103/PhysRevD.93.072010 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:135721 |