Measurement of Neutrino-Induced Neutral-Current Coherent Pi(0) Production in the NOvA Near Detector

0531594 - ÚI 2021 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Acero, M. A. - Adamson, P. - Aliaga, L. - Hakl, František - Lokajíček, Miloš - Zálešák, Jaroslav
Measurement of Neutrino-Induced Neutral-Current Coherent Pi(0) Production in the NOvA Near Detector.
Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology. Roč. 102, č. 1 (2020), č. článku 012004. ISSN 1550-7998
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT LM2015068; GA MŠMT(CZ) EF16_013/0001787
Research Infrastructure: Fermilab-CZ II - 90113
Institutional support: RVO:67985807 ; RVO:68378271
Keywords : NOvA * neutrino * flux-averaged cross section
OECD category: Particles and field physics; Particles and field physics (FZU-D)
Impact factor: 4.833, year: 2019
Method of publishing: Open access

The cross section of neutrino-induced neutral-current coherent pi(0) production on a carbon-dominated target is measured in the NOvA near detector. This measurement uses a narrow-band neutrino beam with an average neutrino energy of 2.7 GeV, which is of interest to ongoing and future long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments. The measured, flux-averaged cross section is sigma = 13.8 +/- 0.9(stat) +/- 2.3(syst) x 10(-40) cm(2)/nucleus, consistent with model prediction. This result is the most precise measurement of neutral-current coherent pi(0) production in the few-GeV neutrino energy region.
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