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arxiv: 1511.05944 · v4 · pith:PTSQEKMCnew · submitted 2015-11-18 · ✦ hep-ex

Identification of nuclear effects in neutrino-carbon interactions at low three-momentum transfer

P.A. Rodrigues , J. Demgen , E. Miltenberger , L. Aliaga , O. Altinok , L. Bellantoni , A. Bercellie , M. Betancourt
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Two different nuclear-medium effects are isolated using a low three-momentum transfer subsample of neutrino-carbon scattering data from the MINERvA neutrino experiment. The observed hadronic energy in charged-current $\nu_\mu$ interactions is combined with muon kinematics to permit separation of the quasielastic and $\Delta$(1232) resonance processes. First, we observe a small cross section at very low energy transfer that matches the expected screening effect of long-range nucleon correlations. Second, additions to the event rate in the kinematic region between the quasielastic and $\Delta$ resonance processes are needed to describe the data. The data in this kinematic region also has an enhanced population of multi-proton final states. Contributions predicted for scattering from a nucleon pair have both properties; the model tested in this analysis is a significant improvement but does not fully describe the data. We present the results as a double-differential cross section to enable further investigation of nuclear models. Improved description of the effects of the nuclear environment are required by current and future neutrino oscillation experiments.

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