(2009) A study of quasi-elastic muon neutrino and antineutrino scattering in the NOMAD experiment. European Physical Journal C, Vol.63 (No.3). pp. 355-381. doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-009-1113-0 ISSN 1434-6044.

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Abstract

We have studied the muon neutrino and antineutrino quasi-elastic (QEL) scattering reactions (v(mu)n -> mu(-)p and (v) over bar mu p -> mu(+)n) using a set of experimental data collected by the NOMAD Collaboration. We have performed measurements of the cross-section of these processes on a nuclear target (mainly carbon) normalizing it to the total v(mu) ((v) over bar mu) charged-current cross section. The results for the flux-averaged QEL cross sections in the (anti) neutrino energy interval 3-100 GeV are <sigma(qel)> v(mu) = (0.92 +/- 0.02(stat) +/- 0.06(syst)) x 10(-38) cm(2) and <sigma qel >(v) over bar (mu) = (0.81 +/- 0.05(stat) +/- 0.09(syst)) x 10(-38) cm(2) for neutrino and antineutrino, respectively. The axial mass parameter M(A) was extracted from the measured quasi-elastic neutrino cross section. The corresponding result is M(A) = 1.05 +/- 0.02(stat)+/- 0.06(syst) GeV. It is consistent with the axial mass values recalculated from the antineutrino cross section and extracted from the pure Q(2) shape analysis of the high purity sample of v(mu) quasi-elastic 2-track events, but has smaller systematic error and should be quoted as the main result of this work. Our measured MA is found to be in good agreement with the world average value obtained in previous deuterium filled bubble chamber experiments. The NOMAD measurement of MA is lower than those recently published by K2K and Mini-BooNE Collaborations. However, within the large errors quoted by these experiments on MA, these results are compatible with the more precise NOMAD value.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions:	Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Physics
Journal or Publication Title:	European Physical Journal C
Publisher:	Springer
ISSN:	1434-6044
Official Date:	October 2009
Dates:	Date Event October 2009 Published
Volume:	Vol.63
Number:	No.3
Page Range:	pp. 355-381
DOI:	10.1140/epjc/s10052-009-1113-0
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Funder:	Australian Research Council (ARC), Australia. Department of Industry, Science, and Resources (DISR), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et Physique des Particules (IN2P3), Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique (CEA), France. Ministère de l’Education Nationale, de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (Russia), Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR), Fonds National Suisse de la Recherche Scientifique, US. Department of Energy, National Science Foundation (NSF), Sloan Foundation, Cottrell Foundation, LPNHE Paris
Grant number:	08-02-00018 (RFBR)

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