Published April 1, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Neutrino and antineutrino inclusive charged-current cross section measurements with the MINOS near detector

Description

The energy dependence of the neutrino-iron and antineutrino-iron inclusive charged-current cross sections and their ratio have been measured using a high-statistics sample with the MINOS near detector exposed to the NuMI beam from the main injector at Fermilab. Neutrino and antineutrino fluxes were determined using a low hadronic energy subsample of charged-current events. We report measurements of ν-Fe (ν-Fe) cross section in the energy range 3-50 GeV (5-50 GeV) with precision of 2%-8% (3%-9%) and their ratio which is measured with precision 2%-8%. The data set spans the region from low energy, where accurate measurements are sparse, up to the high-energy scaling region where the cross section is well understood.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
81
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
p. 072002-072002.16
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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Notes
(c) 2010 The American Physical Society
Collaborations
MINOS Collaboration