Measurements of the νμ and ν ¯ μ -induced coherent charged pion production cross sections on C 12 by the T2K experiment

T2K Collaboration, K. Abe, N. Akhlaq, R. Akutsu, A. Ali, S. Alonso Monsalve, C. Alt, C. Andreopoulos, M. Antonova, S. Aoki, T. Arihara, Y. Asada, Y. Ashida, E. T. Atkin, M. Barbi, G. J. Barker, G. Barr, D. Barrow, M. Batkiewicz-Kwasniak, V. BerardiL. Berns, S. Bhadra, A. Blanchet, A. Blondel, S. Bolognesi, T. Bonus, S. Bordoni, S. B. Boyd, A. Bravar, C. Bronner, S. Bron, A. Bubak, M. Buizza Avanzini, J. A. Caballero, N. F. Calabria, S. Cao, D. Carabadjac, A. J. Carter, S. L. Cartwright, M. P. Casado, M. G. Catanesi, A. Cervera, J. Chakrani, D. Cherdack, F. Di Lodovico, T. Katori, S. King, A. Lopez Moreno, E. Miller, J. R. Wilson, S. Zsoldos

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Abstract

We report an updated measurement of the νμ-induced, and the first measurement of the ν¯μ-induced coherent charged pion production cross section on C12 nuclei in the Tokai-to-Kamioka experiment. This is measured in a restricted region of the final-state phase space for which pμ,π>0.2 GeV, cos(θμ)>0.8 and cos(θπ)>0.6, and at a mean (anti)neutrino energy of 0.85 GeV using the T2K near detector. The measured νμ charged current coherent pion production flux-averaged cross section on C12 is (2.98±0.37(stat)±0.31(syst)-0.00+0.49(Q2 model))×10-40 cm2. The new measurement of the ν¯μ-induced cross section on C12 is (3.05±0.71(stat)±0.39(syst)-0.00+0.74(Q2 model))×10-40 cm2. The results are compatible with both the NEUT 5.4.0 Berger-Sehgal (2009) and GENIE 2.8.0 Rein-Sehgal (2007) model predictions.

Original languageEnglish
Article number092009
JournalPhysical Review D
Volume108
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2023

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