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Constraining the NuMI neutrino flux using inverse muon decay reactions in MINERvA

ContributorsMINERvA Collaboration
CollaboratorsBravar, Alessandro
Published inPhysical review. D, vol. 104, 092010
Publication date2021
First online date2021-11-23
Abstract

Inverse muon decay, νμe-→μ-νe, is a reaction whose cross section can be predicted with very small uncertainties. It has a neutrino energy threshold of ≈11  GeV and can be used to constrain the high-energy part of the flux in the NuMI neutrino beam. This reaction is the dominant source of events which only contain high-energy muons nearly parallel to the direction of the neutrino beam. We have isolated a sample of hundreds of such events in neutrino and antineutrino enhanced beams, and have constrained the predicted high-energy flux.

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Keywords
  • Neutrino/mu: secondary beam
  • Neutrino electron: interaction
  • Energy: threshold
  • Charged current
  • Neutrino: energy
  • Neutrino: flux
  • Muon: energy spectrum
  • MINERvA
  • Antineutrino/mu: secondary beam
  • Experimental results
  • Neutrino/mu electron --> muon- neutrino/e
Citation (ISO format)
MINERvA Collaboration. Constraining the NuMI neutrino flux using inverse muon decay reactions in MINERvA. In: Physical review. D, 2021, vol. 104, p. 092010. doi: 10.1103/physrevd.104.092010
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