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First Measurement of the Electron-Neutrino Charged-Current Pion Production Cross Section on Carbon with the T2K Near Detector

ContributorsT2K Collaboration
Published inPhysical review letters, vol. 135, no. 15, 151802
Publication date2025
First online date2025-10-08
Abstract

The T2K Collaboration presents the first measurement of electron neutrino-induced charged-current pion production on a predominantly carbon target in a restricted kinematical phase space. This is performed using data from the 2.5° off-axis near detector, ND280. The differential cross sections with respect to the outgoing electron and pion kinematics, in addition to the total flux-integrated cross section, are obtained. Comparisons between the measured and predicted cross-section results using the neut, genie, and nuwro Monte Carlo event generators are presented. The measured total flux-integrated cross section is [2.52±0.52(stat)±0.30(syst)]×10^{-39}  cm^{2} nucleon^{-1}, which is lower than the event generator predictions.

Funding
  • Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [JP16H06288]
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
  • National Research Council Canada
  • Canada Foundation for Innovation
  • Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
  • Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules
  • Nemzeti Kutatási Fejlesztési és Innovációs Hivatal [NKFIH 137812]
  • Ministerstwo Edukacji i Nauki [2023/WK/04]
  • Narodowe Centrum Nauki [UMO-2018/30/E/ST2/00441]
  • Russian Science Foundation [RSF 24-12-00271]
  • Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation
  • Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación [PID2021-124050NB-C31]
  • Agencia Estatal de Investigación
  • Federación Española de Enfermedades Raras
  • University of Tokyo [FY2023]
  • European Regional Development Fund
  • NextGenerationEU [PRTR-C17.I1]
  • Universidad de Sevilla [VIIPPIT-2023-V.4]
  • Departament d’Empresa i Coneixement, Generalitat de Catalunya
  • European Social Fund Plus [2022FI_B 00336]
  • Science and Technology Facilities Council
  • UK Research and Innovation
  • U.S. Department of Energy
  • National Foundation for Science and Technology Development [103.99-2023.144]
  • National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center [HEP-ERCAP0028625]
  • ’la Caixa’ Foundation [LCF/BQ/IN17/11620050]
  • H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions [RISE-GA822070-JENNIFER2 2020]
  • Agence Nationale de la Recherche [ANR-19-CE31-0001]
  • Government of Andalucia [FQM160]
  • VAST-JSPS [QTJP01.02/20-22]
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft - Search for CP violation in neutrino oscillations with the experiment T2K-II [397763730]
  • European Commission - Innovative doctoral programme for talented early-stage researchers in Spanish host organisations excellent in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). [713673]
  • Swiss National Science Foundation - TOWARDS THE IMPROVEMENT OF NEUTRINO OSCILLATION MEASUREMENTS: T2K AND THE JAPANESE PROGRAM [185012]
  • Swiss National Science Foundation - The PLATON detector for precise neutrino detection [203261]
Citation (ISO format)
T2K Collaboration. First Measurement of the Electron-Neutrino Charged-Current Pion Production Cross Section on Carbon with the T2K Near Detector. In: Physical review letters, 2025, vol. 135, n° 15, p. 151802. doi: 10.1103/klhv-7t6h
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