Measurement of the $Z/A$ dependence of neutrino charged-current total cross-sections

A relative measurement of total cross-sections is reported for polyethylene, marble, iron, and lead targets for the inclusive charged-current reaction nu_mu + N -> mu^- + X. The targets, passive blocks of ~100kg each, were exposed simultaneously to the CERN SPS wide-band muon-neutrino beam over a...

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Autores principales: Kayis-Topaksu, A, Onengüt,G, Van Dantzig, R, De Jong, M, Konijn, J, Melzer, O, Oldeman, R G C, Pesen, E, Van der Poel, C A F J, Spada, F R, Visschers, J L, Güler, M, Serin-Zeyrek, M, Kama, S, Sever, R, Tolun, P, Zeyrek, M T, Armenise, N, Catanesi, M G, De Serio, M, Ieva, M, Muciaccia, M T, Radicioni, E, Simone, S, Bülte, A, Winter, Klaus, El-Aidi, R, Van de Vyver, B, Vilian, P, Wilquet, G, Saitta, B, Di Capua, E, Ogawa, S, Shibuya, H, Artamonov, A V, Brunner, J, Chizhov, M, Cussans, D G, Doucet, M, Fabre, Jean-Paul, Hristova, I R, Kawamura, T, Kolev, D, Litmaath, M, Meinhard, H, Panman, J, Papadopoulos, I M, Ricciardi, S, Rozanov, A, Saltzberg, D, Tsenov, R V, Uiterwijk, J W E, Zucchelli, P, Goldberg, J, Chikawa, M, Arik, E, Song, J S, Yoon, C S, Kodama, K, Ushida, N, Aoki, S, Hara, T, Delbar, T, Favart, D, Grégoire, G, Kalinin, S, Makhlyoueva, I V, Gorbunov, P, Khovanskii, V D, Shamanov, V V, Tsukerman, I, Bruski, N, Frekers, D, Rondeshagen, D, Wolff, T, Hoshino, K, Kawada, J, Komatsu, M, Miyanishi, M, Nakamura, M, Nakano, T, Narita, K, Niu, K, Niwa, K, Nonaka, N, Sato, O, Toshito, T, Buontempo, S, Cocco, A G, D'Ambrosio, N, De Lellis, G, De Rosa, G, Di Capua, F, Ereditato, A, Fiorillo, G, Marotta, A, Messina, M, Migliozzi, P, Pistillo, C, Santorelli, R, Scotto-Lavina, L, Strolin, P, Tioukov, V, Nakamura, K, Okusawa, T, Dore, U, Loverre, P F, Ludovici, L, Maslennikov, A L, Righini, P, Rosa, G, Santacesaria, R, Satta, A, Barbuto, E, Bozza, C, Grella, G, Romano, G, Sirignano, C, Sorrentino, S, Sato, Y, Tezuka, I
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2003
Materias:
Particle Physics - Experiment
Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2003-01292-3
http://cds.cern.ch/record/636328
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Sumario:A relative measurement of total cross-sections is reported for polyethylene, marble, iron, and lead targets for the inclusive charged-current reaction nu_mu + N -> mu^- + X. The targets, passive blocks of ~100kg each, were exposed simultaneously to the CERN SPS wide-band muon-neutrino beam over a period of 18 weeks. Systematics effects due to differences in the neutrino flux and detector efficiency for the different target locations were minimised by changing the position of the four targets on their support about every two weeks. The relative neutrino fluxes on the targets were monitored within the same experiment using charged-current interactions in the calorimeter positioned directly downstream of the four targets. From a fit to the Z/A dependence of the total cross-sections a value is deduced for the effective neutron-to-proton cross-section ratio.

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