Title
Measurement of K+ production in charged-current nu(mu) interactions
Date Issued
2016
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Marshall, CM
Altinok, O
Bellantoni, L
Bercellie, A
Betancourt, M
Bodek, A
Bravar, A
Budd, H
Cai, T
Carneiro, MF
Chvojka, J
da Motta, H
Devan, J
Dytman, SA
Diaz, GA
Eberly, B
Endress, E
Felix, J
Fields, L
Filkins, A
Fine, R
Galindo, R
Gallagher, H
Ghosh, A
Golan, T
Gran, R
Griswold, S
Harris, DA
Higuera, A
Publisher(s)
American Physical Society
Abstract
Production of K+ mesons in charged-current νμ interactions on plastic scintillator (CH) is measured using MINERvA exposed to the low-energy NuMI beam at Fermilab. Timing information is used to isolate a sample of 885 charged-current events containing a stopping K+ which decays at rest. The differential cross section in K+ kinetic energy, dσ/dTK, is observed to be relatively flat between 0 and 500 MeV. Its shape is in good agreement with the prediction by the genie neutrino event generator when final-state interactions are included, however the data rate is lower than the prediction by 15%. © 2016 American Physical Society.
Volume
94
Issue
1
Number
15
Language
English
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84978419550
Source
Physical Review D
ISSN of the container
October 2470
Sources of information:
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