Measurement of the single $\pi^0$ production rate in neutral current neutrino interactions on water
K. Abe
,
J. Amey
,
C. Andreopoulos
,
M. Antonova
,
S. Aoki
,
A. Ariga
,
Y. Ashida
,
S. Assylbekov
,
D. Autiero
(1)
,
S. Ban
,
M. Barbi
,
G.J. Barker
,
G. Barr
,
C. Barry
,
P. Bartet-Friburg
(2)
,
M. Batkiewicz
,
V. Berardi
,
S. Berkman
,
S. Bhadra
,
S. Bienstock
(2)
,
A. Blondel
,
S. Bolognesi
(3)
,
S. Bordoni
,
S.B. Boyd
,
D. Brailsford
,
A. Bravar
,
C. Bronner
,
M. Buizza Avanzini
(4)
,
R.G. Calland
,
T. Campbell
,
S. Cao
,
S.L. Cartwright
,
R. Castillo
,
M.G. Catanesi
,
A. Cervera
,
A. Chappell
,
C. Checchia
,
D. Cherdack
,
N. Chikuma
,
G. Christodoulou
,
A. Clifton
,
J. Coleman
,
G. Collazuol
,
D. Coplowe
,
L. Cremonesi
,
A. Cudd
,
A. Dabrowska
,
G. De Rosa
,
T. Dealtry
,
P.F. Denner
,
S.R. Dennis
,
C. Densham
,
D. Dewhurst
,
F. Di Lodovico
,
S. Di Luise
,
S. Dolan
,
O. Drapier
(4)
,
K.E. Duffy
,
J. Dumarchez
(2)
,
M. Dunkman
,
P. Dunne
,
M. Dziewiecki
,
S. Emery-Schrenk
(3)
,
A. Ereditato
,
T. Feusels
,
A.J. Finch
,
G.A. Fiorentini
,
M. Friend
,
Y. Fujii
,
D. Fukuda
,
Y. Fukuda
,
A.P. Furmanski
,
V. Galymov
(1)
,
A. Garcia
,
S.G. Giffin
,
C. Giganti
(2)
,
K. Gilje
,
F. Gizzarelli
(3)
,
T. Golan
,
M. Gonin
(4)
,
N. Grant
,
D.R. Hadley
,
L. Haegel
,
J.T. Haigh
,
P. Hamilton
,
D. Hansen
,
J. Harada
,
T. Hara
,
M. Hartz
,
T. Hasegawa
,
N.C. Hastings
,
T. Hayashino
,
Y. Hayato
,
R.L. Helmer
,
M. Hierholzer
,
A. Hillairet
,
A. Himmel
,
T. Hiraki
,
A. Hiramoto
,
S. Hirota
,
M. Hogan
,
J. Holeczek
,
F. Hosomi
,
K. Huang
,
A.K. Ichikawa
,
K. Ieki
,
M. Ikeda
,
J. Imber
(4)
,
J. Insler
,
R.A. Intonti
,
T.J. Irvine
,
T. Ishida
,
T. Ishii
,
E. Iwai
,
K. Iwamoto
,
A. Izmaylov
,
A. Jacob
,
B. Jamieson
,
M. Jiang
,
S. Johnson
,
J.H. Jo
,
P. Jonsson
,
C.K. Jung
,
M. Kabirnezhad
,
A.C. Kaboth
,
T. Kajita
,
H. Kakuno
,
J. Kameda
,
D. Karlen
,
I. Karpikov
,
T. Katori
,
E. Kearns
,
M. Khabibullin
,
A. Khotjantsev
,
D. Kielczewska
,
T. Kikawa
,
H. Kim
,
J. Kim
,
S. King
,
J. Kisiel
,
A. Knight
,
A. Knox
,
T. Kobayashi
,
L. Koch
,
T. Koga
,
P.P. Koller
,
A. Konaka
,
K. Kondo
,
A. Kopylov
,
L.L. Kormos
,
A. Korzenev
,
Y. Koshio
,
K. Kowalik
,
W. Kropp
,
Y. Kudenko
,
R. Kurjata
,
T. Kutter
,
J. Lagoda
,
I. Lamont
,
M. Lamoureux
(3)
,
E. Larkin
,
P. Lasorak
,
M. Laveder
,
M. Lawe
,
M. Lazos
,
M. Licciardi
(4)
,
T. Lindner
,
Z.J. Liptak
,
R.P. Litchfield
,
X. Li
,
A. Longhin
,
J.P. Lopez
,
T. Lou
,
L. Ludovici
,
X. Lu
,
L. Magaletti
,
K. Mahn
,
M. Malek
,
S. Manly
,
L. Maret
,
A.D. Marino
,
J. Marteau
(1)
,
J.F. Martin
,
P. Martins
,
S. Martynenko
,
T. Maruyama
,
V. Matveev
,
K. Mavrokoridis
,
W.Y. Ma
,
E. Mazzucato
(3)
,
M. Mccarthy
,
N. Mccauley
,
K.S. Mcfarland
,
C. Mcgrew
,
A. Mefodiev
,
C. Metelko
,
M. Mezzetto
,
P. Mijakowski
,
A. Minamino
,
O. Mineev
,
S. Mine
,
A. Missert
,
M. Miura
,
S. Moriyama
,
J. Morrison
,
Th.A. Mueller
(4)
,
S. Murphy
,
J. Myslik
,
T. Nakadaira
,
M. Nakahata
,
K.G. Nakamura
,
K. Nakamura
,
K.D. Nakamura
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Y. Nakanishi
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S. Nakayama
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T. Nakaya
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K. Nakayoshi
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C. Nantais
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C. Nielsen
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M. Nirkko
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K. Nishikawa
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Y. Nishimura
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P. Novella
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J. Nowak
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H.M. O'Keeffe
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R. Ohta
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K. Okumura
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T. Okusawa
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W. Oryszczak
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S.M. Oser
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T. Ovsyannikova
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R.A. Owen
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Y. Oyama
,
V. Palladino
,
J.L. Palomino
,
V. Paolone
,
N.D. Patel
,
P. Paudyal
,
M. Pavin
(2)
,
D. Payne
,
J.D. Perkin
,
Y. Petrov
,
L. Pickard
,
L. Pickering
,
E.S. Pinzon Guerra
,
C. Pistillo
,
B. Popov
(2)
,
M. Posiadala-Zezula
,
J.-M. Poutissou
,
R. Poutissou
,
A. Pritchard
,
P. Przewlocki
,
B. Quilain
,
T. Radermacher
,
E. Radicioni
,
P.N. Ratoff
,
M. Ravonel
,
M.A. Rayner
,
A. Redij
,
E. Reinherz-Aronis
,
C. Riccio
,
P. Rojas
,
E. Rondio
,
B. Rossi
,
S. Roth
,
A. Rubbia
,
A.C. Ruggeri
,
A. Rychter
,
R. Sacco
,
K. Sakashita
,
F. Sánchez
,
F. Sato
,
E. Scantamburlo
,
K. Scholberg
,
J. Schwehr
,
M. Scott
,
Y. Seiya
,
T. Sekiguchi
,
H. Sekiya
,
D. Sgalaberna
,
R. Shah
,
A. Shaikhiev
,
F. Shaker
,
D. Shaw
,
M. Shiozawa
,
T. Shirahige
,
S. Short
,
M. Smy
,
J.T. Sobczyk
,
H. Sobel
,
M. Sorel
,
L. Southwell
,
P. Stamoulis
,
J. Steinmann
,
T. Stewart
,
P. Stowell
,
Y. Suda
,
S. Suvorov
,
A. Suzuki
,
K. Suzuki
,
S.Y. Suzuki
,
Y. Suzuki
,
R. Tacik
,
M. Tada
,
S. Takahashi
,
A. Takeda
,
Y. Takeuchi
,
R. Tamura
,
H.K. Tanaka
,
H.A. Tanaka
,
D. Terhorst
,
R. Terri
,
T. Thakore
,
L.F. Thompson
,
S. Tobayama
,
W. Toki
,
T. Tomura
,
C. Touramanis
,
T. Tsukamoto
,
M. Tzanov
,
Y. Uchida
,
A. Vacheret
,
M. Vagins
,
Z. Vallari
,
G. Vasseur
(3)
,
C. Vilela
,
T. Vladisavljevic
,
T. Wachala
,
K. Wakamatsu
,
C.W. Walter
,
D. Wark
,
W. Warzycha
,
M.O. Wascko
,
A. Weber
,
R. Wendell
,
R.J. Wilkes
,
M.J. Wilking
,
C. Wilkinson
,
J.R. Wilson
,
R.J. Wilson
,
C. Wret
,
Y. Yamada
,
K. Yamamoto
,
M. Yamamoto
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C. Yanagisawa
,
T. Yano
,
S. Yen
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N. Yershov
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M. Yokoyama
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J. Yoo
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K. Yoshida
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T. Yuan
,
M. Yu
,
A. Zalewska
,
J. Zalipska
,
L. Zambelli
,
K. Zaremba
,
M. Ziembicki
,
E.D. Zimmerman
,
M. Zito
(3)
,
J. Żmuda
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N.C. Hastings
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Y. Hayato
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R.L. Helmer
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M. Hierholzer
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A. Hillairet
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S. Yen
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N. Yershov
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M. Yokoyama
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J. Yoo
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K. Yoshida
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T. Yuan
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M. Yu
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A. Zalewska
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J. Zalipska
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L. Zambelli
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K. Zaremba
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M. Ziembicki
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E.D. Zimmerman
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J. Żmuda
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Abstract
The single $\pi^0$ production rate in neutral current neutrino interactions on water in a neutrino beam with a peak neutrino energy of 0.6 GeV has been measured using the PØD, one of the subdetectors of the T2K near detector. The production rate was measured for data taking periods when the PØD contained water (2.64×10$^{20}$ protons-on-target) and also periods without water (3.49×10$^{20}$ protons-on-target). A measurement of the neutral current single π0 production rate on water is made using appropriate subtraction of the production rate with water in from the rate with water out of the target region. The subtraction analysis yields 106±41±69 signal events where the uncertainties are statistical (stat.) and systematic (sys.) respectively. This is consistent with the prediction of 157 events from the nominal simulation. The measured to expected ratio is 0.68±0.26(stat)±0.44(sys)±0.12(flux). The nominal simulation uses a flux integrated cross section of 7.63×10$^{-39}$ cm$^2$ per nucleon with an average neutrino interaction energy of 1.3 GeV.
Keywords
neutrino nucleus: interaction
neutrino nucleus: inclusive reaction
$\pi^0$: neutrinoproduction
cross section: ratio
pi0: momentum spectrum
mass spectrum
neutrino: energy
neutrino/mu: secondary beam
energy: interaction
water
neutral current
near detector
J-PARC Lab
KAMIOKANDE
numerical calculations: Monte Carlo
experimental results
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