Reanalysis of bubble chamber measurements of muon-neutrino induced single pion production

Nov 17, 2014
7 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 90 (2014) 11, 112017
  • Published: Dec 24, 2014
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Abstract: (APS)

There exists a long-standing disagreement between bubble chamber measurements of the single pion production channel νμpμ-pπ+ from the Argonne and Brookhaven National Laboratories. We digitize and reanalyze data from both experiments to produce cross-section ratios for various interaction channels, for which the flux uncertainties cancel, and find good agreement between the experiments. By multiplying the cross-section ratio by the well-understood charged-current quasielastic cross section on free nucleons, we extract single-pion production cross sections which do not depend on the flux normalization predictions. The νμpμ-pπ+ cross sections we extract show good agreement between the ANL and BNL data sets.

Note:
  • Submitted to PRD
  • 13.15.+g
  • cross section: ratio
  • pi: production
  • neutrino nucleon: cross section
  • bubble chamber
  • flux
  • charged current
  • Brookhaven Lab
  • Argonne Lab
  • statistical analysis: error