APS : First measurement of muon neutrino charged-current interactions on hydrocarbon without pions in the final state using multiple detectors with correlated energy spectra at T2K

Abe, K.; Hamacher-Baumann, P.; Mazzucato, E.; Densham, C.; Owen, R.A.; Kakuno, H.; O'Keeffe, H.M.; Zalewska, A.; Joshi, S.; Holeczek, J.; Daret, T.; Maruyama, T.; Emery-Schrenk, S.; Aoki, S.; Israel, H.T.; Kostin, A.; Reh, M.; Ikeda, M.; Munford, D.; Wascko, M.O.; Mehta, P.; Laveder, M.; Sobel, H.; Grassi, M.; Nakayama, S.; Alarakia-Charles, H.; Nakaya, T.; Akhlaq, N.; Magaletti, L.; Laporte, J.-F.; Mine, S.; De Roeck, A.; Last, D.; Shiozawa, M.; Zsoldos, S.; Lu, X.; Takifuji, K.; Manly, S.; Kawaue, M.; Kowalik, K.; Okinaga, W.; Dolan, S.; Yokoyama, M.; Finch, A.J.; Giganti, C.; Kuribayashi, S.; Friend, M.; Scott, M.; Bubak, A.; Hassani, S.; Zimmerman, E.D.; Gonin, M.; Bravar, A.; Yrey, A.J. 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doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.108.112009

First measurement of muon neutrino charged-current interactions on hydrocarbon without pions in the final state using multiple detectors with correlated energy spectra at T2K - Abe, K. et al - arXiv:2303.14228

Multi-nucleon cross section on ${}^{12}$C as a function of energy for the Nieves \textit{et al.} and the Martini \textit{et al.} models.

Nominal neutrino mode flux prediction at ND280 (top) and INGRID (bottom) separated by neutrino flavor.

Overview of the 14 standard modules and cross configuration.

An exploded view of a standard module.

A schematic view of the Proton Module and the standard modules.

An exploded view of the Proton Module.

An exploded view of the ND280 off-axis detector.

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: width=0.40\textwidth,angle=0 : Event distribution for measured data and MC prediction in reconstructed muon momentum and angle for the ND280 signal samples stacked by true topology. The purity of each topology is listed in the legend, and the last bin for muon momentum contains all events with momentum greater than 5 GeV/c.

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: width=0.40\textwidth,angle=0 : Event distribution for measured data and MC prediction in reconstructed equivalent distance in iron and angle for the INGRID signal sample stacked by true topology. Through-going events are all placed in the final distance bin. The purity of each topology is listed in the legend.

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: width=0.40\textwidth,angle=0 : Event distribution for measured data and MC prediction in reconstructed muon momentum and angle for the ND280 control samples stacked by true topology. The purity of each topology is listed in the legend, and the last bin for muon momentum contains all events with momentum greater than 5 GeV/c.

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: width=0.40\textwidth,angle=0 : Event distribution for measured data and MC prediction in reconstructed equivalent distance in iron and angle for the INGRID control sample stacked by true topology. Through-going events are all placed in the final distance bin. The purity of each topology is listed in the legend.

Input flux correlation matrix binned in neutrino energy for both ND280 and INGRID. The flux is highly correlated both across the energy spectrum and between the detectors.

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Estimated total systematic uncertainty separated by parameter class for the ND280 cross-section bins as function of true muon momentum in muon angle bins. Note that the final bin extending to 30 GeV/\textit{c} has been omitted for clarity.Estimated total systematic uncertainty separated by parameter class for the INGRID cross-section bins as function of true muon momentum in muon angle bins. Note that the final bin extending to 30 GeV/\textit{c} has been omitted for clarity.

Estimated total systematic uncertainty separated by parameter class for the INGRID cross-section bins as function of true muon momentum in muon angle bins. Note that the final bin extending to 30 GeV/\textit{c} has been omitted for clarity.

Percent error increase for each cross-section bin (flattened as a 1D array) from the the additional studies for the small p-value.

Event distribution for measured data and the pre-/post-fit MC prediction in reconstructed muon momentum and angle for the ND280 signal samples.

Event distribution for measured data and the pre-/post-fit MC prediction in reconstructed muon momentum and angle for the ND280 control samples.

Event distribution for measured data and the pre-/post-fit MC prediction in reconstructed muon distance and angle for the INGRID signal sample (top) and control sample (bottom).

Extracted ND280 cross section as a function of muon momentum in angle bins compared to the nominal NEUT MC prediction. Note that the final bin extending to 30 GeV/\textit{c} has been omitted for clarity.Extracted INGRID cross section as a function of muon momentum in angle bins compared to the nominal NEUT MC prediction. Note that the final bin extending to 30 GeV/\textit{c} has been omitted for clarity.

Extracted INGRID cross section as a function of muon momentum in angle bins compared to the nominal NEUT MC prediction. Note that the final bin extending to 30 GeV/\textit{c} has been omitted for clarity.

Extracted ND280 cross section as a function of muon momentum in angle bins compared to NEUT, GENIE, and NuWro all using a similar model. Note that the final bin extending to 30 GeV/\textit{c} has been omitted for clarity.Extracted INGRID cross section as a function of muon momentum in angle bins compared to NEUT, GENIE, and NuWro all using a similar model. Note that the final bin extending to 30 GeV/\textit{c} has been omitted for clarity.

Extracted INGRID cross section as a function of muon momentum in angle bins compared to NEUT, GENIE, and NuWro all using a similar model. Note that the final bin extending to 30 GeV/\textit{c} has been omitted for clarity.

Extracted ND280 cross section as a function of muon momentum in angle bins compared to several different multi-nucleon predictions using NuWro and the same LFG ground state. Note that the final bin extending to 30 GeV/\textit{c} has been omitted for clarity.Extracted INGRID cross section as a function of muon momentum in angle bins compared to several different different multi-nucleon predictions using NuWro and the same LFG ground state. Note that the final bin extending to 30 GeV/\textit{c} has been omitted for clarity.

Extracted INGRID cross section as a function of muon momentum in angle bins compared to several different different multi-nucleon predictions using NuWro and the same LFG ground state. Note that the final bin extending to 30 GeV/\textit{c} has been omitted for clarity.

Extracted ND280 cross section from this analysis compared to the neutrino analysis in Ref. \cite{PhysRevD.101.112001}. The final momentum bin extending to 30 GeV/\textit{c} has been omitted for clarity.

Extracted ND280 cross section as a function of muon momentum in angle bins compared to the nominal NEUT MC prediction including the final momentum bin.

Extracted ND280 cross section as a function of muon momentum in angle bins compared to the nominal NEUT MC prediction including the final momentum bin.Extracted INGRID cross section as a function of muon momentum in angle bins compared to the nominal NEUT MC prediction including the final momentum bin.

Extracted INGRID cross section as a function of muon momentum in angle bins compared to the nominal NEUT MC prediction including the final momentum bin.

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