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Report number arXiv:0812.4543
Title A study of quasi-elastic muon neutrino and antineutrino scattering in the NOMAD experiment
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Lyubushkin, V (Dubna, JINR) ; Popov, B (Paris U., VI-VII ; Dubna, JINR) ; Kim, J J (Sydney U.) ; Camilleri, L (CERN) ; Levy, J M (Paris U., VI-VII) ; Mezzetto, M (Padua U., CISAS) ; Naumov, D (Florence U. ; Dubna, JINR) ; Alekhin, S (Serpukhov, IHEP) ; Astier, P (Paris U., VI-VII) ; Autiero, D (CERN) ; Baldisseri, A (DAPNIA, Saclay) ; Baldo-Ceolin, M (Padua U., CISAS) ; Banner, M (Paris U., VI-VII) ; Bassompierre, G (Annecy, LAPP) ; Benslama, K (Lausanne U.) ; Besson, N (DAPNIA, Saclay) ; Bird, I (Lausanne U. ; CERN) ; Blumenfeld, B (Johns Hopkins U.) ; Bobisut, F (Padua U., CISAS) ; Bouchez, J (DAPNIA, Saclay) ; Boyd, S (Sydney U.) ; Bueno, A (Zurich, ETH ; Harvard U.) ; Bunyatov, S (Dubna, JINR) ; Cardini, A (UCLA) ; Cattaneo, P W (Pavia U.) ; Cavasinni, V (Pisa U.) ; Cervera-Villanueva, A (Valencia U., IFIC ; CERN) ; Challis, R (Melbourne U.) ; Chukanov, A (Dubna, JINR) ; Collazuol, G (Padua U., CISAS) ; Conforto, G (Urbino U. ; CERN) ; Conta, C (Pavia U.) ; Contalbrigo, M (Padua U., CISAS) ; Cousins, R (UCLA) ; Daniels, D (Harvard U.) ; Degaudenzi, H (Lausanne U.) ; Del Prete, T (Pisa U.) ; De Santo, A (Pisa U. ; CERN) ; Dignan, T (Harvard U.) ; Di Lella, L (CERN) ; do Couto e Silva, E (CERN) ; Dumarchez, J (Paris U., VI-VII) ; Ellis, M (Sydney U.) ; Feldman, G J (Harvard U.) ; Ferrari, R (Pavia U.) ; Ferrre, D (CERN) ; Flaminio, V (Pisa U.) ; Fraternali, M (Pavia U.) ; Gaillard, J M (Annecy, LAPP) ; Gangler, E (Paris U., VI-VII ; CERN) ; Geiser, A (CERN ; Dortmund U.) ; Geppert, D (Dortmund U.) ; Gibin, D (Padua U., CISAS) ; Gninenko, S (Moscow, INR ; CERN) ; Godley, A (Sydney U.) ; Gomez-Cadenas, J J (Valencia U., IFIC ; CERN) ; Gosset, J (DAPNIA, Saclay) ; Gling, C (Dortmund U.) ; Gouanre, M (Annecy, LAPP) ; Grant, A (CERN) ; Graziani, G (Florence U.) ; Guglielmi, A (Padua U., CISAS) ; Hagner, C (DAPNIA, Saclay) ; Hernando, J (Valencia U., IFIC) ; Hubbard, D (Harvard U.) ; Hurst, P (Harvard U.) ; Hyett, N (Melbourne U.) ; Iacopini, E (Florence U.) ; Joseph, C (Lausanne U.) ; Juget, F (Lausanne U.) ; Kent, N (Melbourne U.) ; Kirsanov, M (Moscow, INR) ; Klimov, O (Dubna, JINR) ; Kokkonen, J (CERN) ; Kovzelev, A (Pavia U. ; Moscow, INR) ; Krasnoperov, A (Dubna, JINR ; Annecy, LAPP) ; Kulagin, S (Moscow, INR) ; Kustov, D (Dubna, JINR) ; Lacaprara, S (Padua U., CISAS) ; Lachaud, C (Paris U., VI-VII) ; Lakic, B (Boskovic Inst., Zagreb) ; Lanza, A (Pavia U.) ; La Rotonda, L (Calabria U.) ; Laveder, M (Padua U., CISAS) ; Letessier-Selvon, A (Paris U., VI-VII) ; Ling, J (Sydney U.) ; Linssen, L (CERN) ; Ljubicic, A (Boskovic Inst., Zagreb) ; Long, J (Johns Hopkins U.) ; Lupi, A (Florence U.) ; Marchionni, A (Florence U.) ; Martelli, F (Urbino U.) ; Mchain, X (DAPNIA, Saclay) ; Mendiburu, J P (Annecy, LAPP) ; Meyer, J P (DAPNIA, Saclay) ; Mishra, S R (Sydney U.) ; Moorhead, G F (Melbourne U.) ; Ndlec, P (Annecy, LAPP) ; Nefedov, Yu (Dubna, JINR) ; Nguyen-Mau, C (Lausanne U.) ; Orestano, D (Rome III U.) ; Pastore, F (Rome III U.) ; Peak, L S (Sydney U.) ; Pennacchio, E (Urbino U.) ; Pessard, H (Annecy, LAPP) ; Placci, A (CERN) ; Polesello, G (Pavia U.) ; Pollmann, D (Dortmund U.) ; Polyarush, A (Moscow, INR) ; Poulsen, C (Melbourne U.) ; Rebuffi, L (Padua U., CISAS) ; Rico, J (Zurich, ETH) ; Riemann, P (Dortmund U.) ; Roda, C (Pisa U. ; CERN) ; Rubbia, A (Zurich, ETH ; CERN) ; Salvatore, F (Pavia U.) ; Samoylov, O (Dubna, JINR) ; Schahmaneche, K (Paris U., VI-VII) ; Schmidt, B (CERN ; Dortmund U.) ; Schmidt, T (Dortmund U.) ; Sconza, A (Padua U., CISAS) ; Seaton, M (Sydney U.) ; Sevior, M (Melbourne U.) ; Sillou, D (Annecy, LAPP) ; Soler, F J P (Sydney U. ; CERN) ; Sozzi, G (Lausanne U.) ; Steele, D (Lausanne U. ; Johns Hopkins U.) ; Stiegler, U (CERN) ; Stipcevic, M (Boskovic Inst., Zagreb) ; Stolarczyk, Th (DAPNIA, Saclay) ; Tareb-Reyes, M (Lausanne U.) ; Taylor, G N (Melbourne U.) ; Tereshchenko, V (Dubna, JINR) ; Toropin, A (Moscow, INR) ; Touchard, A M (Paris U., VI-VII) ; Tovey, S N (Melbourne U. ; CERN) ; Tran, M T (Lausanne U.) ; Tsesmelis, E (CERN) ; Ulrichs, J (Sydney U.) ; Vacavant, L (Lausanne U.) ; Valdata-Nappi, M (Calabria U.) ; Valuev, V (UCLA ; Dubna, JINR) ; Vannucci, F (Paris U., VI-VII) ; Varvell, K E (Sydney U.) ; Veltri, M (Urbino U.) ; Vercesi, V (Pavia U.) ; Vidal-Sitjes, G (CERN) ; Vieira, J M (Lausanne U.) ; Vinogradova, T (UCLA) ; Weber, F V (CERN ; Harvard U.) ; Weisse, T (Dortmund U.) ; Wilson, F F (CERN) ; Winton, L J (Melbourne U.) ; Wu, Q (Sydney U.) ; Yabsley, B D (Sydney U.) ; Zaccone, H (DAPNIA, Saclay) ; Zuber, K (Dortmund U.) ; Zuccon, P (Padua U., CISAS)

Affiliation (CERN)
Publication 2009
Imprint 25 Dec 2008
Number of pages 26
Note Comments: 26 pages, 18 figures, to be submitted to Eur.Phys.J.C
In: Eur. Phys. J. C 63 (2009) 355-381
DOI 10.1140/epjc/s10052-009-1113-0
Subject category Particle Physics - Experiment
Accelerator/Facility, Experiment CERN SPS ; NOMAD WA96
Abstract We have studied the muon neutrino and antineutrino quasi-elastic (QEL) scattering reactions ($\nu_\mu n\to \mu^- p$ and $\bar{\nu}_\mu p\to \mu^+ n$) using a set of experimental data collected by the NOMAD collaboration. We have performed measurements of the cross-section of these processes on a nuclear target (mainly Carbon) normalizing it to the total $\nu_\mu$ ($\bar{\nu}_\mu$) charged current cross-section. The results for the flux averaged QEL cross-sections in the (anti)neutrino energy interval 3-100 GeV are $\sigma^{qel}_{\nu_\mu} = (0.92 \pm 0.02 (stat) \pm 0.06 (syst))\times 10^{-38} \cm^2$ and $\sigma{qel}_{\bar{\nu}_\mu} = (0.81 \pm 0.05 (stat) \pm 0.08 (syst))\times 10^{-38} \cm^2$ for neutrino and antineutrino, respectively. The axial mass parameter $M_A$ was extracted from the measured quasi-elastic neutrino cross-section. The corresponding result is $M_A = 1.05 \pm 0.02 (stat) \pm 0.06 (syst) GeV$. It is consistent with the axial mass values recalculated from the antineutrino cross-section and extracted from the pure $Q^2$ shape analysis of the high purity sample of $\nu_\mu$ quasi-elastic 2-track events, but has smaller systematic error and should be quoted as the main result of this work. Our measured $M_A$ is found to be in good agreement with the world average value obtained in previous deuterium filled bubble chamber experiments. The NOMAD measurement of $M_A$ is lower than those recently published by K2K an d MiniBooNE collaborations. However, within the large errors quoted by these experiments on $M_A$, these results are compatible with the more precise NOMAD value.



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