1. Measurement of the ν_{e}-Nucleus Charged-Current Double-Differential Cross Section at ⟨E_{ν}⟩=2.4 GeV Using NOvA.
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Acero MA, Adamson P, Aliaga L, Anfimov N, Antoshkin A, Arrieta-Diaz E, Asquith L, Aurisano A, Back A, Baird M, Balashov N, Baldi P, Bambah BA, Bashar S, Bays K, Bernstein R, Bhatnagar V, Bhattarai D, Bhuyan B, Bian J, Booth AC, Bowles R, Brahma B, Bromberg C, Buchanan N, Butkevich A, Calvez S, Carroll TJ, Catano-Mur E, Childress S, Chatla A, Chirco R, Choudhary BC, Christensen A, Coan TE, Colo M, Cremonesi L, Davies GS, Derwent PF, Ding P, Djurcic Z, Dolce M, Doyle D, Dueñas Tonguino D, Dukes EC, Ehrlich R, Elkins M, Ewart E, Feldman GJ, Filip P, Franc J, Frank MJ, Gallagher HR, Gandrajula R, Gao F, Giri A, Gomes RA, Goodman MC, Grichine V, Groh M, Group R, Guo B, Habig A, Hakl F, Hall A, Hartnell J, Hatcher R, Hausner H, He M, Heller K, Hewes V, Himmel A, Jargowsky B, Jarosz J, Jediny F, Johnson C, Judah M, Kakorin I, Kaplan DM, Kalitkina A, Keloth R, Klimov O, Koerner LW, Kolupaeva L, Kotelnikov S, Kralik R, Kullenberg C, Kubu M, Kumar A, Kuruppu CD, Kus V, Lackey T, Lang K, Lasorak P, Lesmeister J, Lin S, Lister A, Liu J, Lokajicek M, Lopez JMC, Mahji R, Magill S, Manrique Plata M, Mann WA, Manoharan MT, Marshak ML, Martinez-Casales M, Matveev V, Mayes B, Messier MD, Meyer H, Miao T, Mikola V, Miller WH, Mishra S, Mishra SR, Mislivec A, Mohanta R, Moren A, Morozova A, Mu W, Mualem L, Muether M, Mulder K, Naples D, Nath A, Nayak N, Nelleri S, Nelson JK, Nichol R, Niner E, Norman A, Norrick A, Nosek T, Oh H, Olshevskiy A, Olson T, Ott J, Pal A, Paley J, Panda L, Patterson RB, Pawloski G, Petrova O, Petti R, Phan DD, Plunkett RK, Pobedimov A, Porter JCC, Rafique A, Prais LR, Raj V, Rajaoalisoa M, Ramson B, Rebel B, Rojas P, Roy P, Ryabov V, Samoylov O, Sanchez MC, Sánchez Falero S, Shanahan P, Shukla S, Sheshukov A, Singh I, Singh P, Singh V, Smith E, Smolik J, Snopok P, Solomey N, Sousa A, Soustruznik K, Strait M, Suter L, Sutton A, Swain S, Sweeney C, Sztuc A, Talaga RL, Tapia Oregui B, Tas P, Temizel BN, Thakore T, Thayyullathil RB, Thomas J, Tiras E, Tripathi J, Trokan-Tenorio J, Torun Y, Urheim J, Vahle P, Vallari Z, Vasel J, Vrba T, Wallbank M, Warburton TK, Wetstein M, Whittington D, Wickremasinghe DA, Wieber T, Wolcott J, Wu W, Xiao Y, Yaeggy B, Yallappa Dombara A, Yankelevich A, Yonehara K, Yu S, Yu Y, Zadorozhnyy S, Zalesak J, Zhang Y, and Zwaska R
- Abstract
The inclusive electron neutrino charged-current cross section is measured in the NOvA near detector using 8.02×10^{20} protons-on-target in the NuMI beam. The sample of GeV electron neutrino interactions is the largest analyzed to date and is limited by ≃17% systematic rather than the ≃7.4% statistical uncertainties. The double-differential cross section in final-state electron energy and angle is presented for the first time, together with the single-differential dependence on Q^{2} (squared four-momentum transfer) and energy, in the range 1 GeV≤E_{ν}<6 GeV. Detailed comparisons are made to the predictions of the GENIE, GiBUU, NEUT, and NuWro neutrino event generators. The data do not strongly favor a model over the others consistently across all three cross sections measured, though some models have especially good or poor agreement in the single differential cross section vs Q^{2}.
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- 2023
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