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Neutrino-induced coherent $\pi^{+}$ production in C, CH, Fe and Pb at $\langle E_{\nu}\rangle \sim 6$ GeV

Authors :
Ramírez, M. A.
Akhter, S.
Dar, Z. Ahmad
Akbar, F.
Ansari, V.
Ascencio, M. V.
Athar, M. Sajjad
Bashyal, A.
Bellantoni, L.
Bercellie, A.
Betancourt, M.
Bodek, A.
Bonilla, J. L.
Bravar, A.
Budd, H.
Caceres, G.
Cai, T.
Díaz, G. A.
da Motta, H.
Dytman, S. A.
Felix, J.
Fields, L.
Filkins, A.
Fine, R.
Gallagher, H.
Ghosh, A.
Gilligan, S. M.
Gran, R.
Granados, E.
Harris, D. A.
Henry, S.
Jena, D.
Jena, S.
Kleykamp, J.
Klustová, A.
Kordosky, M.
Last, D.
Lozano, A.
Lu, X. -G.
Maher, E.
Manly, S.
Mann, W. A.
Mauger, C.
McFarland, K. S.
Messerly, B.
Miller, J.
Moreno, O.
Morfín, J. G.
Naples, D.
Nelson, J. K.
Nguyen, C.
Olivier, A.
Paolone, V.
Perdue, G. N.
Plows, K. -J.
Ransome, R. D.
Ruterbories, D.
Schellman, H.
Su, H.
Sultana, M.
Syrotenko, V. S.
Valencia, E.
Vaughan, N. H.
Waldron, A. V.
Yaeggy, B.
Zazueta, L.
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

MINERvA has measured the $\nu_{\mu}$-induced coherent $\pi^{+}$ cross section simultaneously in hydrocarbon (CH), graphite (C), iron (Fe) and lead (Pb) targets using neutrinos from 2 to 20 GeV. The measurements exceed the predictions of the Rein-Sehgal and Berger-Sehgal PCAC based models at multi-GeV $\nu_{\mu}$ energies and at produced $\pi^{+}$ energies and angles, $E_{\pi}>1$ GeV and $\theta_{\pi}<10^{\circ}$. Measurements of the cross-section ratios of Fe and Pb relative to CH reveal the effective $A$-scaling to increase from an approximate $A^{1/3}$ scaling at few GeV to an $A^{2/3}$ scaling for $E_{\nu}>10$ GeV.<br />Comment: 8 pages, 6 figures and 60 pages of supplemental material. Updated to accepted version, with ancillary files of the cross section data

Subjects

Subjects :
High Energy Physics - Experiment

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2210.01285
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.051801