Probing nuclear effects using single-transverse kinematic imbalance with MINERvA

Abstract

Kinematic imbalance of the final-state particles in the plane transverse to the neutrino direction provides a sensitive probe of nuclear effects. In this contribution, we report the MINERvA measurement of the single-transverse kinematic imbalance in neutrino charged-current quasielastic-like events on CH targets. To improve the momentum measurements of the final-state particles, we develop a method to select elastically scattering contained (ESC) protons and a general procedure to correct the transverse momentum scales.

3 pages, 4 figures; XXVII International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics (Neutrino 2016) Poster proceedings

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