Measurement of Quasielastic-Like Neutrino Scattering at $⟨E_{\nu }⟩\sim 3.5$~ GeV on a Hydrocarbon Target

Abstract

MINERvA presents a new analysis of neutrino induced quasielastic-like interactions in a hydrocarbon tracking target. We report a double-differential cross section using the muon transverse and longitudinal momentum. In addition, differential cross sections as a function of the square of the four-momentum transferred and the neutrino energy are calculated using a quasielastic hypothesis. Finally, an analysis of energy deposited near the interaction vertex is presented. These results are compared to modified GENIE predictions as well as a NuWro prediction. All results use a dataset produced by $3.34\times 10^{20}$ protons on target creating a neutrino beam with a peak energy of approximately 3.5 GeV

arXiv comment38 pages, 47 figures

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