The Superscaling Variable and Neutrino Energy Reconstruction, From Theoretical Predictions to Experimental Limitations

Abstract

We introduce the novel approach of using the superscaling variable as an observable and an analysis tool in the context of charged current neutrino-nucleus interactions. We study the relation between the superscaling variable and the removal energy, in addition to other fundamental parameters of the neutrino-nucleus interaction models. In the second half of the paper, we discuss the experimental viability of this measurement following a study of neutrino energy and missing momentum reconstruction. We show that the superscaling variable is measurable in neutrino interaction experiments provided that the proton is detected in the final state. We discuss the resolution of this measurement, and the limitation imposed by the proton's detection threshold.

References in corpus (7)

• The NEUT Neutrino Interaction Simulation
• Extensions of Superscaling from Relativistic Mean Field Theory: the SuSAv2 Model
• Using world charged pion--nucleus scattering data to constrain an intranuclear cascade model
• Neutrino energy reconstruction from semi-inclusive samples
• Final state interactions in semi-inclusive neutrino-nucleus scattering: Application to T2K and MINER$\nu$A experiments
• Inclusive and exclusive neutrino-nucleus cross sections and the reconstruction of the interaction kinematics
• Sensitivity of the Upgraded T2K Near Detector to constrain neutrino and anti-neutrino interactions with no mesons in the final state by exploiting nucleon-lepton correlations