Precise Measurement of Neutrino and Anti-neutrino Differential Cross Sections

Abstract

The NuTeV experiment at Fermilab has obtained a unique high statistics sample of neutrino and anti-neutrino interactions using its high-energy sign-selected beam. We present a measurement of the differential cross section for charged-current neutrino and anti-neutrino scattering from iron. Structure functions, F_2(x,Q^2) and xF_3(x,Q^2), are determined by fitting the inelasticity, y, dependence of the cross sections. This measurement has significantly improved systematic precision as a consequence of more precise understanding of hadron and muon energy scales.

27 pages, 12 figures. Source package includes NuTeV data (NuTeVPack); download at http://arxiv.org/e-print/hep-ex/0509010

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