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@article{Abratenko:2025:10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.161802,
author = {Abratenko, P and Alterkait, O and Andrade, Aldana D and Arellano, L and Asaadi, J and Ashkenazi, A and Balasubramanian, S and Baller, B and Barnard, A and Barr, G and Barrow, D and Barrow, J and Basque, V and Bateman, J and Benevides, Rodrigues O and Berkman, S and Bhanderi, A and Bhat, A and Bhattacharya, M and Bishai, M and Blake, A and Bogart, B and Bolton, T and Book, JY and Brunetti, MB and Camilleri, L and Cao, Y and Caratelli, D and Cavanna, F and Cerati, G and Chappell, A and Chen, Y and Conrad, JM and Convery, M and Cooper-Troendle, L and Crespo-Anadón, JI and Cross, R and Del, Tutto M and Dennis, SR and Detje, P and Diurba, R and Djurcic, Z and Dorrill, R and Duffy, K and Dytman, S and Eberly, B and Englezos, P and Ereditato, A and Evans, JJ and Fine, R and Foreman, W and Fleming, BT and Franco, D and Furmanski, AP and Gao, F and Garcia-Gamez, D and Gardiner, S and Ge, G and Gollapinni, S and Gramellini, E and Green, P and Greenlee, H and Gu, L and Gu, W and Guenette, R and G},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.161802},
journal = {Phys Rev Lett},
title = {First Double-Differential Cross Section Measurement of Neutral-Current π^(0) Production in Neutrino-Argon Scattering in the MicroBooNE Detector.},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.161802},
volume = {134},
year = {2025}
}
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TY - JOUR
AB - We report the first double-differential cross section measurement of neutral-current neutral pion (NCπ^{0}) production in neutrino-argon scattering, as well as single-differential measurements of the same channel in terms of final states with and without protons. The kinematic variables of interest for these measurements are the π^{0} momentum and the π^{0} scattering angle with respect to the neutrino beam. A total of 4971 candidate NCπ^{0} events fully contained within the MicroBooNE detector are selected using data collected at a mean neutrino energy of ∼0.8 GeV from 6.4×10^{20} protons on target from the Booster Neutrino Beam at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. After extensive data-driven model validation to ensure unbiased unfolding, the Wiener-singular-value-decomposition method is used to extract nominal flux-averaged cross sections. The results are compared to predictions from commonly used neutrino event generators, which tend to overpredict the measured NCπ^{0} cross section, especially in the 0.2-0.5 GeV/c π^{0} momentum range and at forward scattering angles. Events with at least one proton present in the final state are also underestimated. This data will help improve the modeling of NCπ^{0} production, which represents a major background in measurements of charge-parity violation in the neutrino sector and in searches for new physics beyond the standard model.
AU - Abratenko,P
AU - Alterkait,O
AU - Andrade,Aldana D
AU - Arellano,L
AU - Asaadi,J
AU - Ashkenazi,A
AU - Balasubramanian,S
AU - Baller,B
AU - Barnard,A
AU - Barr,G
AU - Barrow,D
AU - Barrow,J
AU - Basque,V
AU - Bateman,J
AU - Benevides,Rodrigues O
AU - Berkman,S
AU - Bhanderi,A
AU - Bhat,A
AU - Bhattacharya,M
AU - Bishai,M
AU - Blake,A
AU - Bogart,B
AU - Bolton,T
AU - Book,JY
AU - Brunetti,MB
AU - Camilleri,L
AU - Cao,Y
AU - Caratelli,D
AU - Cavanna,F
AU - Cerati,G
AU - Chappell,A
AU - Chen,Y
AU - Conrad,JM
AU - Convery,M
AU - Cooper-Troendle,L
AU - Crespo-Anadón,JI
AU - Cross,R
AU - Del,Tutto M
AU - Dennis,SR
AU - Detje,P
AU - Diurba,R
AU - Djurcic,Z
AU - Dorrill,R
AU - Duffy,K
AU - Dytman,S
AU - Eberly,B
AU - Englezos,P
AU - Ereditato,A
AU - Evans,JJ
AU - Fine,R
AU - Foreman,W
AU - Fleming,BT
AU - Franco,D
AU - Furmanski,AP
AU - Gao,F
AU - Garcia-Gamez,D
AU - Gardiner,S
AU - Ge,G
AU - Gollapinni,S
AU - Gramellini,E
AU - Green,P
AU - Greenlee,H
AU - Gu,L
AU - Gu,W
AU - Guenette,R
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DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.161802
PY - 2025///
TI - First Double-Differential Cross Section Measurement of Neutral-Current π^{0} Production in Neutrino-Argon Scattering in the MicroBooNE Detector.
T2 - Phys Rev Lett
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.161802
UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40344138
VL - 134
ER -