Constraint of the MINERνA medium energy neutrino flux using neutrino-electron elastic scattering
Physical review. D/Physical review. D.2019Vol. 100(9)
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E. Valencia, C. Jena, Nuruzzaman Nuruzzaman, F. Akbar, L. Aliaga, D. A. Andrade, M. V. Ascencio, A. Bashyal, L. Bellantoni, A. Bercellie, A. Bodek, J. L. Bonilla, A. Bravar, H. S. Budd, G. Cáceres, T. Cai, M. F. Carneiro, Jorge Chaves, D. Coplowe, H. da Motta, S. Dytman, G. A. Díaz, J. Félix, L. Fields, A. Filkins, R. Fine, Nishat Fiza, A. M. Gago, R. Galindo, H. Gallagher, A. Ghosh, T. Golan, R. Gran, Deborah A. Harris, S. Henry, S. Jena, J. Kleykamp, M. Kordosky, D. Last, T. Le, X.-G. Lu, E. Maher, S. Manly, W. A. Mann, C. Mauger, K. S. McFarland, A. M. McGowan, B. Messerly, J. Miller, J. G. Morfín, D. Naples, J. K. Nelson, C. Nguyen, A. Norrick, A. Olivier, V. Paolone, J. Park, Gabriel Perdue, M. A. Ramírez, R. D. Ransome, H. Ray, D. Rimal, P. A. Rodrigues, D. Ruterbories, H. Schellman, C. J. Solano Salinas, Hang Su, M. Sultana, V. S. Syrotenko, B. Yaeggy, L. Zazueta
Abstract
Elastic neutrino scattering on electrons is a precisely known purely leptonic process that provides a standard candle for measuring neutrino flux in conventional neutrino beams. Using a total sample of 810 neutrino-electron scatters after background subtraction, the measurement reduces the normalization uncertainty on the ${\ensuremath{\nu}}_{\ensuremath{\mu}}$ NuMI beam flux between 2 and 20 GeV from 7.6 to 3.9%. This is the most precise measurement of neutrino-electron scattering to date, will reduce uncertainties on $\mathrm{MINER}\ensuremath{\nu}$A's absolute cross section measurements, and demonstrates a technique that can be used in future neutrino beams such as long baseline neutrino facility.
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