A Precise Measurement of the Muon Neutrino-NucleonInclusive Charged Current Cross-Section off an IsoscalarTarget in the Energy Range\boldmath{$2.5 < E_\nu < 40$}~GeV by NOMAD

The NOMAD collaboration Wu, Q. ; Mishra, Sanjib Ratan ; Godley, A. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 660 (2008) 19-25, 2008.
Inspire Record 767013 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.50629

We present a measurement of the muon neutrino-nucleon inclusive charged current cross-section, off an isoscalar target, in the neutrino energy range $2.5 \leq E_\nu \leq 40$ GeV. The significance of this measurement is its precision, $\pm 4$% in $2.5 \leq E_\nu \leq 10$ GeV, and $\pm 2.6$% in $10 \leq E_\nu \leq 40$ GeV regions, where significant uncertainties in previous experiments still exist, and its importance to the current and proposed long baseline neutrino oscillation experiments.

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Inclusive muon-neutrino charged current cross section.


A Comparison of Charged Current Cross-sections and Structure Functions for Neutrino and Anti-neutrinos Beams on Hydrogen and Neon

The BEBC TST Neutrino collaboration Parker, M.A. ; Francois, T. ; Guy, J.G. ; et al.
Nucl.Phys.B 232 (1984) 1-20, 1984.
Inspire Record 192873 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.33899

Using BEBC equipped with a hydrogen-filled neon-surrounded track-sensitive target, the charged current cross sections and structure functions of hydrogen and neon targets traversed by the same neutrinos and antineutrinos are compared directly. The measured total cross-section ratios between hydrogen and neon allow precise total cross-section values for hydrogen to be inferred. Using this normalization, the ν and ν hydrogen data are combined and the quark distributions in free nucleons, parametrised as functions of ξ, are extracted. This free-nucleon parametrisation is then compared directly with the neon data in order to measure nuclear effects such as those recently reported by the EMC collaboration. Only small effects are seen, in excellent agreement with recent SLAC data in a more similar A and q 2 range.

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Measured charged current total cross section.

Measured charged current total cross section.

AVERAGE Q**2 IS 6.9GEV**2 FOR NU AND 4.3GEV**2 FOR ANU.


Cross-sections for Charged Current Neutrino and Anti-neutrino Interactions in the Energy Range 10-{GeV} to 50-{GeV}

Colley, D.C. ; Jones, G.T. ; O'Neale, S. ; et al.
Z.Phys.C 2 (1979) 187, 1979.
Inspire Record 141975 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.16366

Charged-current neutrino and antineutrino interaction cross sections have been measured in the energy range 10 to 50 GeV using BEBC filled with a neon-hydrogen mixture. At these energies, σ/E was measured to be (0.73±0.08) 10−38 cm2/GeV per nucleon for neutrinos and (0.32±0.06) 10−38 cm2/GeV per nucleon for antineutrinos.

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Axis error includes +- 9/9 contribution (NEUTRAL CURRENT EVENTS AND NEUTRAL HADRON INDUCED REACTIONS, LOSSES OF EVENTS WITH ONLY ONE VISIBLE CHARGED PARTICLE).

Axis error includes +- 9/9 contribution (NEUTRAL CURRENT EVENTS AND NEUTRAL HADRON INDUCED REACTIONS, LOSSES OF EVENTS WITH ONLY ONE VISIBLE CHARGED PARTICLE).