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Neutrino-induced coherent $\pi^{+}$ production in C, CH, Fe and Pb at $\langle E_{\nu}\rangle \sim 6$ GeV

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2023-08-16 v2

Abstract

MINERvA has measured the νμ\nu_{\mu}-induced coherent π+\pi^{+} cross section simultaneously in hydrocarbon (CH), graphite (C), iron (Fe) and lead (Pb) targets using neutrinos from 2 to 20 GeV. The measurements exceed the predictions of the Rein-Sehgal and Berger-Sehgal PCAC based models at multi-GeV νμ\nu_{\mu} energies and at produced π+\pi^{+} energies and angles, Eπ>1E_{\pi}>1 GeV and θπ<10\theta_{\pi}<10^{\circ}. Measurements of the cross-section ratios of Fe and Pb relative to CH reveal the effective AA-scaling to increase from an approximate A1/3A^{1/3} scaling at few GeV to an A2/3A^{2/3} scaling for Eν>10E_{\nu}>10 GeV.

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@article{arxiv.2210.01285,
  title  = {Neutrino-induced coherent $\pi^{+}$ production in C, CH, Fe and Pb at $\langle E_{\nu}\rangle \sim 6$ GeV},
  author = {M. A. Ramírez and S. Akhter and Z. Ahmad Dar and F. Akbar and V. Ansari and M. V. Ascencio and M. Sajjad Athar and A. Bashyal and L. Bellantoni and A. Bercellie and M. Betancourt and A. Bodek and J. L. Bonilla and A. Bravar and H. Budd and G. Caceres and T. Cai and G. A. Díaz and H. da Motta and S. A. Dytman and J. Felix and L. Fields and A. Filkins and R. Fine and H. Gallagher and A. Ghosh and S. M. Gilligan and R. Gran and E. Granados and D. A. Harris and S. Henry and D. Jena and S. Jena and J. Kleykamp and A. Klustová and M. Kordosky and D. Last and A. Lozano and X. -G. Lu and E. Maher and S. Manly and W. A. Mann and C. Mauger and K. S. McFarland and B. Messerly and J. Miller and O. Moreno and J. G. Morfín and D. Naples and J. K. Nelson and C. Nguyen and A. Olivier and V. Paolone and G. N. Perdue and K. -J. Plows and R. D. Ransome and D. Ruterbories and H. Schellman and H. Su and M. Sultana and V. S. Syrotenko and E. Valencia and N. H. Vaughan and A. V. Waldron and B. Yaeggy and L. Zazueta},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.01285},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

8 pages, 6 figures and 60 pages of supplemental material. Updated to accepted version, with ancillary files of the cross section data