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Nuclear Target Cross Section Ratios at MINERvA

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2019-08-13 v1 Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

Measurements of νμ\nu_{\mu} inclusive charged-current cross section ratios on carbon, iron, and lead relative to scintillator are presented. Data for the analysis were collected by the fine-grained MINERvA detector in the NuMI beamline at Fermilab. This is the first direct measurement of nuclear dependence in neutrino scattering. The ratios show a depletion at low Bjorken xx and enhancement at large xx, both of which increase with the nucleon number of the target. The data exhibit trends not found in GENIE, a standard neutrino-nucleus event generator, or alternative models of nuclear modification to inelastic structure functions.

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@article{arxiv.1405.3960,
  title  = {Nuclear Target Cross Section Ratios at MINERvA},
  author = {Brian G. Tice},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1405.3960},
  year   = {2019}
}

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Contribution to the proceedings of the 49th Rencontres de Moriond on QCD and High Energy Interactions, La Thuile, Italy, March 2014

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