Simultaneous measurement of muon neutrino quasielastic-like cross sections on CH, C, water, Fe, and Pb as a function of muon kinematics at MINERvA

Kleykamp, J.; S., Akhter,; Dar, Z. Ahmad; Ansari, V.; Ascencio, M. V.; Sajjad, Athar, M.; Bashyal, A.; A., Bercellie,; M., Betancourt,; Bodek, A.; L., Bonilla, J.; Bravar, A.; Budd, H.; Caceres, G.; Cai, T.; Carneiro, M. F.; A., Díaz, G.; H., da Motta,; A., Dytman, S.; Felix, J.; Fields, L.; Filkins, A.; Fine, R.; M., Gago, A.; Gallagher, H.; M., Gilligan, S.; Gran, R.; E., Granados,; A., Harris, D.; Henry, S.; Jena, D.; Jena, S.; A., Klustová,; Kordosky, M.; Last, D.; Lozano, A.; Lu, X. -G.; Maher, E.; Manly, S.; A., Mann, W.; Mauger, C.; McFarland, K. S.; Messerly, B.; Miller, J.; Moreno, O.; Morfín, J. G.; Naples, D.; K., Nelson, J.; Nguyen, C.; Olivier, A.; Paolone, V.; N., Perdue, G.; Plows, K. -J.; A., Ramírez, M.; D., Ransome, R.; Ray, H.; Ruterbories, D.; Schellman, H.; Salinas, C. J. Solano; Su, H.; Sultana, M.; Syrotenko, V. S.; E., Valencia,; H., Vaughan, N.; V., Waldron, A.; Wret, C.; Yaeggy, B.; Zazueta, L.

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“…The influence on the T2K results shown in Figure 7 is small and generally falls within the uncertainty bands due to the axial form factor. For MINERνA data [38] taken with the medium-energy NuMI beam, which peaks at around 6 GeV [133], relativistic corrections are crucial. The charged-current fluxaveraged cross section is presented in terms of muon momentum parallel and perpendicular to the beam direction…”

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“…In this work, we first review the GFMC and SF approaches to compute inclusive lepton-nucleus scattering, placing particular emphasis on the role of relativistic effects and two-body currents. We then compare the SF predictions for the neutrino-nucleus cross sections with the MINERνA Medium-Energy charge-current quasielastic (CCQE)-like data [38]. Finally, we present unpublished GFMC calculations for the inclusive electron- 12 C cross sections that include relativistic corrections.…”

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Lepton–Nucleus Interactions within Microscopic Approaches

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This review paper emphasizes the significance of microscopic calculations with quantified theoretical error estimates in studying lepton–nucleus interactions and their implications for electron scattering and accelerator neutrino oscillation measurements. We investigate two approaches: Green’s Function Monte Carlo and the extended factorization scheme, utilizing realistic nuclear target spectral functions. In our study, we include relativistic effects in Green’s Function Monte Carlo and validate the inclusive electron scattering cross section on carbon using available data. We compare the flux-folded cross sections for neutrino-carbon scattering with T2K and MINERνA experiments, noting the substantial impact of relativistic effects in reducing the theoretical curve strength when compared to MINERνA data. Additionally, we demonstrate that quantum Monte Carlo-based spectral functions accurately reproduce the quasi-elastic region in electron scattering data and T2K flux-folded cross sections. By comparing results from Green’s Function Monte Carlo and the spectral function approach, which share a similar initial target state description, we quantify errors associated with approximations in the factorization scheme and the relativistic treatment of kinematics in Green’s Function Monte Carlo.

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