Precise measurement of neutrino and anti-neutrino differential cross sections

By M. Tzanov, D. Naples, S. Boyd, J. Mcdonald, V. Radescu, T. Adams, A. Alton, S. Avvakumov, L. Debarbaro, P. DeBarbaro and 38 more. 2005

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The NuTeV experiment at Fermilab has obtained a unique high statistics sample of neutrino and anti-neutrino interactions using its high-energy sign-selected beam. We present a measurement of the differential cross section for charged-current neutrino and anti-neutrino scattering from iron. Structure functions, F{sub 2}(x,Q{sup 2}) and xF{sub 3}(x,Q{sup 2}), are determined by fitting the inelasticity, y, dependence of the cross sections. This measurement has significantly improved systematic precision as a consequence of more precise understanding of hadron and muon energy scales.

Subfields: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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