10–11 Jun 2013
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Batavia, IL 60510
US/Central timezone

Electron-neutrino charged-current quasi-elastic cross-section at MINERvA

11 Jun 2013, 16:44
18m
1 West (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Batavia, IL 60510)

1 West

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Batavia, IL 60510

Speaker

Jeremy Wolcott (University of Rochester)

Description

The electron-neutrino charged-current quasi-elastic (CCQE) cross-section on nuclei is an important input parameter to appearance-type neutrino oscillation experiments, where it affects both the signal and predicted background rates. Current experiments typically work from the muon neutrino cross-section and apply corrections from theoretical arguments to obtain a prediction for the electron neutrino cross-section, but to date there has been no experimental verification of these estimates in energy ranges applicable to oscillation searches. MINERvA intends to directly measure the electron neutrino differential cross-section vs. Q^{2} on scintillator using electron neutrinos of energies up to 10 GeV. We present the current status of this work, including event selection and early indications of the flux prediction used to compute the cross-section.

Primary author

Jeremy Wolcott (University of Rochester)

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