Speaker
Ms
Cheryl Patrick
(Northwestern University)
Description
Charged-current quasi-elastic (CCQE) scattering from heavy nuclei is an
important signal channel for neutrino oscillation experiments. Last
year, MINERvA published its first CCQE cross-section distributions. Our
results, and those of other experiments, suggest that we do not
currently have a complete model that accurately predicts all of the
complex interactions occurring within the nucleus. I will show a
comparison of our cross-section data with the predictions of various
nuclear models, and also explain how calculating a double-differential
cross-section will help us to determine which models best match our data.
Primary author
Ms
Cheryl Patrick
(Northwestern University)