@misc{10481/102821,
year = {2024},
month = {11},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/102821},
abstract = {We present a measurement of neutral pion production in charged-current interactions using data recorded
with the MicroBooNE detector exposed to Fermilab’s booster neutrino beam. The signal comprises one
muon, one neutral pion, any number of nucleons, and no charged pions. Studying neutral pion production
in the MicroBooNE detector provides an opportunity to better understand neutrino-argon interactions, and
is crucial for future accelerator-based neutrino oscillation experiments. Using a dataset corresponding to
6.86 × 10 20 protons on target, we present single-differential cross sections in muon and neutral pion
momenta, scattering angles with respect to the beam for the outgoing muon and neutral pion, as well as the
opening angle between the muon and neutral pion. Data extracted cross sections are compared to generator
predictions. We report good agreement between the data and the models for scattering angles, except for an
over-prediction by generators at muon forward angles. Similarly, the agreement between data and the
models as a function of momentum is good, except for an underprediction by generators in the medium
momentum ranges, 200–400 MeV for muons and 100–200 MeV for pions.},
organization = {U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Offices of High Energy Physics and Nuclear Physics},
organization = {U.S. National Science Foundation},
organization = {Swiss National Science Foundation},
organization = {Science and Technology Facilities Council(STFC)},
organization = {United Kingdom Research and Innovation},
organization = {Royal Society (United Kingdom)},
organization = {UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)},
organization = {Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Bern, Switzerland},
publisher = {American Physical Society},
title = {Measurement of the differential cross section for neutral pion production in charged-current muon neutrino interactions on argon with the MicroBooNE detector},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.110.092014},
author = {Abratenko, P. and García Gámez, Diego and MicroBooNE Collaboration},
}