@article{2cdbbfe2a7a44e2a8cf8bd70071e7a9f,
title = "First measurement of ν ¯ μ and νμ charged-current inclusive interactions on water using a nuclear emulsion detector FIRST MEASUREMENT of ν ¯ μ and ... HIRAMOTO A. et al.",
abstract = "This paper reports the track multiplicity and kinematics of muons, charged pions, and protons from charged-current inclusive ν¯μ and νμ interactions on a water target, measured using a nuclear emulsion detector in the NINJA experiment. A 3-kg water target was exposed to the T2K antineutrino-enhanced beam corresponding to 7.1×1020 protons on target with a mean energy of 1.3 GeV. Owing to the high granularity of the nuclear emulsion, protons with momenta down to 200 MeV/c from the neutrino-water interactions were detected. We find good agreement between the observed data and model predictions for all kinematic distributions other than the number of charged pions and the muon kinematics shapes. These results demonstrate the capability of measurements with nuclear emulsion to improve neutrino interaction models.",
author = "{(NINJA Collaboration)} and A. Hiramoto and Y. Suzuki and A. Ali and S. Aoki and L. Berns and T. Fukuda and Y. Hanaoka and Y. Hayato and Ichikawa, {A. K.} and H. Kawahara and T. Kikawa and T. Koga and R. Komatani and M. Komatsu and Y. Kosakai and T. Matsuo and S. Mikado and A. Minamino and K. Mizuno and Y. Morimoto and K. Morishima and N. Naganawa and M. Naiki and M. Nakamura and Y. Nakamura and N. Nakano and T. Nakano and T. Nakaya and A. Nishio and T. Odagawa and S. Ogawa and H. Oshima and H. Rokujo and I. Sanjana and O. Sato and H. Shibuya and K. Sugimura and L. Suzui and H. Takagi and T. Takao and Y. Tanihara and K. Yasutome and M. Yokoyama",
note = "Funding Information: We thank the T2K Collaboration for their great support in conducting this experiment as well as the J-PARC staff for their superb accelerator performance. We also acknowledge the T2K INGRID group for their stable operation and for providing data as well as the T2K neutrino beam group for providing a high-quality beam and helping us with the beam MC simulation. We also express our gratitude to K. Kuwabara, K. Ohzeki, and T. Yoshida for their valuable insights and advice based on their experience and expertise in nuclear emulsion. We also acknowledge the support of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Japan (MEXT) and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) through various grants (JSPS KAKENHI Grants No. 25105006, No. 25707019, No. 26287049, No. 26105516, No. 17H02888, No. 18H03701, No. 18H05537, No. 18H05541, and No. 17J02714). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 authors. Published by the American Physical Society. ",
year = "2020",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevD.102.072006",
language = "English",
volume = "102",
journal = "Physical Review D",
issn = "2470-0010",
publisher = "American Physical Society",
number = "7",
}