Measurement of neutrino-induced neutral-current coherent π0 production in the NOvA near detector

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The cross section of neutrino-induced neutral-current coherent π0 production on a carbon-dominated target is measured in the NOvA near detector. This measurement uses a narrow-band neutrino beam with an average neutrino energy of 2.7 GeV, which is of interest to ongoing and future long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments. The measured, flux-averaged cross section is σ ¼ 13.8 0.9ðstatÞ 2.3ðsystÞ × 10−40 cm2=nucleus, consistent with model prediction. This result is the most precise measure ment of neutral-current coherent π0 production in the few-GeV neutrino energy region.

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ACERO, M. A. et al. Measurement of neutrino-induced neutral-current coherent production in the NOvA near detector. Physical Review D, Washington, v. 102, n. 1, e012004, 2020. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.102.012004. Disponível em: https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.102.012004. Acesso em: 16 maio 2023.