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Marshall CM, Aliaga L, Altinok O, et al. Measurement of Neutral-Current K^{+} Production by Neutrinos using MINERvA. Phys Rev Lett. 2017;119(1):011802doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.011802.
Marshall, C. M., Aliaga, L., Altinok, O., Bellantoni, L., Bercellie, A., Betancourt, M., Bodek, A., Bravar, A., Cai, T., Carneiro, M. F., da Motta, H., Dytman, S. A., Díaz, G. A., Dunkman, M., Eberly, B., Endress, E., Felix, J., Fields, L., Fine, R., Gago, A. M., Galindo, R., Gallagher, H., Ghosh, A., Golan, T., Gran, R., Harris, D. A., Higuera, A., Hurtado, K., Kleykamp, J., Kordosky, M., Le, T., Maher, E., Manly, S., Mann, W. A., Caicedo, D. A. M., McFarland, K. S., McGivern, C. L., McGowan, A. M., Messerly, B., Miller, J., Mislivec, A., Morfín, J. G., Mousseau, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Norrick, A., Nuruzzaman, Paolone, V., Patrick, C. E., Perdue, G. N., Ramírez, M. A., Ransome, R. D., Ray, H., Ren, L., Rimal, D., Rodrigues, P. A., Ruterbories, D., Schmitz, D. W., Solano Salinas, C. J., Sultana, M., Sánchez Falero, S., Valencia, E., Walton, T., Wolcott, J., Wospakrik, M., Yaeggy, B., Zhang, D. (2017). Measurement of Neutral-Current K^{+} Production by Neutrinos using MINERvA. Physical review letters, 119(1), 011802. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.011802
Marshall, C M, et al. "Measurement of Neutral-Current K^{+} Production by Neutrinos using MINERvA." Physical review letters vol. 119,1 (2017): 011802. doi: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.011802
Marshall CM, Aliaga L, Altinok O, Bellantoni L, Bercellie A, Betancourt M, Bodek A, Bravar A, Cai T, Carneiro MF, da Motta H, Dytman SA, Díaz GA, Dunkman M, Eberly B, Endress E, Felix J, Fields L, Fine R, Gago AM, Galindo R, Gallagher H, Ghosh A, Golan T, Gran R, Harris DA, Higuera A, Hurtado K, Kleykamp J, Kordosky M, Le T, Maher E, Manly S, Mann WA, Caicedo DAM, McFarland KS, McGivern CL, McGowan AM, Messerly B, Miller J, Mislivec A, Morfín JG, Mousseau J, Naples D, Nelson JK, Norrick A, Nuruzzaman, Paolone V, Patrick CE, Perdue GN, Ramírez MA, Ransome RD, Ray H, Ren L, Rimal D, Rodrigues PA, Ruterbories D, Schmitz DW, Solano Salinas CJ, Sultana M, Sánchez Falero S, Valencia E, Walton T, Wolcott J, Wospakrik M, Yaeggy B, Zhang D. Measurement of Neutral-Current K^{+} Production by Neutrinos using MINERvA. Phys Rev Lett. 2017 Jul 07;119(1):011802. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.011802. Epub 2017 Jul 07. PMID: 28731762.
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Phys Rev Lett. 2017 Jul 07;119(1):011802. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.011802. Epub 2017 Jul 07.

Measurement of Neutral-Current K^{+} Production by Neutrinos using MINERvA.

Physical review letters

C M Marshall, L Aliaga, O Altinok, L Bellantoni, A Bercellie, M Betancourt, A Bodek, A Bravar, T Cai, M F Carneiro, H da Motta, S A Dytman, G A Díaz, M Dunkman, B Eberly, E Endress, J Felix, L Fields, R Fine, A M Gago, R Galindo, H Gallagher, A Ghosh, T Golan, R Gran, D A Harris, A Higuera, K Hurtado, J Kleykamp, M Kordosky, T Le, E Maher, S Manly, W A Mann, D A Martinez Caicedo, K S McFarland, C L McGivern, A M McGowan, B Messerly, J Miller, A Mislivec, J G Morfín, J Mousseau, D Naples, J K Nelson, A Norrick, Nuruzzaman, V Paolone, C E Patrick, G N Perdue, M A Ramírez, R D Ransome, H Ray, L Ren, D Rimal, P A Rodrigues, D Ruterbories, D W Schmitz, C J Solano Salinas, M Sultana, S Sánchez Falero, E Valencia, T Walton, J Wolcott, M Wospakrik, B Yaeggy, D Zhang,

Affiliations

  1. University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA.
  2. Department of Physics, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA.
  3. Sección Física, Departamento de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Apartado 1761, Lima, Perú.
  4. Physics Department, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA.
  5. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.
  6. University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland.
  7. Department of Physics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA.
  8. Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, Rua Dr. Xavier Sigaud 150, Urca, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 22290-180, Brazil.
  9. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA.
  10. Department of Physics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA.
  11. Campus León y Campus Guanajuato, Universidad de Guanajuato, Lascurain de Retana No. 5, Colonia Centro, Guanajuato 36000, Guanajuato México.
  12. Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA.
  13. Departamento de Física, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Avenida España 1680 Casilla 110-V, Valparaíso, Chile.
  14. University of Wroclaw, Plac Uniwersytecki 1, 50-137 Wrocaw, Poland.
  15. Department of Physics, University of Minnesota-Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota 55812, USA.
  16. Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Apartado 31139, Lima, Perú.
  17. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA.
  18. Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, 375 Church Street, North Adams, Massachusetts 01247, USA.
  19. University of Florida, Department of Physics, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA.
  20. University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi 38677, USA.
  21. Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
  22. Department of Physics, Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23668, USA.

PMID: 28731762 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.011802

Abstract

Neutral-current production of K^{+} by atmospheric neutrinos is a background in searches for the proton decay p→K^{+}ν[over ¯]. Reactions such as νp→νK^{+}Λ are indistinguishable from proton decays when the decay products of the Λ are below detection threshold. Events with K^{+} are identified in MINERvA by reconstructing the timing signature of a K^{+} decay at rest. A sample of 201 neutrino-induced neutral-current K^{+} events is used to measure differential cross sections with respect to the K^{+} kinetic energy, and the non-K^{+} hadronic visible energy. An excess of events at low hadronic visible energy is observed relative to the prediction of the neut event generator. Good agreement is observed with the cross section prediction of the genie generator. A search for photons from π^{0} decay, which would veto a neutral-current K^{+} event in a proton decay search, is performed, and a 2σ deficit of detached photons is observed relative to the genie prediction.

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