@article{92c6894fd25c446ba3a832775cc4209e,
title = "Measurement of single π0 production by coherent neutral-current ν Fe interactions in the MINOS Near Detector",
abstract = "Forward single π0 production by coherent neutral-current interactions, νA→νAπ0, is investigated using a 2.8×1020 protons-on-target exposure of the MINOS Near Detector. For single-shower topologies, the event distribution in production angle exhibits a clear excess above the estimated background at very forward angles for visible energy in the range 1-8 GeV. Cross sections are obtained for the detector medium comprised of 80% iron and 20% carbon nuclei with =48, the highest- target used to date in the study of this coherent reaction. The total cross section for coherent neutral-current single π0 production initiated by the νμ flux of the NuMI low-energy beam with mean (mode) Eν of 4.9 GeV (3.0 GeV), is 77.6±5.0(stat)-16.8+15.0(syst)×10-40 cm2 pernucleus. The results are in good agreement with predictions of the Berger-Sehgal model.",
author = "{(MINOS Collaboration)} and P. Adamson and I. Anghel and A. Aurisano and G. Barr and M. Bishai and A. Blake and Bock, {G. J.} and D. Bogert and Cao, {S. V.} and Carroll, {T. J.} and Castromonte, {C. M.} and R. Chen and D. Cherdack and S. Childress and Coelho, {J. A.B.} and L. Corwin and D. Cronin-Hennessy and {De Jong}, {J. K.} and {De Rijck}, S. and Devan, {A. V.} and Devenish, {N. E.} and Diwan, {M. V.} and Escobar, {C. O.} and Evans, {J. J.} and E. Falk and Feldman, {G. J.} and W. Flanagan and Frohne, {M. V.} and M. Gabrielyan and Gallagher, {H. R.} and S. Germani and Gomes, {R. A.} and Goodman, {M. C.} and P. Gouffon and N. Graf and R. Gran and K. Grzelak and A. Habig and Hahn, {S. R.} and J. Hartnell and R. Hatcher and A. Holin and J. Huang and J. Hylen and Irwin, {G. M.} and Z. Isvan and C. James and D. Jensen and T. Kafka and Tognini, {S. C.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 American Physical Society.",
year = "2016",
month = oct,
day = "26",
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevD.94.072006",
language = "English",
volume = "94",
journal = "Physical Review D",
issn = "2470-0010",
publisher = "American Physical Society",
number = "7",
}