Measurement of the production cross section of 31 GeV/c protons on carbon via beam attenuation in a 90-cm-long target

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Measurement of the production cross section of 31 GeV/c protons on carbon via beam attenuation in a 90-cm-long target. / NA61/SHINE Collaboration ; Seryakov, A. Yu.

In: Physical Review D, Vol. 103, No. 1, 012006, 12.01.2021.

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title = "Measurement of the production cross section of 31 GeV/c protons on carbon via beam attenuation in a 90-cm-long target",

abstract = "The production cross section of 30.92 GeV/c protons on carbon is measured by the NA61/SHINE spectrometer at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron by means of beam attenuation in a copy (replica) of the 90-cm-long target of the T2K neutrino oscillation experiment. The employed method for direct production cross-section estimation minimizes model corrections for elastic and quasielastic interactions. The obtained production cross section is σprod=227.6±0.8(stat)-3.2+1.9(sys)-0.8(mod) mb. It is in agreement with previous NA61/SHINE results obtained with a thin carbon target, while providing improved precision with a total fractional uncertainty of less than 2%. This direct measurement will reduce the uncertainty of the T2K neutrino flux prediction. ",

keywords = "NUCLEI",

author = "NA61/SHINE Collaboration and A. Acharya and H. Adhikary and A. Aduszkiewicz and Allison, {K. K.} and Andronov, {E. V.} and T. Anti{\'c}i{\'c} and V. Babkin and M. Baszczyk and S. Bhosale and A. Blondel and M. Bogomilov and A. Brandin and A. Bravar and W. Bryli{\'n}ski and J. Brzychczyk and M. Buryakov and O. Busygina and A. Bzdak and H. Cherif and M. C¨irkovi{\'c} and M. Csanad and J. Cybowska and T. Czopowicz and A. Damyanova and N. Davis and M. Deliyergiyev and M. Deveaux and A. Dmitriev and W. Dominik and P. Dorosz and J. Dumarchez and R. Engel and Feofilov, {G. A.} and L. Fields and Z. Fodor and A. Garibov and M. Ga{\'z}dzicki and O. Golosov and V. Golovatyuk and M. Golubeva and K. Grebieszkow and F. Guber and Igolkin, {S. N.} and Kovalenko, {V. N.} and Lazareva, {T. V.} and Merzlaya, {A. O.} and Prokhorova, {D. S.} and Seryakov, {A. Yu.} and D. Uzhva and Valiev, {F. F.} and Vechernin, {V. V.}",

note = "Funding Information: We would like to thank the CERN EP, BE, EN and HSE Departments for the strong support of NA61/SHINE. This work was supported by the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (Grant No. NKFIH 123842/123959), the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Grants No. 667/N-CERN/2010/0, No. NN 202 48 4339, No. NN 202 23 1837 and No. DIR/WK/2016/2017/10-1), the National Science Centre Poland (Grants No. 2014/14/E/ST2/00018, No. 2014/15/B/ST2/02537, No. 2015/18/M/ST2/00125, No. 2015/19/N/ST2/01689, No. 2016/23/B/ST2/00692, No. 2017/25/N/ST2/ 02575, No. 2018/30/A/ST2/00226, and No. 2018/31/G/ST2/03910), the Russian Science Foundation, Grants No. 16-12-10176 and No. 17-72-20045, the Russian Academy of Science and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Grants No. 08-02-00018, No. 09-02-00664 and No. 12-02-91503-CERN), the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) funding within the research project No. 18-02-40086, the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI in the framework of the Russian Academic Excellence Project (Contract No. 02.a03.21.0005, 27.08.2013), the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Project “Fundamental properties of elementary particles and cosmology” No. 0723-2020-0041, the European Union{\textquoteright}s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under Grant Agreement No. 871072, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Grants No. 18071005, No. 19034011, No. 19740162, No. 20740160 and No. 20039012), the German Research Foundation (Grant No. GA 1480/8-1), the Bulgarian Nuclear Regulatory Agency and the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna (bilateral contract No. 4799-1-18/20), Bulgarian National Science Fund (Grant No. DN08/11), Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Serbia (Grant No. OI171002), Swiss Nationalfonds Foundation (Grant No. 200020117913/1), ETH Research Grant No. TH-01 07-3 and the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), a U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, HEP User Facility managed by Fermi Research Alliance, LLC (FRA), acting under Contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11359, and the IN2P3-CNRS (France). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 authors. Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",

year = "2021",

month = jan,

day = "12",

doi = "10.1103/PhysRevD.103.012006",

language = "English",

volume = "103",

journal = "Physical review D",

issn = "2470-0010",

publisher = "American Physical Society",

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Measurement of the production cross section of 31 GeV/c protons on carbon via beam attenuation in a 90-cm-long target

AU - NA61/SHINE Collaboration

AU - Acharya, A.

AU - Adhikary, H.

AU - Aduszkiewicz, A.

AU - Allison, K. K.

AU - Andronov, E. V.

AU - Antićić, T.

AU - Babkin, V.

AU - Baszczyk, M.

AU - Bhosale, S.

AU - Blondel, A.

AU - Bogomilov, M.

AU - Brandin, A.

AU - Bravar, A.

AU - Bryliński, W.

AU - Brzychczyk, J.

AU - Buryakov, M.

AU - Busygina, O.

AU - Bzdak, A.

AU - Cherif, H.

AU - C¨irković, M.

AU - Csanad, M.

AU - Cybowska, J.

AU - Czopowicz, T.

AU - Damyanova, A.

AU - Davis, N.

AU - Deliyergiyev, M.

AU - Deveaux, M.

AU - Dmitriev, A.

AU - Dominik, W.

AU - Dorosz, P.

AU - Dumarchez, J.

AU - Engel, R.

AU - Feofilov, G. A.

AU - Fields, L.

AU - Fodor, Z.

AU - Garibov, A.

AU - Gaździcki, M.

AU - Golosov, O.

AU - Golovatyuk, V.

AU - Golubeva, M.

AU - Grebieszkow, K.

AU - Guber, F.

AU - Igolkin, S. N.

AU - Kovalenko, V. N.

AU - Lazareva, T. V.

AU - Merzlaya, A. O.

AU - Prokhorova, D. S.

AU - Seryakov, A. Yu.

AU - Uzhva, D.

AU - Valiev, F. F.

AU - Vechernin, V. V.

N1 - Funding Information: We would like to thank the CERN EP, BE, EN and HSE Departments for the strong support of NA61/SHINE. This work was supported by the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (Grant No. NKFIH 123842/123959), the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Grants No. 667/N-CERN/2010/0, No. NN 202 48 4339, No. NN 202 23 1837 and No. DIR/WK/2016/2017/10-1), the National Science Centre Poland (Grants No. 2014/14/E/ST2/00018, No. 2014/15/B/ST2/02537, No. 2015/18/M/ST2/00125, No. 2015/19/N/ST2/01689, No. 2016/23/B/ST2/00692, No. 2017/25/N/ST2/ 02575, No. 2018/30/A/ST2/00226, and No. 2018/31/G/ST2/03910), the Russian Science Foundation, Grants No. 16-12-10176 and No. 17-72-20045, the Russian Academy of Science and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Grants No. 08-02-00018, No. 09-02-00664 and No. 12-02-91503-CERN), the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) funding within the research project No. 18-02-40086, the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI in the framework of the Russian Academic Excellence Project (Contract No. 02.a03.21.0005, 27.08.2013), the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Project “Fundamental properties of elementary particles and cosmology” No. 0723-2020-0041, the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under Grant Agreement No. 871072, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Grants No. 18071005, No. 19034011, No. 19740162, No. 20740160 and No. 20039012), the German Research Foundation (Grant No. GA 1480/8-1), the Bulgarian Nuclear Regulatory Agency and the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna (bilateral contract No. 4799-1-18/20), Bulgarian National Science Fund (Grant No. DN08/11), Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Serbia (Grant No. OI171002), Swiss Nationalfonds Foundation (Grant No. 200020117913/1), ETH Research Grant No. TH-01 07-3 and the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), a U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, HEP User Facility managed by Fermi Research Alliance, LLC (FRA), acting under Contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11359, and the IN2P3-CNRS (France). Publisher Copyright: © 2021 authors. Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

PY - 2021/1/12

Y1 - 2021/1/12

N2 - The production cross section of 30.92 GeV/c protons on carbon is measured by the NA61/SHINE spectrometer at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron by means of beam attenuation in a copy (replica) of the 90-cm-long target of the T2K neutrino oscillation experiment. The employed method for direct production cross-section estimation minimizes model corrections for elastic and quasielastic interactions. The obtained production cross section is σprod=227.6±0.8(stat)-3.2+1.9(sys)-0.8(mod) mb. It is in agreement with previous NA61/SHINE results obtained with a thin carbon target, while providing improved precision with a total fractional uncertainty of less than 2%. This direct measurement will reduce the uncertainty of the T2K neutrino flux prediction.

AB - The production cross section of 30.92 GeV/c protons on carbon is measured by the NA61/SHINE spectrometer at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron by means of beam attenuation in a copy (replica) of the 90-cm-long target of the T2K neutrino oscillation experiment. The employed method for direct production cross-section estimation minimizes model corrections for elastic and quasielastic interactions. The obtained production cross section is σprod=227.6±0.8(stat)-3.2+1.9(sys)-0.8(mod) mb. It is in agreement with previous NA61/SHINE results obtained with a thin carbon target, while providing improved precision with a total fractional uncertainty of less than 2%. This direct measurement will reduce the uncertainty of the T2K neutrino flux prediction.

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