@article{094a24857b6a4cc58a3e8a2520e06275,
title = "Simultaneous Measurement of νμ Quasielasticlike Cross Sections on CH, C, H2 O, Fe, and Pb as a Function of Muon Kinematics at MINERvA",
abstract = "This Letter presents the first simultaneous measurement of the quasielasticlike neutrino-nucleus cross sections on C, water, Fe, Pb, and scintillator (hydrocarbon or CH) as a function of longitudinal and transverse muon momentum. The ratio of cross sections per nucleon between Pb and CH is always above unity and has a characteristic shape as a function of transverse muon momentum that evolves slowly as a function of longitudinal muon momentum. The ratio is constant versus longitudinal momentum within uncertainties above a longitudinal momentum of 4.5 GeV/c. The cross section ratios to CH for C, water, and Fe remain roughly constant with increasing longitudinal momentum, and the ratios between water or C to CH do not have any significant deviation from unity. Both the overall cross section level and the shape for Pb and Fe as a function of transverse muon momentum are not reproduced by current neutrino event generators. These measurements provide a direct test of nuclear effects in quasielasticlike interactions, which are major contributors to long-baseline neutrino oscillation data samples.",
author = "{MINERvA Collaboration} and J. Kleykamp and S. Akhter and {Ahmad Dar}, Z. and V. Ansari and Ascencio, {M. V.} and {Sajjad Athar}, M. and A. Bashyal and A. Bercellie and M. Betancourt and A. Bodek and Bonilla, {J. L.} and A. Bravar and H. Budd and G. Caceres and T. Cai and Carneiro, {M. F.} and D{\'i}az, {G. A.} and {Da Motta}, H. and Dytman, {S. A.} and J. Felix and L. Fields and A. Filkins and R. Fine and Gago, {A. M.} and H. Gallagher and Gilligan, {S. M.} and R. Gran and E. Granados and Harris, {D. A.} and S. Henry and D. Jena and S. Jena and A. Klustov{\'a} and M. Kordosky and D. Last and A. Lozano and Lu, {X. G.} and E. Maher and S. Manly and Mann, {W. A.} and C. Mauger and McFarland, {K. S.} and B. Messerly and J. Miller and O. Moreno and Morf{\'i}n, {J. G.} and D. Naples and Nelson, {J. K.} and C. Nguyen and Ransome, {R. D.}",
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year = "2023",
month = apr,
day = "21",
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.161801",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "13",
journal = "Physical review letters",
issn = "0031-9007",
publisher = "American Physical Society",
number = "16",
}