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Study of the neutrino-oxygen neutral-current quasielastic cross section using atmospheric neutrinos in the SK-Gd experiment

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Sakai, S; Abe, K; Bronner, C; Hayato, Y; Hiraide, K; Hosokawa, K; Ieki, K; Ikeda, M; Kameda, J; Kanemura, Y; Kaneshima, R; Kashiwagi, Y ...
Published in: Proceedings of Science
September 27, 2024

The atmospheric neutrino-oxygen neutral-current quasielasatic (NCQE) reactions are one of the main background in the search for supernova relic neutrinos. Here, we report the first measurement of the atmospheric neutrino-oxygen NCQE cross section in the Super-Kamiokande Gadolinium (SK-Gd) experiment using 552.2 days of full SK-VI data. The measured NCQE cross section is 0.74 ± 0.22(stat.) +0.860.16(syst.) × 10−38 cm2, which is consistent with the theoretical NCQE cross section and the previous study in SK within the range of the uncertainty. Furthermore, we established the verification method for nucleon-nucleus interaction models using atmospheric neutrino events. We performed the verification using the Bertini Cascade model (BERT), the Binary Cascade model (BIC) and the Liège Intranuclear Cascade model (INCL++). As a result, we suggested that BIC and INCL++ are closer to the observed data.

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Proceedings of Science

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1824-8039

Publication Date

September 27, 2024

Volume

444
 

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Sakai, S., Abe, K., Bronner, C., Hayato, Y., Hiraide, K., Hosokawa, K., … Friend, M. (2024). Study of the neutrino-oxygen neutral-current quasielastic cross section using atmospheric neutrinos in the SK-Gd experiment. In Proceedings of Science (Vol. 444).
Sakai, S., K. Abe, C. Bronner, Y. Hayato, K. Hiraide, K. Hosokawa, K. Ieki, et al. “Study of the neutrino-oxygen neutral-current quasielastic cross section using atmospheric neutrinos in the SK-Gd experiment.” In Proceedings of Science, Vol. 444, 2024.
Sakai S, Abe K, Bronner C, Hayato Y, Hiraide K, Hosokawa K, et al. Study of the neutrino-oxygen neutral-current quasielastic cross section using atmospheric neutrinos in the SK-Gd experiment. In: Proceedings of Science. 2024.
Sakai S, Abe K, Bronner C, Hayato Y, Hiraide K, Hosokawa K, Ieki K, Ikeda M, Kameda J, Kanemura Y, Kaneshima R, Kashiwagi Y, Kataoka Y, Miki S, Mine S, Miura M, Moriyama S, Nakano Y, Nakahata M, Nakayama S, Noguchi Y, Sato K, Sekiya H, Shiba H, Shimizu K, Shiozawa M, Sonoda Y, Suzuki Y, Takeda A, Takemoto Y, Tanaka H, Yano T, Han S, Kajita T, Okumura K, Tashiro T, Tomiya T, Wang X, Yoshida S, Fernandez P, Labarga L, Ospina N, Zaldivar B, Pointon BW, Kearns E, Raaf JL, Wan L, Wester T, Bian J, Griskevich NJ, Locke S, Smy MB, Sobel HW, Takhistov V, Yankelevich A, Hill J, Lee SH, Moon DH, Park RG, Bodur B, Scholberg K, Walter CW, Beauchêne A, Drapier O, Giampaolo A, Mueller TA, Santos AD, Paganini P, Quilain B, Nakamura T, Jang JS, Machado LN, Learned JG, Choi K, Iovine N, Cao S, Anthony LHV, Martin D, Prouse NW, Scott M, Sztuc AA, Uchida Y, Berardi V, Catanesi MG, Radicioni E, Calabria NF, Langella A, De Rosa G, Collazuol G, Iacob F, Mattiazzi M, Ludovici L, Gonin M, Pronost G, Fujisawa C, Maekawa Y, Nishimura Y, Okazaki R, Akutsu R, Friend M. Study of the neutrino-oxygen neutral-current quasielastic cross section using atmospheric neutrinos in the SK-Gd experiment. Proceedings of Science. 2024.

Published In

Proceedings of Science

EISSN

1824-8039

Publication Date

September 27, 2024

Volume

444