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Measurement of neutron production in atmospheric neutrino interactions at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
- Abstract:
- Neutron production in giga electron volt–scale neutrino interactions is a poorly studied process. We have measured the neutron multiplicities in atmospheric neutrino interactions in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory experiment and compared them to the prediction of a Monte Carlo simulation using genie and a minimally modified version of geant4. We analyzed 837 days of exposure corresponding to Phase I, using pure heavy water, and Phase II, using a mixture of Cl in heavy water. Neutrons produced in atmospheric neutrino interactions were identified with an efficiency of 15.3% and 44.3%, for Phases I and II respectively. The neutron production is measured as a function of the visible energy of the neutrino interaction and, for charged current quasielastic interaction candidates, also as a function of the neutrino energy. This study is also performed by classifying the complete sample into two pairs of event categories: charged current quasielastic and non charged current quasielastic, and νμ and νe. Results show good overall agreement between data and Monte Carlo for both phases, with some small tension with a statistical significance below 2σ for some intermediate energies.
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- Published
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- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1103/PhysRevD.99.112007
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- Publisher:
- American Physical Society
- Journal:
- Physical Review D More from this journal
- Volume:
- 99
- Issue:
- 11
- Article number:
- 112007
- Publication date:
- 2019-06-18
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2470-0029
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2470-0010
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English
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991037
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pubs:991037
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