TY  - JOUR
AU  - MiniBooNE Collaboration (Aguilar-Arevalo, A. A. et al
AU  - Sorel, M.
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011//
TI  - Measurement of the neutrino component of an antineutrino beam observed by a nonmagnetized detector
T2  - Phys. Rev. D
JO  - Physical Review D
SP  - 072005
EP  - 14pp
VL  - 84
IS  - 7
PB  - Amer Physical Soc
AB  - Two methods are employed to measure the neutrino flux of the antineutrino-mode beam observed by the MiniBooNE detector. The first method compares data to simulated event rates in a high-purity nu(mu)-induced charged-current single pi(+) (CC1 pi(+)) sample while the second exploits the difference between the angular distributions of muons created in nu(mu) and nu(mu) charged-current quasielastic (CCQE) interactions. The results from both analyses indicate the prediction of the neutrino flux component of the predominately antineutrino beam is overestimated-the CC1 pi(+) analysis indicates the predicted nu(mu) flux should be scaled by 0: 76 +/- 0: 11, while the CCQE angular fit yields 0: 65 +/- 0: 23. The energy spectrum of the flux prediction is checked by repeating the analyses in bins of reconstructed neutrino energy, and the results show that the spectral shape is well-modeled. These analyses are a demonstration of techniques for measuring the neutrino contamination of antineutrino beams observed by future nonmagnetized detectors.
SN  - 1550-7998
UR  - http://arxiv.org/abs/1102.1964
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.84.072005
DO  - 10.1103/PhysRevD.84.072005
LA  - English
N1  - WOS:000296886900001
ID  - MiniBooNECollaborationAguilar-Arevalo+Sorel2011
ER  -