Speaker
Mr
Grzegorz Żarnecki
(National Centre for Nuclear Research, Poland)
Description
The goal of presented analysis is the measurement of the muon antineutrino single $\pi^{-}$ production cross section in the T2K near detector. One of the crucial steps is the optimization of signal selection in order to obtain good selection's purity, efficiency and efficiency distribution in the phase space. Since the antineutrino beam is largely contaminated by neutrinos, the main background in the CC1$\pi^{-}$ topology $(\bar\nu_{\mu} + p \rightarrow \mu^{+} + \pi^{-} + p)$ consists of events originating from neutrino CC interactions containing 1 $\mu^{-}$ and 1 $\pi^{+}$ in the final state. The proposed selection reduces the background to 48% level of the selected events while maintaining the signal acceptance over the full range of measured lepton kinematics. The effect of systematic errors and control samples will also be presented.
| Authorship annotation | for the T2K collaboration |
|---|---|
| Session and Location | Wednesday Session, Poster Wall #100 (Auditorium Gallery Left) |
| Poster included in proceedings: | yes |
Primary author
Mr
Grzegorz Żarnecki
(National Centre for Nuclear Research, Poland)
