https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-009-1094-z
Regular Article - Experimental Physics
A hadronization model for few-GeV neutrino interactions
1
Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
2
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QX, UK
3
Physics Department, Tufts University, Medford, MA, 02155, USA
* e-mail: hugh.gallagher@tufts.edu
Received:
26
April
2009
Revised:
5
May
2009
Published online:
1
August
2009
We present a detailed description of a new hadronic multiparticle production model for use in neutrino interaction simulations. Its validity spans a wide invariant mass range starting from the pion production threshold. This model focuses on the low invariant mass region which is probed in few-GeV neutrino interactions and is of particular importance to neutrino oscillation experiments using accelerator and atmospheric fluxes. It exhibits reasonable agreement with a wide variety of experimental data. We also describe measurements that can be made in upcoming experiments that can improve modeling in areas where uncertainties are currently large.
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