{"paper":{"title":"Measurement of the neutrino-oxygen neutral-current interaction cross section by observing nuclear deexcitation $\\gamma$ rays","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"hep-ex","authors_text":"A. Ariga, A. Blondel, A. Bravar, A. Cervera, A.C. Kaboth, A. Clifton, A. Dabrowska, A.D. Marino, A. Ereditato, A. Gaudin, A. Haesler, A. Hillairet, A. Himmel, A. Izmaylov, A. Jacob, A.J. Finch, A. Khotjantsev, A.K. Ichikawa, A. Kilinski, A. Kolaceke, A. Konaka, A. Korzenev, A. Longhin, A. Mefodiev, A. Minamino, A. Missert, A. Murakami, A.P. Furmanski, A. Redij, A. Robert, A. Rubbia, A. Suzuki, A. Takeda, A. Thorley, A. Vacheret, A.V. Waldron, A. Weber, A. Zalewska, B.E. Berger, B. Jamieson, B. Popov, B. Quilain, B. Smith, B. Still, C.A. Miller, C. Andreopoulos, C. Bojechko, C. Bronner, C. Densham, C. Giganti, C. Hearty, C.K. Jung, C. Licciardi, C. Lister, C. McGrew, C. Metelko, C. Nantais, C. Nielsen, C. Pistillo, C. Riccio, C. Touramanis, C. Wilkinson, C.W. Walter, C. Yanagisawa, D. Autiero, D. Brailsford, D. Cherdack, D. Dewhurst, D. Goeldi, D. Gudin, D. Hansen, D. Karlen, D. Kielczewska, D. Naples, D. Payne, D.R. Hadley, D. Ruterbories, D. Sgalaberna, D. Terhorst, D. Wark, E.D. Zimmerman, E. Iwai, E. Kearns, E. Larkin, E.L. Mathie, E. Mazzucato, E. Poplawska, E. Radicioni, E. Reinherz-Aronis, E. Rondio, E. Scantamburlo, E.S. Pinzon Guerra, F. Bay, F. Di Lodovico, F.d.M. Blaszczyk, F. Dufour, F. Retiere, F. S\\'anchez, F. Sato, F. Shaker, G.A. Fiorentini Aguirre, G. Barr, G. Christodoulou, G. Collazuol, G. De Rosa, G.F. Pearce, G.J. Barker, G. Vasseur, H. Aihara, H.A. Tanaka, H. Kakuno, H.K. Tanaka, H. Kubo, H.M. O'Keeffe, H. Sekiya, H. Sobel, I. Bertram, I. Danko, I.J. Taylor, I. Karpikov, I. Kreslo, I. Lamont, J. Adam, J. Caravaca Rodr\\'iguez, J. Coleman, J.D. Perkin, J. Dumarchez, J.F. Martin, J. Hignight, J.H. Jo, J. Holeczek, J. Imber, J. Insler, J.J. Gomez-Cadenas, J. Kameda, J. Kim, J. Kisiel, J. Lagoda, J.L. Palomino, J. Marteau, J. Marzec, J.-M. Poutissou, J. Myslik, J. Nowak, J.R. Wilson, J. Schwehr, J. Steinmann, J.T. Sobczyk, J. Zalipska, J. \\.Zmuda, K. Abe, K. Connolly, K. Duffy, K. Gilje, K. Huang, K. Ieki, K. Iwamoto, K. Iyogi, K. Koseki, K. Laihem, K. Mahn, K. Mavrokoridis, K. Nakamura, K. Nakayoshi, K. Nishikawa, K. Okumura, K.P. Lee, K. Sakashita, K. Scholberg, K.S. McFarland, K. Suzuki, K. Ueno, K. Yamamoto, K. Zaremba, L. Cremonesi, L. Escudero, L.F. Thompson, L. Haegel, L. Koch, L.L. Kormos, L. Ludovici, L. Magaletti, L. Monfregola, L. Pickard, L. Southwell, L. Zambelli, M.A.M. Rayner, M. Barbi, M. Bass, M. Batkiewicz, M.D. Haigh, M. Dziewiecki, M. Friend, M.G. Catanesi, M. Gonin, M. Hartz, M. Hierholzer, M. Ieva, M. Ikeda, M.J. Wilking, M. Kabirnezhad, M. Khabibullin, M. Laveder, M. Lawe, M. Lazos, M. Macaire, M. Malek, M. McCarthy, M. Mezzetto, M. Miura, M.M. Tanaka, M. Murdoch, M. Nakahata, M. Nirkko, M.O. Wascko, M. Posiadala-Zezula, M. Ravonel, M. Reeves, M. Scott, M. Shiozawa, M. Smy, M. Sorel, M. Tada, M. Tzanov, M. Vagins, M. Yokoyama, M. Yu, M. Ziembicki, M. Zito, N. Buchanan, N.C. Hastings, N. Grant, N. McCauley, N. Yershov, O. Drapier, O. Mineev, O. Perevozchikov, P.A. Rodrigues, P. de Perio, P. Hamilton, P. Jonsson, P. Kitching, P. Mijakowski, P.N. Ratoff, P. Plonski, P. Przewlocki, P. Rojas, P. Sinclair, P. Stamoulis, R.A. Johnson, R.A. Owen, R. Castillo, R. Das, R.G. Calland, R.J. Smith, R.J. Wilkes, R.J. Wilson, R. Kurjata, R.L. Helmer, R. Ohta, R.P. Litchfield, R. Poutissou, R. Sacco, R. Tacik, R. Terri, R. Wendell, S. Aoki, S. Assylbekov, S.B. Boyd, S. Berkman, S. Bhadra, S. Bordoni, S. Davis, S. Di Luise, S. Dytman, S. Emery-Schrenk, S. Giffin, S. Hirota, S. Horikawa, S.J. Coleman, S.J. Ives, S. Johnson, S. King, S. Kumaratunga, S.L. Cartwright, S. Manly, S. Martynenko, S. Mine, S. Moriyama, S.M. Oser, S. Murphy, S. Nakayama, S.R. Dennis, S. Roth, S. Schoppmann, S. Short, S. Takahashi, S. Tobayama, S.W. Bentham, S. Yen, S.Y. Suzuki, T. Akiri, T. Ariga, T. Dealtry, T. Duboyski, T. Golan, Th.A. Mueller, T. Hara, T. Hasegawa, T. Hiraki, T. Ishida, T. Ishii, T.J. Irvine, T. Kajita, T. Katori, T. Kikawa, T. Kobayashi, T. Kutter, T. Lindner, T. Maruyama, T. Nagasaki, T. Nakadaira, T. Nakai, T. Nakaya, T. Okusawa, T. Ovsyannikova, T. Sekiguchi, T. Szeglowski, T. Tomura, T. Tsukamoto, T. Wachala, T. Wongjirad, T. Yano, T. Yuan, V. Berardi, V. Galymov, V. Matveev, V. Palladino, V. Paolone, W. Kropp, W. Oryszczak, W. Toki, Y. Fujii, Y. Fukuda, Y. Hayato, Y. Kanazawa, Y. Koshio, Y. Kudenko, Y. Nishimura, Y. Oyama, Y. Petrov, Y. Seiya, Y. Shustrov, Y. Suda, Y. Suzuki, Y. Takeuchi, Y. Totsuka, Y. Uchida, Y. Yamada, Z. Williamson","submitted_at":"2014-03-13T00:48:37Z","abstract_excerpt":"We report the first measurement of the neutrino-oxygen neutral-current quasielastic (NCQE) cross section. It is obtained by observing nuclear deexcitation $\\gamma$-rays which follow neutrino-oxygen interactions at the Super-Kamiokande water Cherenkov detector. We use T2K data corresponding to $3.01 \\times 10^{20}$ protons on target. By selecting only events during the T2K beam window and with well-reconstructed vertices in the fiducial volume, the large background rate from natural radioactivity is dramatically reduced. 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