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    Measurement of the νμ\nu_{\mu} charged-current cross sections on water, hydrocarbon, iron, and their ratios with the T2K on-axis detectors

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    We report a measurement of the flux-integrated νμ\nu_{\mu} charged-current cross sections on water, hydrocarbon, and iron in the T2K on-axis neutrino beam with a mean neutrino energy of 1.5 GeV. The measured cross sections on water, hydrocarbon, and iron are σCCH2O\sigma^{\rm{H_{2}O}}_{\rm{CC}} = (0.840±0.010\pm 0.010(stat.)0.08+0.10^{+0.10}_{-0.08}(syst.))×\times1038^{-38}cm2^2/nucleon, σCCCH\sigma^{\rm{CH}}_{\rm{CC}} = (0.817±0.007\pm 0.007(stat.)0.08+0.11^{+0.11}_{-0.08}(syst.))×\times1038^{-38}cm2^2/nucleon, and σCCFe\sigma^{\rm{Fe}}_{\rm{CC}} = (0.859±0.003\pm 0.003(stat.) 0.10+0.12^{+0.12}_{-0.10}(syst.))×\times1038^{-38}cm2^2/nucleon respectively, for a restricted phase space of induced muons: θμ<45\theta_{\mu}<45^{\circ} and pμ>p_{\mu}>0.4 GeV/cc in the laboratory frame. The measured cross section ratios are σCCH2O/σCCCH{\sigma^{\rm{H_{2}O}}_{\rm{CC}}}/{\sigma^{\rm{CH}}_{\rm{CC}}} = 1.028±0.016\pm 0.016(stat.)±0.053\pm 0.053(syst.), σCCFe/σCCH2O{\sigma^{\rm{Fe}}_{\rm{CC}}}/{\sigma^{\rm{H_{2}O}}_{\rm{CC}}} = 1.023±0.012\pm 0.012(stat.)±0.058\pm 0.058(syst.), and σCCFe/σCCCH{\sigma^{\rm{Fe}}_{\rm{CC}}}/{\sigma^{\rm{CH}}_{\rm{CC}}} = 1.049±0.010\pm 0.010(stat.)±0.043\pm 0.043(syst.). These results, with an unprecedented precision for the measurements of neutrino cross sections on water in the studied energy region, show good agreement with the current neutrino interaction models used in the T2K oscillation analyses

    Measurement of the charged-current electron (anti-)neutrino inclusive cross-sections at the T2K off-axis near detector ND280

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    The electron (anti-)neutrino component of the T2K neutrino beam constitutes the largest background in the measurement of electron (anti-)neutrino appearance at the far detector. The electron neutrino scattering is measured directly with the T2K off-axis near detector, ND280. The selection of the electron (anti-)neutrino events in the plastic scintillator target from both neutrino and anti-neutrino mode beams is discussed in this paper. The flux integrated single differential charged-current inclusive electron (anti-)neutrino cross-sections, dσ/dp and dσ/d cos(θ), and the total cross-sections in a limited phase-space in momentum and scattering angle (p > 300 MeV/c and θ ≤ 45°) are measured using a binned maximum likelihood fit and compared to the neutrino Monte Carlo generator predictions, resulting in good agreement
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