Neutrino Cross-Section Files

The cross-sections in the root files below were calculated with NEUGEN3. Both neutrino and anti-neutrino cross-sections are included. The target material is MINOS (95% Fe, 5% CH, crudely). The cross-section is expressed in cm*cm/1000kg (i.e., you need to multiply by fiducial mass). The exclusive cross-sections for quasi-elastic, resonance, deep inelastic, and coherent scattering are included. In the case of resonance and deep inelastic, we are referring to a generator definition (Rein-Seghal vs. continuum). Inverse-muon decay is also included, otherwise scattering off of atomic electrons is neglected.

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Note: The cross-sections for modbyrs5-v3_5_5 are apparently identical to modbyrs4-v3_5_0_mk. I think this is expected. The generator changes between those versions were confined to the hadronization and re-scattering calculations.

A comparison of a few of the recent files, total muon-neutrino charged-current cross-section:

A muon neutrino charged-current event observed in the MINOS Near Detector