# Measurement of neutral current neutral pion production on Carbon in a Few-GeV Neutrino Beam

## TL;DR

This paper reports a measurement of neutral current neutral pion production on carbon using a neutrino beam at around 1.16 GeV, providing data that supports existing theoretical models.

## Contribution

First measurement of NC neutral pion production cross section ratio on carbon at few-GeV energies using a neutrino beam.

## Key findings

- Measured cross section ratio: (7.7+-0.5(stat)+0.4-0.5(sys)) x 10^-2
- Results agree with Rein-Sehgal model predictions
- Provides valuable data for neutrino interaction models

## Abstract

The SciBooNE Collaboration has measured neutral current neutral pion production by the muon neutrino beam at a polystyrene target (C8H8). We obtained (7.7+- 0.5(stat.)+0.4-0.5 (sys.)) x 10^-2 as cross section ratio of the neutral current neutral pion production to total charged current cross section at the mean neutrino energy of 1.16 GeV. This result is consistent with the Monte Carlo prediction based on the Rein-Sehgal model