Measurement of the inelasticity distribution of neutrino-nucleon interactions for $\mathbf{80~GeV<E_{\nu}<560~GeV}$ with IceCube DeepCore
IceCube Collaboration: R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams, S. K. Agarwalla, J. A. Aguilar, M. Ahlers, J.M. Alameddine, N. M. Amin, K. Andeen, C. Arg\"uelles, Y. Ashida, S. Athanasiadou, S. N. Axani, R. Babu, X. Bai, A. Balagopal V., M. Baricevic, S. W. Barwick, S. Bash, V. Basu
TL;DR
This paper measures the inelasticity distribution of neutrino-nucleon interactions in the 80-560 GeV energy range using IceCube DeepCore data, providing insights into neutrino scattering and testing QCD predictions.
Contribution
It presents the first detailed measurement of neutrino inelasticity distribution in this energy range with IceCube DeepCore, comparing results to theoretical models.
Findings
Inelasticity distribution consistent with QCD predictions
Constraints on atmospheric neutrino flux models
Improved understanding of neutrino-nucleon interactions
Abstract
We report a study of the inelasticity distribution in the scattering of neutrinos of energy GeV off nucleons. Using atmospheric muon neutrinos detected in IceCube's sub-array DeepCore during 2012-2021, we fit the observed inelasticity in the data to a parameterized expectation and extract the values that describe it best. Finally, we compare the results to predictions from various combinations of perturbative QCD calculations and atmospheric neutrino flux models.
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