A study of nuclear effects in $\nu$ interactions with the NOMAD detector

TL;DR

This paper investigates nuclear effects in neutrino-carbon interactions by analyzing backward protons and pions, comparing experimental data with theoretical models to understand particle production mechanisms.

Contribution

It provides detailed experimental analysis of backward particle production and compares results with reinteraction and correlation models, advancing understanding of nuclear effects in neutrino interactions.

Findings

Backward proton data align with short-range correlation models.

Momentum distributions reveal insights into particle production mechanisms.

Results help refine nuclear interaction models in neutrino physics.

Abstract

Nuclear effects in \numucc interactions with carbon nuclei have been studied by using backward going protons and $\pi^-$. Detailed analyses, of the momentum distributions and of the production rates, have been carried out in order to understand the mechanism producing these particles. The backward proton data have been compared with the predictions of the reinteraction and the short range correlation models.