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First double-differential measurement of pionless charged-current muon neutrino interactions using kinematic imbalance observables on carbon and oxygen with the T2K experiment

K. Abe·S. Abe·H. Adhikary·R. Akutsu·H. Alarakia-Charles·Y. I. Alj Hakim·S. Alonso Monsalve·L. Anthony·S. Aoki·K. A. Apte·T. Arai·T. Arihara·S. Arimoto·Y. Asami·Y. Asaoka·Y. Ashida·E. T. Atkin·N. Babu·V. Baranov·G. J. Barker·G. Barr·D. Barrow·P. Bates·L. Bathe-Peters·M. Batkiewicz-Kwasniak·N. Baudis·V. Berardi·L. Berns·S. Bhattacharjee·A. Blanchet·A. Blondel·L. Bøe·P. M. M. Boistier·S. Bolognesi·S. Bordoni·S. B. Boyd·C. Bronner·A. Bubak·M. Buizza Avanzini·J. A. Caballero·N. F. Calabria·D. Calvet·S. Cao·D. Carabadjac·S. L. Cartwright·M. P. Casado·M. G. Catanesi·J. Chakrani·A. Chalumeau·D. Cherdack·A. Chvirova·J. Coleman·G. Collazuol·F. Cormier·A. A. L. Craplet·A. Cudd·D. D'Ago·C. Dalmazzone·T. Daret·C. Davis·Yu. I. Davydov·P. de Perio·G. De Rosa·T. Dealtry·C. Densham·A. Dergacheva·R. Dharmapal Banerjee·F. Di Lodovico·G. Diaz Lopez·S. Dolan·T. A. Doyle·O. Drapier·K. E. Duffy·J. Dumarchez·P. Dunne·K. Dygnarowicz·M. El Baz·J. Elias·S. Emery-Schrenk·G. Erofeev·A. Ershova·G. Eurin·M. Fani·D. Fedorova·S. Fedotov·M. Feltre·L. Feng·D. Ferlewicz·A. J. Finch·M. D. Fitton·C. Forza·M. Friend·Y. Fujii·Y. Fukuda·N. Funayama·A. N. Gaciño Olmedo·J. García-Marcos·A. C. Germer·L. Giannessi·C. Giganti
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Abstract

We report the first measurement of muon-neutrino charged-current cross section as a function of kinematic imbalance (KI) observables on oxygen with no pions and at least one proton in the final state, using the T2K ND280 detector. The cross section is extracted simultaneously for carbon and oxygen targets and double-differentially as a function of several KI observables, providing new insight into the modeling of nuclear effects. This joint measurement offers direct sensitivity to the correlations between two targets, a key ingredient for reducing systematic uncertainties in neutrino oscillation experiments that employ multiple target nuclei, such as T2K and Hyper-Kamiokande. Comparisons with predictions from widely used neutrino event generators show that none of the models fully describe the data across all regions of measured phase space. These results highlight possible directions where improvements in neutrino-nucleus interaction modeling are needed for current and future neutrino oscillation experiments.

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K. Abe, S. Abe, H. Adhikary, R. Akutsu, H. Alarakia-Charles, Y. I. Alj Hakim, S. Alonso Monsalve, L. Anthony, S. Aoki, K. A. Apte, T. Arai, T. Arihara, S. Arimoto, Y. Asami, Y. Asaoka, Y. Ashida, E. T. Atkin, N. Babu, V. Baranov, G. J. Barker, G. Barr, D. Barrow, P. Bates, L. Bathe-Peters, M. Batkiewicz-Kwasniak, N. Baudis, V. Berardi, L. Berns, S. Bhattacharjee, A. Blanchet, A. Blondel, L. Bøe, P. M. M. Boistier, S. Bolognesi, S. Bordoni, S. B. Boyd, C. Bronner, A. Bubak, M. Buizza Avanzini, J. A. Caballero, N. F. Calabria, D. Calvet, S. Cao, D. Carabadjac, S. L. Cartwright, M. P. Casado, M. G. Catanesi, J. Chakrani, A. Chalumeau, D. Cherdack, A. Chvirova, J. Coleman, G. Collazuol, F. Cormier, A. A. L. Craplet, A. Cudd, D. D'Ago, C. Dalmazzone, T. Daret, C. Davis, Yu. I. Davydov, P. de Perio, G. De Rosa, T. Dealtry, C. Densham, A. Dergacheva, R. Dharmapal Banerjee, F. Di Lodovico, G. Diaz Lopez, S. Dolan, T. A. Doyle, O. Drapier, K. E. Duffy, J. Dumarchez, P. Dunne, K. Dygnarowicz, M. El Baz, J. Elias, S. Emery-Schrenk, G. Erofeev, A. Ershova, G. Eurin, M. Fani, D. Fedorova, S. Fedotov, M. Feltre, L. Feng, D. Ferlewicz, A. J. Finch, M. D. Fitton, C. Forza, M. Friend, Y. Fujii, Y. Fukuda, N. Funayama, A. N. Gaciño Olmedo, J. García-Marcos, A. C. Germer, L. Giannessi, C. Giganti. 2026-07-14. First double-differential measurement of pionless charged-current muon neutrino interactions using kinematic imbalance observables on carbon and oxygen with the T2K experiment. https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.10638

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