Measurement of nuclear effects in neutrino-argon interactions using generalized kinematic imbalance variables with the MicroBooNE detector

Abstract

Modeling of neutrino-nucleus scattering is essential to making sense of neutrino experimental data. In this paper, the MicroBooNE collaboration proposes and measures a set of generalized kinematic imbalance variables that are particularly well-suited for separating out and modeling nuclear effects. The usefulness of these variables is demonstrated by comparing data to event generators.