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Topics to Discuss in this Lecture

1)A short Introduction.

2)Neutrino Interactions (QEL, RES, DIS).

3)The MINERA E!"eri#ent.

$)Si#u%ation.

&)Eent Reconstruction.

Sti%% In "ro'ress )Eent Sa#"%e and Se%ection,*)The Dou+%e Dierentia% -ross SectionMeasure#ent and )-onc%usions.

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1)A short Introduction. Due to the discoer/ o neutrino osci%%ations(a discoer/ that

0as considered one o the #ost i#"ortant dee%o"#ents in"artic%e "h/sics in the %ast /ears), neutrino "h/sics has +een aer/ actie ie%d+oth e!"eri#enta%%/ and theoretica%%/.

Neutrino interactions 0ith #atter are not /et 0e%% understoodin the ener'/ re'ion +et0een 1 e and 2 e,0here three

"rocesses oer%a" char'ed4current 5uasi4e%astic scatterin'(QEL), resonant "ion "roduction (RES) and dee" ine%asticscatterin' (DIS).

Neutrino interaction cross section #easure#entsin this ener'/

re'ion are unda#enta% to understand the +ehaior andstructure o nuc%eons and nuc%ei in 0ea6 interactionsand 0i%%a%so he%" to #ini#i7e s/ste#atic uncertainties (a"art ro#statistica% errors) in current and uture neutrino osci%%atione!"eri#ents.

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Neutrino "h/sics has entered the sta'e o "recision#easure#ents and seera% e!"eri#ents usin' intense neutrino+ea#s created in hi'h ener'/ "artic%e acce%erators 0ere +ui%t to

a%%o0 #easure#ents o neutrino interaction cross sections indetai%. 8ne o these e!"eri#ents is the Main In9ector NeutrinoE!"eri#ent or : ; A (MINER:A ) A neutrino scatterin'e!"eri#ent that uses theNuMI neutrino +ea#at is a hi'h%/ se'#ented detector o neutrinos, a+%eto record eents 0ith hi'h "recision (oer than thirteen #i%%ioneent in a our /ear run), usin' the NuMI ?ea# (Neutrino MainIn9ector) at the .

This thesis "resents a #easure#ent o the -har'ed -urrentQuasi4E%astic Li6e :@BC interaction on "o%/st/rene scinti%%ator(-) in the MINER:A e!"eri#ent 0ith neutrino ener'ies+et0een1.& and 1 e.

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Theneutrino data ana%/7edor such "ur"ose 0as ta6en

+et0een March 21 and A"ri% 212(See

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2)Neutrino Interactions

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E!istin' #uon neutrino char'ed4current cross section#easure#ents and "redictions as a unction o neutrino ener'/.The contri+utin' "rocessesin this ener'/ re'ion inc%ude Quasi4E%astic (QE) scatterin', Resonance Froduction (RES), and

Dee" Ine%astic Scatterin' (DIS).

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The #ain interactions or char'ed and neutra% current can +e e!"ressed as

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3) h A i

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3)The MINERvA Experiment.

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)!i " ti

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)!imu"ation.

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#)Event Reconstruction.

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