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| author | Sato, Kazufumi Menjo, Hiroaki Itow, Yoshitaka Honda, Morihiro |
| author_facet | Sato, Kazufumi Menjo, Hiroaki Itow, Yoshitaka Honda, Morihiro |
| contents | We have incorporated a hadron interaction tuning based on accelerator data into our atmospheric neutrino flux calculation, which has been used to analyze atmospheric neutrino oscillations at Super-Kamiokande. This new approach enables a more direct evaluation of the flux uncertainty than a conventional tuning using atmospheric muons.
The neutrino flux calculated with this new tuning is 5\%--10\% smaller but still consistent with our previously published prediction within its uncertainty. The flavor ratio $(ν_μ+\barν_μ)/(ν_e+\barν_e)$ and $\barν/ν$ ratios were consistent with the previous prediction. Based on the measurement errors of the accelerator data, we evaluated the flux uncertainty associated with the new tuning to be 7\%--9\% in the $E_ν <$ 1 GeV region, which was difficult to assess with the conventional tuning. The flux uncertainty in the $1<E_ν<10$ GeV region was evaluated to be 5\%--7\%, which is an improvement over the conventional tuning. |
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| publishDate | 2026 |
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| spellingShingle | Low-energy atmospheric neutrino flux calculation with accelerator-data-driven tuning Sato, Kazufumi Menjo, Hiroaki Itow, Yoshitaka Honda, Morihiro High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena High Energy Physics - Phenomenology We have incorporated a hadron interaction tuning based on accelerator data into our atmospheric neutrino flux calculation, which has been used to analyze atmospheric neutrino oscillations at Super-Kamiokande. This new approach enables a more direct evaluation of the flux uncertainty than a conventional tuning using atmospheric muons. The neutrino flux calculated with this new tuning is 5\%--10\% smaller but still consistent with our previously published prediction within its uncertainty. The flavor ratio $(ν_μ+\barν_μ)/(ν_e+\barν_e)$ and $\barν/ν$ ratios were consistent with the previous prediction. Based on the measurement errors of the accelerator data, we evaluated the flux uncertainty associated with the new tuning to be 7\%--9\% in the $E_ν <$ 1 GeV region, which was difficult to assess with the conventional tuning. The flux uncertainty in the $1<E_ν<10$ GeV region was evaluated to be 5\%--7\%, which is an improvement over the conventional tuning. |
| title | Low-energy atmospheric neutrino flux calculation with accelerator-data-driven tuning |
| topic | High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena High Energy Physics - Phenomenology |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.09334 |