https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2015-15167-4
Regular Article
Measurement of 
CC interactions with the ND280 detector of the T2K experiment
Sezione di Bari, INFN, Bari, Italy
* e-mail: lorenzo.magaletti@ba.infn.it
** e-mail: lorenzo.magaletti@cern.ch
Received:
31
May
2015
Revised:
7
July
2015
Accepted:
10
July
2015
Published online:
24
August
2015
This paper presents a measurement of the CC interactions both in neutrino and anti-neutrino data taking modes, using the near detector (ND280) of the T2K experiment. In neutrino beam mode a ∼ 4% intrinsic component in the total neutrino flux is expected. The charged current interactions of are selected combining the particle identification capabilities of both the time projection chambers and electromagnetic calorimeter of ND280. The measured ratio between the observed beam component and the prediction is 1.01 ± 0.13, providing a direct confirmation of the neutrino fluxes and neutrino cross section modeling used for T2K neutrino oscillation analyses. This measure helps in the reduction of the large systematic uncertainty on the ratio 
which affects the ν
μ
disappearance analysis. A precise measurement of in anti-neutrino beam mode is also presented. This measurement is particularly of interest for the anti-neutrino data taking, since it is used to provide the ND280 constraint on flux and cross section parameters to the oscillation analyses.
© Società Italiana di Fisica and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2015
