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This is the first measurement of a differential cross section with MiniBooNE data. From this analysis, a value for the nucleon axial mass M A was extracted to be 1.34±0.25 GeV consistent with previous measurements. The integrated cross section for the Q 2 range 0.189 [arrow right] 1.13 GeV 2 was calculated to be (8.8 ± 0.6( stat ) ± 0.2( syst )) × 10 -40 cm 2 .","abstract_html":"The neutral current neutrino-nucleon elastic interaction ν N [arrow right] ν N is a fundamental process of the weak interaction ideally suited for characterizing the structure of the nucleon neutral weak current. This process comprises ∼18% of neutrino events in the neutrino oscillation experiment, MiniBooNE, ranking it as the experiment's third largest process. Using ∼10% of MiniBooNE's available neutrino data, a sample of these events were identified and analyzed to determine the differential cross section as a function of the momentum transfer of the interaction, Q 2 . This is the first measurement of a differential cross section with MiniBooNE data. From this analysis, a value for the nucleon axial mass M A was extracted to be 1.34±0.25 GeV consistent with previous measurements. The integrated cross section for the Q 2 range 0.189 [arrow right] 1.13 GeV 2 was calculated to be (8.8 ± 0.6( stat ) ± 0.2( syst )) × 10 -40 cm 2 .","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Cox, David Christopher"],"institution":"[Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University","degree_name":null,"degree_level":null,"degree_discipline":null,"degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":[],"advisors":["Tayloe, Rex"],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":2010,"date_issued":"2010-06-03","date_published":"2010-06-03","updated_at":"2026-07-24T02:40:04Z","subjects":["axial mass","neutrino","nucleon","neutral current","cross section","MiniBooNE"],"languages":["EN"],"rights":["This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License"],"rights_urls":["http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"],"identifier_entries":[]},"links":{"outbound_url":"https://hdl.handle.net/2022/7871","outbound_label":"Handle","outbound_source":"dc:identifier.uri"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor.advisor","label":"Advisor","values":["Tayloe, Rex"]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Cox, David Christopher"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date.accessioned","label":"Dc Date Accessioned","values":["2010-06-03T17:56:01Z"]},{"key":"dc:date.available","label":"Dc Date Available","values":["2010-08-27T17:39:37Z"]},{"key":"dc:date.issued","label":"Date","values":["2010-06-03"]},{"key":"dc:publisher","label":"Institution","values":["[Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University"]},{"key":"dc:type","label":"Dc Type","values":["Doctoral Dissertation"]}]},{"id":"subjects_keywords","label":"Subjects and Keywords","entries":[{"key":"dc:subject","label":"Dc Subject","values":["axial mass","neutrino","nucleon","neutral current","cross section","MiniBooNE"]}]},{"id":"language_rights","label":"Language and Rights","entries":[{"key":"dc:language.iso","label":"Language (ISO)","values":["EN"]},{"key":"dc:rights","label":"Dc Rights","values":["This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License"]},{"key":"dc:rights.uri","label":"Rights URI","values":["http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier.uri","label":"Identifier URI","values":["https://hdl.handle.net/2022/7871"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description","label":"Description","values":["Thesis (PhD) - Indiana University, Physics, 2008"]},{"key":"dc:description.abstract","label":"Abstract","values":["The neutral current neutrino-nucleon elastic interaction ν N [arrow right] ν N is a fundamental process of the weak interaction ideally suited for characterizing the structure of the nucleon neutral weak current. 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