Measurement of the inelasticity distribution of neutrino-nucleon interactions for 80 GeV< Eν<560 GeV with IceCube DeepCore
Journal article, 2025

We report a study of the inelasticity distribution in the scattering of neutrinos of energy 80-560 GeV off nucleons. Using atmospheric muon neutrinos detected in IceCube's sub-Array DeepCore during 2012-2021, we fit the observed inelasticity in the data to a parameterized expectation and extract the values that describe it best. Finally, we compare the results to predictions from various combinations of perturbative QCD calculations and atmospheric neutrino flux models.

Author

R. Abbasi

Loyola University of Chicago

M. Ackermann

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY)

J. Adams

University of Canterbury

S. K. Agarwalla

Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center

Institute of Physics Bhubaneswar

J.A. Aguilar

Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)

M. Ahlers

Niels Bohr Institute

J. M. Alameddine

Technische Universität Dortmund

N.M. Amin

University of Delaware

K. Andeen

Marquette University

C. Argüelles

Harvard University

Y. Ashida

University of Utah

S. Athanasiadou

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY)

S. N. Axani

University of Delaware

R. Babu

Michigan State University

X. Bai

South Dakota School of Mines & Technology

A. V. Balagopal

Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center

M. Baricevic

Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center

S. W. Barwick

University of California

S. Bash

Technical University of Munich

V. Basu

Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center

R. Bay

University of California

J.J. Beatty

Ohio State University

Julia Tjus

Chalmers, Space, Earth and Environment, Astronomy and Plasmaphysics

Ruhr-Universität Bochum

J. Beise

Uppsala University

C. Bellenghi

Technical University of Munich

S. Benzvi

University of Rochester

D. Berley

University of Maryland

E. Bernardini

University of Padua

D. Z. Besson

University of Kansas

E. Blaufuss

University of Maryland

L. Bloom

University of Alabama

S. Blot

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY)

F. Bontempo

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

J.Y. Book Motzkin

Harvard University

C. Boscolo Meneguolo

University of Padua

S. Böser

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

O. Botner

Uppsala University

J. Böttcher

RWTH Aachen University

J. Braun

Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center

B. Brinson

Georgia Institute of Technology

Z. Brisson-Tsavoussis

Queen's University

J. Brostean-Kaiser

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY)

L. Brusa

RWTH Aachen University

R. T. Burley

University of Adelaide

D. Butterfield

Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center

M.A. Campana

Drexel University

I. Caracas

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

K. Carloni

Harvard University

J. Carpio

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

S. Chattopadhyay

Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center

Institute of Physics Bhubaneswar

N. Chau

Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)

Z. Chen

Stony Brook University

D. Chirkin

Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center

S. Choi

Sungkyunkwan University

B.A. Clark

University of Maryland

A. Coleman

Uppsala University

P. Coleman

RWTH Aachen University

G.H. Collin

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

A. Connolly

Ohio State University

J.M. Conrad

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

R. Corley

University of Utah

D. F. Cowen

Eberly College of Science

Pennsylvania State University

C. De Clercq

Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)

J.J. Delaunay

University of Alabama

D. Delgado

Harvard University

S. Deng

RWTH Aachen University

A. Desai

Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center

P. Desiati

Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center

K. D. De Vries

Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)

G. De Wasseige

Universite catholique de Louvain

T. Deyoung

Michigan State University

A. Diaz

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

J. C. Díaz-Vélez

Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center

P. Dierichs

RWTH Aachen University

M. Dittmer

University of Münster

A. Domi

University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU)

L. Draper

University of Utah

H. Dujmovic

Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center

D. Durnford

University of Alberta

K. Dutta

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

M. A. Duvernois

Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center

T. Ehrhardt

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

L. Eidenschink

Technical University of Munich

A. Eimer

University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU)

P. Eller

Technical University of Munich

E. Ellinger

Bergische Universität Wuppertal

S. El Mentawi

RWTH Aachen University

D. Elsaesser

Technische Universität Dortmund

R. Engel

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

H. Erpenbeck

Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center

W. Esmail

University of Münster

J. Evans

University of Maryland

P.A. Evenson

University of Delaware

K.L. Fan

University of Maryland

K. Fang

Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center

K. Farrag

Chiba University

A. R. Fazely

Southern University and A&M College

A. Fedynitch

Academia Sinica

N. Feigl

Humboldt University of Berlin

S. Fiedlschuster

University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU)

Physical Review D

2470-0010 (ISSN) 2470-0029 (eISSN)

Vol. 111 11 112001

Subject Categories (SSIF 2025)

Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Cosmology

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevD.111.112001

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