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This is an example of a charged current (CC) single-differential inclusive cross section analysis using the MINERvA Analysis Toolkit (MAT). It was originally designed for new MINERvA collaborators, as well as experienced MINERvA analyzers who would like to learn how to use the MAT. It has been updated to better serve users of MINERvA's Open Data Product (minerva.fnal.gov/opendata). It will continue to be updated towards this goal.

The tutorial starts from the official MINERvA data preservation "anaTuple" .root files, produced by MasterAnaDev (MAD), and walks you through the steps needed to extract a neutrino interaction cross section.

For any MINERvA cross section measurement, it is necessary to subtract backgrounds arising from neutrino interactions other than those you are trying to measure. Most MINERvA analyses take their backgrounds from a simulation that has been modified using a fit to data sidebands. This basic tutorial does not attempt to constrain backgrounds with sidebands, but this functionality may be added at a later date. Available in the MINERvAExpt area, one may find examples of use of the code. Please go through MINERvA's current Spokespeople for any questions or direction to experts for help.

The tutorial is based on Ben Messerly's examples of using the MINERvA Analysis Toolkit and work by Mehreen Sultana on her thesis analysis.

MINERvA is a neutrino scattering experiment that took data in Fermilab's NuMI beamline from 2009-2019.

To start the tutorial, you should walk through the links in the sidebar, starting with "Prerequisites".