| NOMAD (Neutrino Oscillation MAgnetic Detector) is a short baseline neutrino experiment at CERN (the European Laboratory for Particle physics) West Area Neutrino Facility (WANF) with a neutrino beam provided by the super proton synchrotron (SPS) accelerator [98]. In this dissertation, we present a measurement of the muon-neutrino induced quasi-elastic (QEL), nu mu + n → mu- + p, cross-section off an isoscalar target in the NOMAD detector. The incident neutrino energy in NOMAD experiment spans from 2.5 to 300 GeV. The measurement of the cross-section is conducted in a two-track topology where both a muon and a proton are fully reconstructed, and a one-track topology where only a muon is reconstructed. The QEL cross-section as a function of the incoming neutrino energy is consistent for the two different topologies, and within errors, constant as a function of the neutrino energy. We determine the energy-averaged cross-section, sigma = 0:908 +/- 0:012 (stat) +/-0:035 (syst) 10-38cm2 , where the first is the averaged energy-dependent error (statistical error is dominant one), and the second is the energy-independent, or overall, error.;From the shape-comparisons of kinematics of QEL events, the axial mass parameter is determined. It is in good agreement with the result from the measurement of QEL cross-section. Using the chi2 of the shapes of four independent kinematic variables between data and MC, we determine MA = 1:03 +/- 0:05 GeV.;The cross-section and the axial mass presented in this thesis have the best precision to date. iv... |
