Adamson, P.Anghel, I.Aurisano, A.Barr, G.Bishai, M.Blake, A.Bock, G. J.Bogert, D.Cao, S. V.Castromonte, C. M.Childress, S.Coelho, J. A. B.Corwin, L.Cronin-Hennessy, D.de Jong, J. K.Devan, A. V.Devenish, N. E.Diwan, M. V.Escobar, C. O.Evans, J. J.Falk, E.Feldman, GaryFrohne, M. V.Gallagher, H. R.Gomes, R. A.Goodman, M. C.Gouffon, P.Graf, N.Gran, R.Grzelak, K.Habig, A.Hahn, S. R.Hartnell, J.Hatcher, R.Holin, A.Huang, J.Hylen, J.Irwin, G. M.Isvan, Z.James, C.Jensen, D.Kafka, T.Kasahara, S. M. S.Koizumi, G.Kordosky, M.Kreymer, A.Lang, K.Ling, J.Litchfield, P. J.Lucas, P.Mann, W. A.Marshak, M. L.Mayer, N.McGivern, C.Medeiros, M. M.Mehdiyev, R.Meier, J. R.Messier, M. D.Miller, W. H.Mishra, S. R.Moed Sher, S.Moore, C. D.Mualem, L.Musser, J.Naples, D.Nelson, J. K.Newman, H. B.Nichol, R. J.Nowak, J. A.O’Connor, J.Orchanian, M.Pahlka, R. B.Paley, J.Patterson, R. B.Pawloski, G.Perch, A.Pfützner, M.Phan-Budd, S.Plunkett, R. K.Poonthottathil, N.Qiu, X.Radovic, A.Rebel, B.Rosenfeld, C.Rubin, H. A.Sanchez, M. C.Schneps, J.Schreckenberger, A.Schreiner, P.Sharma, R.Sousa, A.Tagg, N.Talaga, R. L.Thomas, J.Thomson, M. A.Tian, X.Timmons, A.Tognini, S. C.Toner, RuthTorretta, D.Urheim, J.Vahle, P.Viren, B.Walding, J. J.Weber, A.Webb, R. C.White, C.Whitehead, L.Whitehead, L. H.Wojcicki, S. G.Zwaska, R.2017-06-062015Adamson, P., I. Anghel, A. Aurisano, G. Barr, M. Bishai, A. Blake, G. J. Bock, et al. 2015. “Study of quasielastic scattering using charged-current νμ-iron interactions in the MINOS near detector” Phys. Rev. D 91 (1) (January). doi:10.1103/physrevd.91.012005.1550-7998http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:32785049Kinematic distributions from an inclusive sample of 1.41×106 charged-current νμ interactions on iron, obtained using the MINOS near detector exposed to a wide-band beam with peak flux at 3 GeV, are compared to a conventional treatment of neutrino scattering within a Fermi gas nucleus. Results are used to guide the selection of a subsample enriched in quasielastic νμFe interactions, containing an estimated 123,000 quasielastic events of incident energies 1<Eν<8  GeV, with ⟨Eν⟩=2.79  GeV. Four additional subsamples representing topological and kinematic sideband regions to quasielastic scattering are also selected for the purpose of evaluating backgrounds. Comparisons using subsample distributions in four-momentum transfer Q2 show the Monte Carlo model to be inadequate at low Q2. Its shortcomings are remedied via inclusion of a Q2-dependent suppression function for baryon resonance production, developed from the data. A chi-square fit of the resulting Monte Carlo simulation to the shape of the Q2 distribution for the quasielastic-enriched sample is carried out with the axial-vector mass MA of the dipole axial-vector form factor of the neutron as a free parameter. The effective MA which best describes the data is 1.23+0.13−0.09(fit)+0.12−0.15(syst)  GeV.en-USJournal Article2017-06-0610.1103/PhysRevD.91.012005